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  • Jake
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2001
    • 3056
    #1

    Need An External HD

    I'm trying to decide between these two external hard drives:

    Western Digital 120GB USB 2.0 - $229.95

    AND

    Western Digital 120GB FireWire/USB 2.0 $249.99

    It looks like they're pretty much the exact same drive except for another $20.00 you can get the FireWire/USB 2.0 Combo instead of the USB 2.0 only.

    So my question is why would you pay an extra $20.00 bucks for the FireWire capability when USB 2.0 has a faster data transfer rate than FireWire? I just want to make sure that I'm not missing something here before I go pick one on these up.
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    • brizzad
      holla
      • Jul 2003
      • 11769
      #2
      go with firewire... it's a lot faster, and only 20 bucks more

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        • fatbaby
          Confirmed User
          • Jun 2003
          • 486
          #3
          Buy em seperately....

          You can buy the USB 2.0 case for around $50 comes with all wires, cables, software, ect.... put any damn HD in it you want... just pay for the raw HD.. saves big bucks....


          I just did up two of em for backups... total cost me around that $249 price...


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            • Xmaz
              #4
              USB 2.0 are faster than firewire, but many notebooks don't have or only have a few usb 2.0 plugs, so using firewire instead could save some of these.....this is the only reason I can think of?

              If you don't follow fatbaby's excellent advise, you should check maxtor for some boxes too.

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                • charlie6763
                  Confirmed User
                  • Nov 2001
                  • 3056
                  #5
                  Originally posted by brizzad
                  go with firewire... it's a lot faster, and only 20 bucks more
                  I'm pretty sure that USB 2.0 transfers data at 480Mbps and FireWire is 400Mbps

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                    • charlie6763
                      Confirmed User
                      • Nov 2001
                      • 3056
                      #6
                      Originally posted by fatbaby
                      Buy em seperately....

                      You can buy the USB 2.0 case for around $50 comes with all wires, cables, software, ect.... put any damn HD in it you want... just pay for the raw HD.. saves big bucks....


                      I just did up two of em for backups... total cost me around that $249 price...


                      Now there's an option to consider

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                        • gothweb
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jun 2002
                          • 8849
                          #7
                          There are other differences between FireWire and UBB 2.0. Also, is this drive the true USB 2.0 (480 MBps) or the 1.2 USB that was recently re-branded as USB 2.0?

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