RE: [Thinkpad] Re: OT: USB HDD speed

I can tell you that I have an older 6GB/4200 drive and a modern 40GB/5400
and I've put them both in the same USB2 enclosures: the 40GB is faster when
moving large amounts of data, but not anything earthshattering. In fact, it
could be due to a larger on-drive buffer or some other technology (like
ATA-6 versus whatever is on the 6GB) but there was a bit more pop to the
newer drive.

HTH

>From: richard <rpritz@rcn.com>
>To: Rob Bell <RobDBell@netscape.net>
>CC: thinkpad@stderr.org
>Subject: [Thinkpad] Re: OT: USB HDD speed
>Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 13:15:55 -0500
>
>I'd be mainly using the drive as extra storage, and would copy anything I
>really needed to run to the notebook's drive.
>
>Last time I asked, people thought 4200 v. 5400 wouldn't really matter for a
>USB drive. Any other views?
>
>
>
>At 09:16 AM 3/9/2004 -0600, Rob Bell wrote:
>>I don't know for sure, but I think USB 2.0 drive enclosures are fast
>>enough to take advantage of the faster drive speeds. Might want to check
>>it out...
>>
>>Rob
>>
>>rpritz@rcn.com wrote:
>>>I'm planning to get an x40 and to use the drive with a USB enclosure (as
>>>occasional extra storage), so I don't think the RPM should make much of a
>>>difference. If I was getting this to put in a notebook, I'd follow your
>>>advice.
>>>thanks
>>>At 07:27 AM 3/9/2004 -0600, Rob Bell wrote:
>>>
>>>>If you're looking for a new notebook drive I'd recommend that you look
>>>>into a 5,400 RPM drive instead of a 4,200 RPM one. There is a
>>>>significant performance boost between the two for not too much more $$.
>
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