Hi all, I recently purchased a Western Digital My Passport Ultra 2TB external hard drive. I was wondering if it would be worth it to buy a 2TB internal hard drive that is 7200RPM and put it in an enclosure. The WD is only 5400RPM but comes with the backup software and such. Is it worth the hassle of returning and "building my own?"
External Hard Drive vs Internal Hard Drive + Enclosure
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Ubrales
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I routinely buy HDDs and put it in an enclosure. This way I can get thr HDD of my choice and the enclosure of my choice. I generally prefer an enclosure that has a fan.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173042&cm_re=external_enclosures-_-17-173-042-_-Product (built very well).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173042&cm_re=external_enclosures-_-17-173-042-_-Product (built very well).
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Hi again, rupert413!
Truth is, if you are looking at 7,200 RPM drives for upgrading your storage performance, I'd recommend you to use it as an internal HDD instead of via USB 3.0 enclosure. Benchmarking the performance difference and transfer rate of a 5,400 RPM and a 7,200 RPM HDD would be definitely noticeable in an internal (via SATA) environment. However, when used in an external enclosure the drives perform differently due to the USB connection. Even though, a 7,200 RPM HDD would still be faster in terms of transfer rate, the difference won't be so significant really.
Either way, as for the drive inside your WD external enclosure, it may very depending on application. You can check this article from our KB about it as well: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=46Anq1
Hope this assists you! Keep us posted!
SuperSoph_WD
Truth is, if you are looking at 7,200 RPM drives for upgrading your storage performance, I'd recommend you to use it as an internal HDD instead of via USB 3.0 enclosure. Benchmarking the performance difference and transfer rate of a 5,400 RPM and a 7,200 RPM HDD would be definitely noticeable in an internal (via SATA) environment. However, when used in an external enclosure the drives perform differently due to the USB connection. Even though, a 7,200 RPM HDD would still be faster in terms of transfer rate, the difference won't be so significant really.
Either way, as for the drive inside your WD external enclosure, it may very depending on application. You can check this article from our KB about it as well: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=46Anq1
Hope this assists you! Keep us posted!
SuperSoph_WD
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Whereas internal drives are generally faster than external drives, internal drives are NOT suitable for backups. Backups must be done on an external drive and backups must be done frequently and regularly. An external drive will be a great drive for backups!
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