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External HD for MAME
Firebat138:
I need to buy a new hard drive and I want to get a TB or 2... Should I be fine in just purchasing a 1TB Mybook and running everything on that? Does anyone do this and is there a performance degradation... Thanx
Firebat
severdhed:
If you are going to put it on an external hard drive, then i would go with e-sata. the usb 2.0 interface is just nowhere near as fast, and could cause performance degradation. or, you could always just go with an internal hard drive.
you can pick up a 1tb drive for under $100 now, internal or external.
Firebat138:
The Mybook has Firewire...would that be better..
And E-Sata My Precision 340....what sata card could I use...can you provide me a link and a link to a hard drive... i always get that stuff confused... Thanx
severdhed:
does your PC have e-sata? does it even have sata II? what about pci express slots? i cannot really provide any information without knowing anything about your PC.
thecheat:
Why not just go internal? You can buy a SATA 1tb hard drive for $80 from Newegg.
I second the eSATA but I think that Firewire will do in a pinch. If you don't have either eSATA or Firewire ports, pick up an enclosure with eSATA and a controller card. If you already have FW, get a FW hard drive enclosure.
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