External Hard Drives

[litebeer]

Pati 1TB di na rin ganyan kamahal. Pero parang mahirap na bumili ng external hard drive na firewire, puro USB na ngayon.

 

mura na external now yung 500gb nasa 4k or less .

[twentyoneinch]

Great news peeps! Expect more SSD HD coming in the market..

 

Intel ships solid-state drive for fast app start-up

(http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10468342-64.html)

Intel has starting shipping a solid-state drive that can speed Windows 7 and app load times.

 

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20100315/intel-40gb-ssd-retail-small.jpg

Intel Serial-ATA 40GB SSD retails for $125

(Credit: Intel)

 

Intel says the drive is aimed at "dual-drive/boot drive desktop set-ups" as well as Netbooks. Solid-state drives typically offer better performance--in some cases, dramatically better performance--than hard disk drives. But SSDs cost more per gigabyte than hard drives, which, to date, has limited SSDs to performance-sensitive applications such as high-end laptops, gaming PCs, and servers.

The Intel X25-V is a relatively low-capacity SSD at 40GB, but claims performance that is four times faster than a 7200RPM hard disk drive. And at $125, it qualifies as an inexpensive SSD, but on a dollar-per-gigabyte basis of about $3 per gigabyte, it's comparable with, if not a little more than, competing products.

Intel says consumers can use the SSD as an add-on to a hard-drive-equipped desktop PC by configuring a dual-drive or "boot drive" set up. "In a dual-drive configuration...the SSD is loaded with the operating system and favorite applications to take advantage of the speedy performance," Intel said in a statement.

For example, with 40GB of boot drive capacity, a user could load the SSD with the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, Microsoft Office applications, and a favorite gaming application. Users keep their existing HDD for higher capacity data storage, according to Intel.

Though SSDs are still an esoteric technology for some users, Intel-branded SSDs are popular at retail sites. "The Intel solid-state drive is our top-selling SSD," said Stephen Yang, product manager for solid-state drives at e-tailer Newegg.com, in a statement provided by Intel. And brand is important because some lesser-known SSD manufacturers do not meet quality and reliability standards, according to a report from DRAMeXchange Technology, a firm that does market intelligence on major electronics components. Intel was rated as one of the top brands for quality and reliability, DRAMeXchange said

 

SSD technology is still not good today. major problem is that read-write frequency deteriorates the drive. SSD is only good if you don't write a lot to the disk - generally archiving purpose only. or, you can pair it with a non-SSD drive to handle the intensive write jobs. Wait for the technology to mature is my recommendation.

[twentyoneinch]

USB external hard drives are too f%cking slow. It will take you 4 hours just to copy another 500 GBytes hard drive. I always buy external hard drives with Firewire. IOMega sells external hard drives with triple interface (Firewire/Firewire 400/USB). Take note that USB is a serial interface that's why it is slow.

[striker1012]

was able to buy a 1.5tb western digital hardisk.hehehe

[Gideon]

was able to buy a 1.5tb western digital hardisk.hehehe

 

Dude, ilang oras ang FULL format nang sa iyo?

[Layas]

was able to buy a 1.5tb western digital hardisk.hehehe

 

 

Magkano bro?

[b_9904]

I have a Seagate 640GB.

 

so far so good!

[b_9904]

USB external hard drives are too f%cking slow. It will take you 4 hours just to copy another 500 GBytes hard drive. I always buy external hard drives with Firewire. IOMega sells external hard drives with triple interface (Firewire/Firewire 400/USB). Take note that USB is a serial interface that's why it is slow.

 

hehehe... pag nag cocopy ako ng mga files from my pc to my external HD ko. mga nasa 4.5mb per second lang transfer rate.

 

pero pag flash drive nasa 10mb pataas.

[veinshard]

if you want a better transfer rate: go for firewire 400/800, eSATA, or USB 3.0. then again, avoid comparing the speeds with a different age of drives. The more you use it with copy and delete/format, the more it gets slower. Also, check your system, copying same files, amounts and etc from a windows XP is different from vista and win7, and again different on the RAM and processor and etc.

 

Me, I use firewire 400 for HD movie editing, so I can bring the 2.5" ext HDD when i'm travelling and continue to edit.

[Gideon]

if you want a better transfer rate: go for firewire 400/800, eSATA, or USB 3.0. then again, avoid comparing the speeds with a different age of drives. The more you use it with copy and delete/format, the more it gets slower. Also, check your system, copying same files, amounts and etc from a windows XP is different from vista and win7, and again different on the RAM and processor and etc.

 

Me, I use firewire 400 for HD movie editing, so I can bring the 2.5" ext HDD when i'm travelling and continue to edit.

 

Mayroon bang cable na...

 

6 circuit na fire for the PC, tapos ang dulo eh usb for the portable hard disk?

[b_9904]

if you want a better transfer rate: go for firewire 400/800, eSATA, or USB 3.0. then again, avoid comparing the speeds with a different age of drives. The more you use it with copy and delete/format, the more it gets slower. Also, check your system, copying same files, amounts and etc from a windows XP is different from vista and win7, and again different on the RAM and processor and etc.

 

Me, I use firewire 400 for HD movie editing, so I can bring the 2.5" ext HDD when i'm travelling and continue to edit.

 

 

alas... usb 2.0 lang talaga ang pwede kong gamitin. I transfer from pc to pc so ang common denominator nila is yung usb 2

[veinshard]

Mayroon bang cable na...

 

6 circuit na fire for the PC, tapos ang dulo eh usb for the portable hard disk?

 

wala pero you can make one :-)

 

firewire can transfer more speed and power. for picture or video editing, use firewire, 400 will do.

[Gideon]

wala pero you can make one :-)

 

firewire can transfer more speed and power. for picture or video editing, use firewire, 400 will do.

 

Pag magpagawa ba ako, eh firewire speed ang mangyayari? o usb 2.0 speed pa din?

[veinshard]

USB .. kasi isasaksak mo siya sa USB :-)

 

kukunin niyan yung least speed connected sa interface. same sa firewire 400<--->800 cable, kung ikakabit mo yan sa 400 interface and yung isa sa 800 ... 400 pa rin speed niyan.

[kitoy]

Mga sirs, ano po ba magandang external hdd ok in terms of transfer rate? I'm planning to buy one for backing up my files eh malalaki yung files ko. Thanks