Hi All,
I'm looking for an external hard drive to run as my main work storage, plugged into my laptop (Dell XPS M1710). I'm gonna be using the hard drive for video editing, animations and other graphics stuff so would like it to be fast.
I'm 99% going to get the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500GB 7200rpm 16MB USB2 / Firewire 400 / eSATA drive which I've found for £115 inc vat and delivery, but just wanted to check something about eSATA and Firewire.
I'm assuming that eSATA will give me the fastest performance, but with it being an external hard drive am I going to notice the difference. I've seen a 2 Port eSATA Expresscard Adapter for £38 inc vat and delivery. Would I notice the extra performance or would I be wasting an extra £38.
If it would be a waste of money I'd probably look at the same Seagate drive but just the USB2 version (though 8mb cache instead of 16mb) which I've found for £85 inc vat and delivery.
Thanks for any advice in advance,
Storm
I'm looking for an external hard drive to run as my main work storage, plugged into my laptop (Dell XPS M1710). I'm gonna be using the hard drive for video editing, animations and other graphics stuff so would like it to be fast.
I'm 99% going to get the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500GB 7200rpm 16MB USB2 / Firewire 400 / eSATA drive which I've found for £115 inc vat and delivery, but just wanted to check something about eSATA and Firewire.
I'm assuming that eSATA will give me the fastest performance, but with it being an external hard drive am I going to notice the difference. I've seen a 2 Port eSATA Expresscard Adapter for £38 inc vat and delivery. Would I notice the extra performance or would I be wasting an extra £38.
If it would be a waste of money I'd probably look at the same Seagate drive but just the USB2 version (though 8mb cache instead of 16mb) which I've found for £85 inc vat and delivery.
Thanks for any advice in advance,
Storm