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    Esata as fast as internal sata harddrive?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by dougbrad82, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. dougbrad82

    dougbrad82 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, Is esata as fast as using a internal sata harddrive? I have an asus m50, and want to use a expresscard esata card with raid 0, such as this http://www.addonics.com/products/host_controller/adexc34-2e.asp. I know one downside is that it requires external power source, but if there any other drawback with such a setup. will i perhaps see a increase cpu utilization from running raid 0 via a expresscard? thanks for any info!
     
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Yes to the HDD speed.

    See this thread for a HDTune result for a Fujitsu 320GB 2.5" HDD in an external enclosure using eSATA (there's also a result for USB 2.0).

    John
     
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