Looking for External HDD

Am oblivious to noise from PCs or peripherals. My case has 6 fans, none
meant for noise reduction.
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Jonny
"Mike" wrote in message
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Thanks for the links. The drive enclosures seem to be similar the ADS
enclosure. How would you rate the noise level caused by the fan?

Mike

"Jonny" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote in message
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Hi, I'm looking for an external HDD that's quiet, ,fast & dependable.
I just ordered a combo usb2 & firewire card, now I 'm looking for an
external hdd.
Previously I had read FireWire is marginally superior to USB2.

Any recommendations for an appx 160g (or greater) external HDD that
meets
the described critera?

PC Mag reviews like the Maxtor OneTouch II External USB Drive, but
several users
report problems with this drive. otoh, maybe it's just a few of
thousands rep[orting problems
as I'm sure most happily using the drive won't report this.

Mike




Get a dedicated enclosure and the HDD separately. At least you'll know
you have a good HDD inside.
Enclosure example:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=AA35430

http://www.coolmaxusa.com/productDet...category=3. 5


Get tech details here, but shop elsewhere, its cheaper that way.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Produ...17&Language=en
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Jonny

Firewire 400 Mbps. SATA 150 MBps; EIDE 100-133 MBps.

Firewire just about accommodates the burst speed of a single fast SATA or
EIDE HD (35-50 MBps).

So it really doesn't matter if I use a SATA I or EIDE 100 - 133 HDD?

Mike


"John Weiss" wrote in message
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Firewire 400 Mbps. SATA 150 MBps; EIDE 100-133 MBps.

Firewire just about accommodates the burst speed of a single fast SATA or
EIDE HD (35-50 MBps).

"Mike" wrote...
SATA w/ FireWire how close is SATA speed to FireWire speed?

Buy a Firewire/USB2 enclosure and put in your choice of HD. SATA
enclosures are available, so you could even get a WD Raptor 150. With
IDE, your choice of HDs per your favorite reviews. I just got a Seagate
300 7200.9 for mine.

Think I've got a handle on this now. Desired interface for external HDD and
USB2/Firewire card is one
that supports FireWire 1394b. What do you think? Anybody using a HDD
enclosure that supports 1394b
or a PCI card that has 1394b connections on it?

Mike

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". . . A very fast external bus standard that supports data transfer rates
of up to 400Mbps (in 1394a) and 800Mbps (in 1394b). Products supporting the
1394 standard go under different names, depending on the company. Apple,
which originally developed the technology, uses the trademarked name
FireWire. Other companies use other names, such as i.link and Lynx, to
describe their 1394 products. . . "
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"Mike" wrote in message news:w%PLf.115$d61.37@trnddc05...
Firewire 400 Mbps. SATA 150 MBps; EIDE 100-133 MBps.

Firewire just about accommodates the burst speed of a single fast SATA or
EIDE HD (35-50 MBps).

So it really doesn't matter if I use a SATA I or EIDE 100 - 133 HDD?

Mike


"John Weiss" wrote in message
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Firewire 400 Mbps. SATA 150 MBps; EIDE 100-133 MBps.

Firewire just about accommodates the burst speed of a single fast SATA or
EIDE HD (35-50 MBps).

"Mike" wrote...
SATA w/ FireWire how close is SATA speed to FireWire speed?

Buy a Firewire/USB2 enclosure and put in your choice of HD. SATA
enclosures are available, so you could even get a WD Raptor 150. With
IDE, your choice of HDs per your favorite reviews. I just got a
Seagate 300 7200.9 for mine.

"Mike" wrote...
Firewire 400 Mbps. SATA 150 MBps; EIDE 100-133 MBps.

Firewire just about accommodates the burst speed of a single fast SATA or
EIDE HD (35-50 MBps).

So it really doesn't matter if I use a SATA I or EIDE 100 - 133 HDD?

Probably not. I doubt you could detect the difference without benchmark
software.

Just buy the case and HD that suits your price/performance target.

"Mike" wrote...
Think I've got a handle on this now. Desired interface for external HDD
and USB2/Firewire card is one that supports FireWire 1394b. What do you
think?

Not quite.

If your computer's Firewire interface doesn't support 1394b and your OS
doesn't support 1394b, there's little reason to spend any extra $$ on it.
If you already have internal 1394 support, buying an add-in PCI card for
1394b will not likely get you any performance boost because of the inherent
limitations of 32-bit PCI (133 MBps TOTAL on the bus).

Besides, I don't think Win XP yet supports 1394b at full speed.

That's what I needed to know. I didn't know XP Pro had to support 1394b.
In a PC then the best I can do is 133Mbs?

Mike

"John Weiss" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote...
Think I've got a handle on this now. Desired interface for external HDD
and USB2/Firewire card is one that supports FireWire 1394b. What do you
think?

Not quite.

If your computer's Firewire interface doesn't support 1394b and your OS
doesn't support 1394b, there's little reason to spend any extra $$ on it.
If you already have internal 1394 support, buying an add-in PCI card for
1394b will not likely get you any performance boost because of the
inherent limitations of 32-bit PCI (133 MBps TOTAL on the bus).

Besides, I don't think Win XP yet supports 1394b at full speed.

That's discouraging.

"John Weiss" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote...
Firewire 400 Mbps. SATA 150 MBps; EIDE 100-133 MBps.

Firewire just about accommodates the burst speed of a single fast SATA
or EIDE HD (35-50 MBps).

So it really doesn't matter if I use a SATA I or EIDE 100 - 133 HDD?

Probably not. I doubt you could detect the difference without benchmark
software.

Just buy the case and HD that suits your price/performance target.