1TB external Hard Drive vs. 64GB portable Flash Drive?

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Solrac Oreca

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My friends usually pass movies,music, and game files via an external drive instead of downloading for their own (Internet here is slow)
Sometimes they copy just around 30GB of files using that 1TB.
I'm just wondering if It's worth it to get just a 64GB portable Flash Drive, I mean I know the Terabyte is larger but is there any longevity difference and file transfer limits?
Hope someone gets my point, It's not the price to GB ratio from the two, I just thought it might be faster and cleaner to transfer files from a portable flash drive with the sacrifice of lesser GB and maybe a little more cash on it. Thanks!
 
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While flash drives have a theoretical write limit, it would take you years and years of continuous use to even consider nearly hitting that limit. I would not be concerned about it, and the flash drive will obviously run faster and have less power requirements. Get the flash drive and don't worry about it.
 
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USB Hard Drives are limited by the speed of the port, but in 1 TB vs. 64 GB, the HDD wins. You can also take it out of the casing and hook it up via SATA internally for faster response.
 
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Some flash drives are slower than hard drives even as some are faster, but using USB 2.0 limits the speed no matter what, so that speed is not a consideration. More important is the fact that solid state drives are more rugged so that they can withstand travel and the accidental drop. The thin metal disks inside a hard disk drive might shatter if you drop it. So for the case where you will transport the drive frequently and thus the risk of dropping it is multiplied, I would say it is worth it to get the flash drive. If speed of transfer is an issue then you and your friends should all get USB 3 or eSATA ports and then you could all upgrade the drives to match. (You could also just run a regular SATA cable out the back so you don't have to open the case each time and you don't actually have to buy a eSATA port.)
Another option is getting a cloud drive that connects to Gigabit ethernet or via wifi. These connection options are potentially better than USB2.0. (As always, it depends on actual conditions.) However, I have not seen this as a solid state drive. I think for your use scenario, the flash drive is going to be the best choice.

 
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