Which Hard Drive should I pick?

PC eye · 05-18-2008, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by 911aaron

I found it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812226006

One question still goes unanswered though:
Could I transfer the external hard drive between two computers? Use it sorta like a USB flash drive?

All an eSata port does is add an extension cable that plugs directly into the board while the drive is in an external housing. The case here already sees an eSata port at the top of the case along with extra audio jacks and a pair of usb ports.

For other cases you would use a PCI adaper with one or two ports seen on that for a case lacking a port. An eSata capable external drive is generally preferred over a usb model since you have a direct plug in rather then counting on the usb bus for access time while a usb external is far more convenient while transfering files between let's say a laptop and desktop being more portable.

SirKenin · 05-18-2008, 06:18 AM

fortyways · 05-18-2008, 07:14 AM

The expansion card sees your case as seen there and the seen SATA sees your motherboard's SATA connector so your seen external hard drive can see SATA through the seen expansion card.

SirKenin · 05-18-2008, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by fortyways

The expansion card sees your case as seen there and the seen SATA sees your motherboard's SATA connector so your seen external hard drive can see SATA through the seen expansion card.

911aaron · 05-18-2008, 07:48 AM

where are you getting these pictures from? lol

SirKenin · 05-18-2008, 02:48 PM

A couple of them I "made" (ie added the text), the rest are from http://www.icanhascheezburger.com That site cracks me up every time I go there. I have a bunch saved to my computer.

Cleric7x9 · 05-18-2008, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

All an eSata port does is add an extension cable that plugs directly into the board while the drive is in an external housing. The case here already sees an eSata port at the top of the case along with extra audio jacks and a pair of usb ports.

For other cases you would use a PCI adaper with one or two ports seen on that for a case lacking a port. An eSata capable external drive is generally preferred over a usb model since you have a direct plug in rather then counting on the usb bus for access time while a usb external is far more convenient while transfering files between let's say a laptop and desktop being more portable.

an eSata port is different from an internal Sata port. you cannot use the same cable, so saying "all it does is add an extension cable" is a little simplistic, because that would imply you could simply plug your eSata device directly into your motherboard if you wanted to, which is not correct

Cleric7x9 · 05-18-2008, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fortyways

The expansion card sees your case as seen there and the seen SATA sees your motherboard's SATA connector so your seen external hard drive can see SATA through the seen expansion card.

spot on

PC eye · 05-19-2008, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Cleric7x9

an eSata port is different from an internal Sata port. you cannot use the same cable, so saying "all it does is add an extension cable" is a little simplistic, because that would imply you could simply plug your eSata device directly into your motherboard if you wanted to, which is not correct

Where are you coming up with that? An eSata port uses a different type of connector while still seeing a cable go directly to the board. The addon cards see the standard sata type connector there.

The external drive still sees a direct connection to the board with two cables instead of one. A usb or firewire model uses a totally different bus for those while external can still be removed from the casing and installed internally. Did you know that? Probably not. And did you know that not all external drives are sata.

Cleric7x9 · 05-19-2008, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

Where are you coming up with that? An eSata port uses a different type of connector while still seeing a cable go directly to the board. The addon cards see the standard sata type connector there.

The external drive still sees a direct connection to the board with two cables instead of one. A usb or firewire model uses a totally different bus for those while external can still be removed from the casing and installed internally. Did you know that? Probably not. And did you know that not all external drives are sata.

yes, im aware that not all external drives are esata, not sure why you brought that up. and please stop using 'see' in place of 'have,' it makes it very hard to understand what you are saying when you misuse verbs. and sata uses a bus just the same as USB does. a usb port connects to the motherboard just as a sata port does. it just so happens that a sata port is faster, but not because it bypasses anything, but because its a FASTER bus. and all i said was that an esata port connector is different than a sata port connector. you are arguing things (poorly) that nobody even said.

05-18-2008, 07:48 AM	#65 (permalink)
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