Does firewire 800 (1394b) making external hard drive as fast as internal hard drive?
2006-09-28 03:59:13 · 3 answers · asked by 50something 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
That guy is retarded doesn't know what he is talking about....Firewire 800 is MUCH faster than USB 2.0, but as far as if a external drive is as fast as an internal the answer is no. Internal is faster, except for maybe external SCSI drives which might be the same speed b/c they both have to connect to a SCSI controller card.
2006-09-28 04:34:45 · answer #1 · answered by gladlock96 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No the internal controller is faster and these days most drive controllers have bus mastering which you can't do with an external hard drive. Also if you are going to buy an external hard drive buy USB it's faster than firewire and you can use it with almost any computer. Firewire never really caught on.
2006-09-28 04:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by Brian K² 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
See, you additionally can get a 7200rpm inner rigidity. A firewire or USB rigidity is precisely a similar component as an inner rigidity. the version is that the exterior ones are in enclosures that convert the conventional inner sign to firewire or USB. Now, the concern is that the fee of a 7200rpm rigidity is swifter than Firewire 800, so the firewire creates a bottleneck. on the different hand, in case you have a sort of latest USB 3.0 ports, then it is swifter than a 7200rpm rigidity, so it would be *the two* as rapid as an inner 7200rpm rigidity.
2016-10-18 03:21:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋