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post #1 of 3
6/24/03 at 8:29am
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hey i wanted to buy an external HD, bu the i found external HD enclosures and they are way cheaper, so yeah i dont know much about the ahrddrives, so will this:

Compucable FireXpress 250SX Ultra Slim 2.5" External USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure Retail
Specifications
Supports 2.5" hard Drives up to ATA133
Connectivity: USB 2.0
Support USB 2.0 transfer rates up to 480 Mbps
Optimized for Windows 98 or higher MAC OS 9.0.4 or higher
Light and Durable Aluminum and ABS Plastic Shell

work with this:

Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM Hard Drive Model # 6Y080L0 - OEM, DRIVE ONLY
DiamondMax Plus 9
Specifications:
Size: 80 Gigabytes
Interface: IDE ULTRA ATA133
Seek time: <9ms
RPM:7200
Cache 2MB
OEM(Drive alone) 1 Year Manufacturer Warranty


oh and whats the deal with 8mb and 2mb cache? what is that? thanks
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post #2 of 3
6/24/03 at 10:11am
Don't see why it won't work...
However I'd suggest you get a Firewire enclosure instead. I've heard that although USB2.0 has a higher burst rate (480mbps) than Firewire (400 mbps), the sustained data transfer rate is faster for firewire.
Get 8mb of cache if you can, it will yeild better performance. Cache is that small chunk of ram on the hard drive. It's much faster than the read head, so if you do try to access it, it's much faster. The rule of ram still applies: the more the better.
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post #3 of 3
6/24/03 at 12:54pm
Mmm thats strange about the USB2.0 vrs Firewire issue - I have heard the exact opposite: that USB2.0 is both busrtable AND sustains a higher continuous throughput than firewire...

However, I have not been able to test this.

I am also interested in setting up an external HD, so if you could post your findings here I would be very grateful.

Thanks,

Rin
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