firewire/usb or sata/usb external drive?

[xlav]

Seek help to choose between Apricorn firewire/us2.0 and Apricorn sata/usb2.0 external drive enclosure. Does the sata enclosure connect to the PC with a usb cable?

 

[cdogg]

If the link below is the Apricorn product you're looking at, then it's the better choice:

http://www.apricorn.com/product_detail.php?type=family&id=10

eSATA (external SATA) allows for up to 300MB/s transfer rates, which is much faster than Firewire or USB. Even though a drive by itself won't need that much bandwidth, many do need to go above 50MB/s (firewire's limit) or 60MB/s (USB 2.0 limit), especially if you want to use this as a boot drive.

~cdogg
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[xlav]

Thanks, that's the drive. Do I connect the drive to my PC with the the SATA or USB cable? The SATA ports of my PC are on the motherboard.

 

[paparazi]

LOL got to smile.

Your motherboard has to have an external eSATA connection for this type of enclosure.
Martin

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[cdogg]

Yes, forgot to mention that!

This article explains it all:

http://www.sata-io.org/esata.asp

~cdogg
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