500gb Internal or External Hard Drive Info Needed

bradleyp · 01-06-2008, 08:44 AM

I am planning to buy a 500gb Hard Drive for my PC.

But I need to know whether Internal IDE or External USB/Firewirer is better?

Comparingly Is Internal IDE Drive faster in terms of speed compared to External 3.5" Western Digital Drive My Book Home edition ?

Does it make a huge difference in terms of mb/sec between both.

They are almost the same price but im looking for a faster one which will also last long no matter if it isnt portable.

Pls Suggest.

theredpill99 · 01-08-2008, 12:39 AM

I bought the External 3.5 " 500 GB MY book Western Digital and I'm pretty happy with it. It's supper fast. I have 3 external harddrives and it's by far the fastest. It's loads in just one second whereas my others sometimes takes 30 seconds.

01-06-2008, 08:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
bradleyp Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 72 OS: Windows XP	500gb Internal or External Hard Drive Info Needed I am planning to buy a 500gb Hard Drive for my PC. But I need to know whether Internal IDE or External USB/Firewirer is better? Comparingly Is Internal IDE Drive faster in terms of speed compared to External 3.5" Western Digital Drive My Book Home edition ? Does it make a huge difference in terms of mb/sec between both. They are almost the same price but im looking for a faster one which will also last long no matter if it isnt portable. Pls Suggest. Last edited by bradleyp; 01-06-2008 at 09:00 AM. Reason: forgotten data

01-08-2008, 12:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
theredpill99 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 66 OS: windows xp	Re: 500gb Internal or External Hard Drive Info Needed I bought the External 3.5 " 500 GB MY book Western Digital and I'm pretty happy with it. It's supper fast. I have 3 external harddrives and it's by far the fastest. It's loads in just one second whereas my others sometimes takes 30 seconds.