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    Best External 2.5" Portable Hard Drive (USB 3.0)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kevindd992002, May 14, 2011.

  1. kevindd992002

    kevindd992002 Notebook Virtuoso

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    As the title says, which is the best USB 3.0 external portable hard drive nowadays? When I say best, I'm referring to performance and stability.

    TIA :)
     
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    pmassey31545 Whats the mission sir?

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    Personally, I feel it is one you buy and then buy the case. Alot, if not most ExHDD are 5400RPM drives 'leftover'. I usually buy a 7200RPM drive, then a USB 3.0 wit one touch backup. A least, that is what I bought last. Here And here!!
     
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    kevindd992002 Notebook Virtuoso

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    But what I noticed with this techinque is that these hard drive-enclosure combination doesn't put the hdd to "idle" mode unlike those commercially (hdd-enclosure package) bought?
     
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    pmassey31545 Whats the mission sir?

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    Hmmm. Not sure.
     
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    If money is not a restriction, Kingston Digital, Inc. HyperX Max 3.0 128 GB Flash Drive SHX100U3/128G.

    Personally on external storage i prefer to build my own, i had good experiences with Eagle Tech ET-CS2MSU2-BK 2.5-Inch SATA to USB Portable HDD Enclosure (Mesh) + Hitachi 5k500B, its stays cool, i cant hear the drive unless im extremly close. USB3 enclosures are starting to come out, ill probably upgrade my enclosures once the eagletech gets revised to usb3.

    This depends a lot on the drive and enclosure, in my case the same enclosure posted above goes into idle with the hitachi 5k500b on all my setups (desktop, 2 laptops, and couple of media streamers), but never goes into idle with Samsung 640GB HM641JI
     
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