RE: External Harddrives opinions

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Lt purefreak

I mostly agree with samako93 here...

I just want to add that another reason for external's (maybe) shorter lifespan is from cooling problems.
Where I live it's very dusty and scorching hot the whole time (35 - 45C) and I've lost about 4 externals in a 2 year period, whilst only having to replace 1 internal HDD in that same timespan. (note that this is rather extreme conditions)

So your casing plays a big part here. To overcome this problem I switched to
Flash Drives... they'll put you out about $20 per GB of storage, but I personally think they're worth it. They can take alot more bumping and wear-n-tear than the conventional HDDs.

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External Harddrives opinions - Beta LtKer silverknight 2007-11-06 22:34:52
- >RE: External Harddrives opinions - Lt purefreak 2007-11-07 09:38:53 <
- RE: External Harddrives opinions - Gamma LtKer samako93 2007-11-07 03:29:46
  - RE: External Harddrives opinions - Beta Tr nikkitracks 2007-11-07 21:02:01
- RE: External Harddrives opinions - Ret. Alpha LtKer Venom 2007-11-07 03:24:53

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Message:	On 2007-11-07 09:38:53, purefreak wrote >I mostly agree with samako93 here... > >I just want to add that another reason for external's (maybe) shorter lifespan is from cooling problems. >Where I live it's very dusty and scorching hot the whole time (35 - 45C) and I've lost about 4 externals in a 2 year period, whilst only having to replace 1 internal HDD in that same timespan. (note that this is rather extreme conditions) > >So your casing plays a big part here. To overcome this problem I switched to >Flash Drives... they'll put you out about $20 per GB of storage, but I personally think they're worth it. They can take alot more bumping and wear-n-tear than the conventional HDDs. >
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