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Smallest and Quickest external 1TB drive

  • 02-07-2009 9:15pm
    #1
    ntlbell
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    hey folks.

    I'm looking for a really compact 1tb external disk for travel preferably 7200RPM

    any reconsiderations?


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  • #2
    degsie
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    No such thing really. All are 3.5" drives in an enclosure with external power required.


  • #3
    Run_to_da_hills
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    ntlbell wrote: »
    hey folks.

    I'm looking for a really compact 1tb external disk for travel preferably 7200RPM

    any reconsiderations?

    Get one with both E_Sata and USB 2 outputs (Thread already on the subject) USB 2 is painfully slow and would take a whole day to copy while Esata would do it 6 times quicker. IE 3GPs as opposed to 400MPS

    The biggest self powered 2 1/2 USB 2 / Esata drive is 500Gbs.


  • #4
    AIR-AUSSIE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭AIR-AUSSIE


    ntlbell wrote: »
    hey folks.

    I'm looking for a really compact 1tb external disk for travel preferably 7200RPM

    any reconsiderations?

    This is the only portable 1TB drive I know of. not sure if it's available.

    http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/iomega-introduces-1tb-super-ego-external-hard-drive/


  • #5
    Run_to_da_hills
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    AIR-AUSSIE wrote: »
    This is the only portable 1TB drive I know of. not sure if it's available.

    http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/iomega-introduces-1tb-super-ego-external-hard-drive/

    Thats well over a year out of date, TB Hdds have fallen considerably since then, plus those examples dont have ESata or standard Sata output. Komplett and Peats do them starting from e83 for the basic USB only.

    I bought a 1.5 TB from Komplett for e119 and fitted it into an empty e_sata / USB 2 caddy I purchased for e20


  • #6
    ntlbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Thats well over a year out of date, TB Hdds have fallen considerably since then, plus those examples dont have ESata or standard Sata output. Komplett and Peats do them starting from e83 for the basic USB only.

    I bought a 1.5 TB from Komplett for e119 and fitted it into an empty e_sata / USB 2 caddy I purchased for e20

    a 2.5" ?


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  • #7
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    ntlbell wrote: »
    a 2.5" ?
    You won't get bigger than 500GB in 2 1/5"


  • #8
    leeroybrown
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Get one with both E_Sata and USB 2 outputs (Thread already on the subject) USB 2 is painfully slow and would take a whole day to copy while Esata would do it 6 times quicker. IE 3GPs as opposed to 400MPS
    While the eSATA bus performance is a lot faster (3.0Gbps v.s 480Mbps) a single disk won't be able to come anywhere close to the bandwidth required to fill it. In ideal conditions it could be almost twice as fast but it will never manage to be six times as fast as a single disk will never provide the bandwidth.


  • #9
    Run_to_da_hills
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    leeroybrown wrote: »
    While the eSATA bus performance is a lot faster (3.0Gbps v.s 480Mbps) a single disk won't be able to come anywhere close to the bandwidth required to fill it. In ideal conditions it could be almost twice as fast but it will never manage to be six times as fast as a single disk will never provide the bandwidth.
    In laymans terms I can copy 750GB in about three hours using standard SATA as opposed to over night using USB2. e-sata is faster than that again.


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