I have a Mid 2012 Macbook Pro (9,1) and I just purchased a SSD and Im thinking of using the current 5400 rpm 500 GB hard drive as a portable external drive for media and/or back up and im trying to figure out which enclosure to get.
My concern really lies in whether or not I will get increased speeds using USB 3.0 or just stick with a USB 2.0 enclosure. I ran Black magic speed test while it was in my macbook pro and im getting around 64 MB/s write and 89 MB/s read.
The reason I ask is mainly because the reviews Ive been reading on a lot of USB 3.0 drives are mixed while there are a few USB 2.0 drives that have some great reviews and are quite inexpensive.
So will there really be that much of a real world difference between 2.0 and 3.0 Or does anyone have suggestion on which enclosures would be a good fit.
I believe the internal HDD is a Hitachi Travelstar HTS547550A9E384 according to a model search.
Any help would be great.
My concern really lies in whether or not I will get increased speeds using USB 3.0 or just stick with a USB 2.0 enclosure. I ran Black magic speed test while it was in my macbook pro and im getting around 64 MB/s write and 89 MB/s read.
The reason I ask is mainly because the reviews Ive been reading on a lot of USB 3.0 drives are mixed while there are a few USB 2.0 drives that have some great reviews and are quite inexpensive.
So will there really be that much of a real world difference between 2.0 and 3.0 Or does anyone have suggestion on which enclosures would be a good fit.
I believe the internal HDD is a Hitachi Travelstar HTS547550A9E384 according to a model search.
Any help would be great.