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    Why I'm Puzzled by Harddrive Manufacturer's

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by CUDA., Aug 4, 2011.

  1. CUDA.

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    Today I went to the store to purchase a Terabite Harddrive.

    There are two options:

    a) Purchase a compact portable Harddrive (2.5'' eg seagate GoFlex) upto a capacity of 1.5TB, Powered by USB cable

    or

    b) Purchase what is essentially a brick (Desktop 3.5'' eg WD Elements) 1,2,3 Terabites or beyond HDD, Powered by wall charger.

    However, something puzzles me;

    Why is it that most of the portable 2.5'' TB Harddrives have USB 3.0 compatibility, but yet I could not find one 3.5'' TB Harddrive that offered USB 3.0?

    Surely it would be better if the situation was reversed so that USB 3.0 was standard on the larger capacity TB HDD's (eg 2 or 3TB's) as there is alot more data to transfer. Doesn't make sense to me. :confused:

    Apart from having a larger capacity and being virtually half the price per TB as a poprtable 2.5'' HHD, I can only see drawbacks to owning a brick, because of it not being USB 3.0 compatible and also because it requires a wall charger, so more cables!

    In the end I ended up getting a 1TB portable for all my movies so I can watch them while on Holiday etc, and a 2TB HDD brick as backup and overflow for home. :p
     
    CUDA., Aug 4, 2011
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  2. NeRo45

    NeRo45 Notebook Evangelist

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    There are a bunch of 3.0 compatible desktop HDD. WD and Seagate especially make them cause I've seen those specifically at Staples.
     
    NeRo45, Aug 5, 2011
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    eats7 Notebook Evangelist

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    theres a 1 tb seagate portable go flex for 100 bucks (usb3) at future shop.
     
    eats7, Aug 5, 2011
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    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    That sound more like an issue of inventory to me. Just ask them to order it for you. Or even better, order it yourself.
     
    Krane, Aug 5, 2011
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  5. CUDA.

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    Well, to be fair I do live in the UK so, maybe there just later at bringing them out over here. Still puzzles me why they started using USB 3.0 on portable drives first though LOL.
     
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    To be fair, they didn't. The first USB 3.0 drive enclosures were for the larger 3.5" desktop drives.

    They might not have shown up in supply in the UK before the 2.5" drive enclosures before, but they were definitely released first.
     
    kent1146, Aug 5, 2011
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