I am just about to buy a Samsung Hard drive for an external enclosure i am thinking of getting. Before i go ahead and buy everything should i go Sata or IDE? Any benefits with either? Looking for a 300+ Hard drive. Need to store videos and pics of my baby.
Sata worth it or not?
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Man of Honour
I'd go SATA with an enclosure that supports eSATA - even if you don't have onboard eSATA you normally get a backplate to connect to an internal port.
At the moment there's a price gap starting to appear with IDE drives not coming down as quickly as the equivalent SATA part. Should you commit yourself to an IDE only caddy you might also find a problem in a couple of years if you need to replace the drive, IDEs might be hard to come across.
At the moment there's a price gap starting to appear with IDE drives not coming down as quickly as the equivalent SATA part. Should you commit yourself to an IDE only caddy you might also find a problem in a couple of years if you need to replace the drive, IDEs might be hard to come across.
Man of Honour
I keep thinking about replacing my Lacie with an eSATA enclosure, my current thoughts for a caddy are between these two:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-004-BT&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-023-BT&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72
The first one is cheaper but you can't swap between eSATA and USB easily (it needs dismantled to swap). The second is more expensive but you can jump between the connections easily.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-004-BT&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-023-BT&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72
The first one is cheaper but you can't swap between eSATA and USB easily (it needs dismantled to swap). The second is more expensive but you can jump between the connections easily.