I need an external portable drive with spin speed of 7200 and an external power supply...or else an SSD. Any recommendations?
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The drive you have selected here might not fit what you are looking for; this is a portable usb HDD with no external power--everything is done through the USB cable. I can figure out the RPMs, but I am pretty sure it is much lower than 7200 since its USB powered. Take a look at the WB MyBook Studio: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QGXOP2/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 -This should better fit what you are looking for in a drive. I have one of these, and it works great. The firewire is so much faster than USB 2.0--probably on par with 3.0, I don't have any 3.0 ports or devices. If you have Thunderbolt, they do make Thunderbolt variants, but they are far more expensive--thunderbolt is the fastest connection you can get, but HDD won't use the full speed bandwidth of Thunderbolt; firewire or USB 3.0 should do just fine for HDD. The only reason to get SSD is speed, and you better be prepared to spend a lot of money #1) SSD is more expensive than HDD: HDD is $1 per GB while SSD is about $2.5 per GB 2) the real catch is unless you get an external SSD with Thunderbolt connectivity there is no point in having SSD because the speed will be bottle-necked by the USB or Firewire connection--you won't get the full speed of the SSD. Thunderbolt will also drive up the price as well. If you let me know exactly what you are planning to use this drive for I could give you a better recommendation tailored to your uses, but I hope this helps you find something that will meet your needs.
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I believe the Western Digital Passport series qualifies for the 7200 rpm speed but this USB powered drive is powered from the USB port with no means to power it with an external power source. If you must have an externally powered drive you might consider purchasing a external hard drive enclosure that supports that feature and a bare drive with compatible specs and then assemble them yourself.
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I have 3 westerns in my pc i havent had a seagate in awhile. I have a seagate external drive and its ran fan for like 7 years. So i would look up some reviews of both and see which one is best.
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I have the WDE1UBK10000N and it is a solid well built external! I don't think you can go wrong with the elements terabyte hdd!
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You might prefer to get the KF-253-BK. It holds a 3.5 + 2.5 + 2x USB 3.0. Amazon has them now for $45, but I bought mine around 25-30 some time ago. That's what I use daily in my home system and I'm very, very happy running an SSD + 3.5 hdd with 2 USB 3.0 jacks for blazing fast backups to a portable USB 3.0 hdd. Regarding the KF-1000-BK: I have encountered some old SATA drives that have a different location for the rear pins, and those would not fit. As to the laptop size drives, I believe they will fit and be held by the one wire spring. It's not that secure of a hold, but then, you hopefully aren't taking this thing 4 wheeling either. What I'm happiest about is the drive lights, and the ease of swapping drives. I very securely screw in the hdd tray, then can swap when I need to. The activity lights are especially helpful to diagnose problems, and just generally let me know what's going on with my drives. I put these in all the PC's I build for work. These or the KF-253-BK above. The quality is very good and they do everything I need for amazingly cheap. Good Luck!
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The drive is very quite for a large storage device. I have 2 hooked up and it's still quite. They only spin up when you need them.
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Ideally you want to go with a ssd/hdd combination. Purchase a ssd (I prefer Samsung Pro series...840/850)large enough for the os and your most frequently used applications. I would say no smaller than 240 Gbs at current prices, but larger would be better (480-500Gbs). Then go with a decently fast 4tb hdd for mass storage (WD black or if speed isn't an issue WD green). I would then purchase a separate external drive for back ups (4-6TBs depending on the size of the mass storage drive you choose). Hope this helps.
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External (non-ssd) drives require a lot of power. You will need to have the power adapter plugged into the card and use at least a 1am power supply. Also if you have other devices plugged into the other port, they consume power as well so you may not be able to turn the external HD unless it has it's own power supply.
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Asus makes a decent, inexpensive external drive. I use this one:ASUS External Slim 8X DVD-RW Stylish Cut Design Optical Drive SDRW-08D2S-U/BLK/G/AS
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Hybrid drives are slower. 8GB of Flash, what are you going to do with that. I've tried many Seagates. Dual drive is better but pure SSD why not these days
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You might check out Costco for your external drives. They have a great return policy and carry a huge selection at a great price.
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I believe a Western Digital drive would work fine. I bought 2 of them for myself.
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I just got one of these to back up the data on my Win8 laptop. It's as slow as MUD. I connected an external hard drive to the SAME USB port, and it was FAR faster. Avoid at all cost.I'd suggest this as the best alternative (get the 64GB for $50 rather than the 32GB for $45): Mushkin Ventura Pro 64 GB Flash Drive. It is USB3 but works very well on USB2 (and it's fast there too). One Xbox 360 user said it works perfectly (read the comments). Here's the link: Mushkin Ventura Pro 64 GB Flash Drive - MKNUFDVP64GB (Black)
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I recommend your SSD drive of choice be the internal drive (inside the laptop). The NexStar USB dock will support your 1TB drive as your secondary drive. You might even expand on this design in the future and pop in two 3TB drives in this dock. The read/write times are more than sufficient to accomplish a smooth flow of data, whether it be in the document creation arena to that of gaming. Remember to change the drive letter path to the external drive letter when installing software after the OS is loaded. Otherwise, your SSD drive will fill up rather quickly. Also, note that one does not run defrag sessions on a SSD, because the process will damage the drive. Just my tip of the day.
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7200 Fantom Drives Gforce3 Pro 2TB 7200 RPM USB 3.0 Aluminum External Hard Drive (GF3B2000UP)
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None. You can buy an external USB drive or share a drive from another computer. We use our portable for that purpose.
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External drive it is...I guess that's what you sacrifice for lightweight in a notebook! By the way, I am using this computer!
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I would buy a large external drive. The is much faster than standard hard drives