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Originally Posted by Cman333
Oh so thats what eSata is. Basically the same thing but extended. I thought it was a completely different thing. Good to know.
Well looks like I'm stuck with trying to see if I can wedge the HDD into the comp and see if I can find a right angle sata cable thats low profile and can clear my vid card. Most likely won't work because it looks like VERY minimal clearance, and my vid card is super snug in the case (barely fit, had to hold it down with one person, as the other screwed it in).
Otherwise I'm stuck with an external and will have to use a splitter for the power or something. I'm weary about having 12+ things plugged into one wall outlet. More clutter, ugh.
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Well from the sound of it, your motherboard DOES have an eSATA connector on the back panel, so if the external case you get has eSATA, you can use that, but yes, you will still need to power it from something. Actually, you'll probably need to power the USB drive as well, so there's no getting away from that.
12+ things probably isn't an issue if most of them are low-current... just need another power bar!
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero
Oops..i was thinking of a 2.5" cause he said a "smaller" HDD...i guess he meant in capacity. D'oh!
Yeah i think USB only supports 5V...i didnt know 2.5" was a lot slower than 3.5"...even if they have same spec for cache and rpm?
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2.5" laptop drives are almost all 5400 rpm, while 3.5" drives are commonly 7200rpm... that's why they're slower.