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blackdiamond · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:52 am Post subject: external hard drive question

Which external hard drive connection is fastest?

-USB 2.0
-eSata
-Firewire

Right now i only have USB 2.0, but still have a PCI, an AGP, and a PCI-E 1x slot free. So, which one should i get?

Sup3R C3r34L · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:53 am Post subject:

Firewire, USB 3.0 is faster though

blackdiamond · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:23 am Post subject:

Sup3R C3r34L · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:37 am Post subject:

don't know, read something on techspot about it a while ago. probably be even more expensive than firewire anyway

blackdiamond · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

Stonehenge · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:43 am Post subject:

USB 2.0 is faster than FireWire right now.

FireWire: up to 400Mbit/s

USB 2.0: up to 480Mbit/s

It actually comes down to how fast your computer is methinks.

Sup3R C3r34L · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:46 am Post subject:

kls85 · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:12 am Post subject:

In terms of specs USB 2.0 is faster than Firewire, but it comes to real world performance USB can't maintain a sustained transfer rate like Firewire.

USB 2.0 is like a racer, at start, he sprints with all his energy and suddenly gets tires and slows down.

FireWire starts out slow, but since he did not do a mad run at the beginning he's able to maintain his speed and eventually beat USB.

iTz SWAT · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

Isnt E-sata the fastest?

superweapons · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject:

Yes, eSATA is the fastest, blowing away the competition at over 2x the transfer bandwidth.

As for USB vs. FireWire, you guys are just comparing the slowest FireWire standard. There are 800Mb/s versions, and 1.6Gbit/s and 3.2Gbit/s FireWire products are under way. You should be able to find USB 3.0 products in 2009.

vmanisme · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject:

I think USB 3.0 is the fastest one also check the hard drives speed if its 7200rpm you cant beat the usb 2.0 but if its 10000 rpm u need a usb 3.0 or eSATA