phantomwalker
Technical User
My Laptop Spec:
Win 7 Pro , Alienware M15X , Core 7(Q720) - 64Bit , 128 SSD, Esata II\usb combo powered port.
I want to buy an fast esata external drive and I am looking at two types:
A. Seagate 1 or 1.5T Go Flex Ultra Portable, will fit the Esata kit no mains power required -good feature. (STAA1000100\STAA1500100)
B. LaCie d2 Quadra 1 or 2T (310442A or 301500A)
Lacie give good information on specs:
Rotation Speed: 7200 RPM
Burst Transfer Rate: eSATA: up to 105-115MB/s
Drive Size: 3.5"
Cache: 16 Meg or greater
However, finding this information from Seagate has proven elusive. The drive is not the standard thin drive in laptops as the finished thickness is 22mm in lieu of the normal 14.5 mm.
Can I get some guidence as to the better drive, as I saw some reviews that gave the Seagate a poor transfer rate, power consumption and noise.
Suggestions of other drives to use would also be appreciated.
This all because I bought a SSD drive with too litte storage. I need to run multiple Virtual machines (40Gig each).
Any help appreciated.
Eric
Win 7 Pro , Alienware M15X , Core 7(Q720) - 64Bit , 128 SSD, Esata II\usb combo powered port.
I want to buy an fast esata external drive and I am looking at two types:
A. Seagate 1 or 1.5T Go Flex Ultra Portable, will fit the Esata kit no mains power required -good feature. (STAA1000100\STAA1500100)
B. LaCie d2 Quadra 1 or 2T (310442A or 301500A)
Lacie give good information on specs:
Rotation Speed: 7200 RPM
Burst Transfer Rate: eSATA: up to 105-115MB/s
Drive Size: 3.5"
Cache: 16 Meg or greater
However, finding this information from Seagate has proven elusive. The drive is not the standard thin drive in laptops as the finished thickness is 22mm in lieu of the normal 14.5 mm.
Can I get some guidence as to the better drive, as I saw some reviews that gave the Seagate a poor transfer rate, power consumption and noise.
Suggestions of other drives to use would also be appreciated.
This all because I bought a SSD drive with too litte storage. I need to run multiple Virtual machines (40Gig each).
Any help appreciated.
Eric