HD help

[RollTide]

First part of my two part question.

Would you guys go for a external HD with 1 TB at 7200 rpm at 3.0 GB/S or

640 GB at 7200 rpm at 6.0 GB/S?

Size not that big of an issue. Does the transfer speed make a big difference?

Secondly... I plan to also connect this to a pc with an esata port (the HD has one too). Will this give me close to internal HD speed? Sorry if this is real noobish.

 

[RollTide]

Anybody?

 

[spinnerlys]

As platter based, mechanical storage devices (HDDs) don't have such high data throughput as S-ATA 6Gbit/s offers, namely 500 to 600 MB/s, there is no point in getting an HDD with such interface, as HDDs normally peak at 120MB/s (if 7,200 RPM), for which even S-ATA 1.5Gbit/s will suffice. Only if you have one of the newer SSDs, which are even faster than S-ATA 3Gbit/s (285MB/s), the S-ATA 6Gbit/s makes sense.

Therefore it is up to you, if you want more external storage or less internal storage.

 

[RollTide]

As platter based, mechanical storage devices (HDDs) don't have such high data throughput as S-ATA 6Gbit/s offers, namely 500 to 600 MB/s, there is no point in getting an HDD with such interface, as HDDs normally peak at 120MB/s (if 7,200 RPM), for which even S-ATA 1.5Gbit/s will suffice. Only if you have one of the newer SSDs, which are even faster than S-ATA 3Gbit/s (285MB/s), the S-ATA 6Gbit/s makes sense.

Therefore it is up to you, if you want more external storage or less internal storage.

Well thanks, I'll definitely go with the 6GB/s!

 

[spinnerlys]

Well thanks, I'll definitely go with the 6GB/s!

Why ask then?
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/29...t_s_hard_drive_performance_review/index9.html

And which Mac has the appropriate S-ATA 6Gbit/s interface? Not even the current Mac Pro has one, let alone all the other Macs.

Anyway, good luck with your purchase.

 

[flynz4]

Well thanks, I'll definitely go with the 6GB/s!

Did you read his advice... or did you just not understand?

/Jim