What External Hard Drive Should I Get? - Topic

That REAL review of External HDDs that I linked, has the WD My Book at 148 MB/s...

Here is my WD 2TB Black internal drive on a SATA III port, rather than USB 3.0...

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Aug 17 2016 03:44pm

buy one open it up and if not a green ill pay for it

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Aug 17 2016 03:49pm

Quote (King Atrhur @ Aug 17 2016 04:44pm)

buy one open it up and if not a green ill pay for it

Point is...a WD My Book on USB 3.0...is almost as fast as an internal WD Black 7200rpm on SATA III

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Point is...a WD My Book on USB 3.0...is almost as fast as an internal WD Black 7200rpm on SATA III

but its not a black with a longer warranty and not as fast.
gg now go to bed

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Aug 17 2016 03:51pm

Quote (King Atrhur @ Aug 17 2016 04:49pm)

but its not a black with a longer warranty and not as fast.
gg now go to bed

Yeah...and it costs $99 on Newegg for a WD My Book 2TB.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236628 ...comes with USB cord and AC power brick...and enclosure.

WD internal 2TB Black: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAAEE3X37636

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Aug 17 2016 04:01pm

this is bottom line here,
spend the extra 10$ get a more reliable drive with a better warranty and faster speeds and a better case.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0090UFNR6/?tag=pcpapi-20

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1DS14F8916

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Aug 17 2016 04:11pm

Lol my 2tb external is green inside
And one before that was green too and in living room pc lol

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Aug 17 2016 04:15pm

Quote (yupitsmeh @ Aug 17 2016 05:11pm)

Lol my 2tb external is green inside
And one before that was green too and in living room pc lol

nothing wrong with green tbh but for 10$ might as well get that extra 3 year warranty and better speeds.

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