I have several terabytes-worth of external drives that I've acquired over the years. most of them have a USB interface but as I'm sure many people know, transferring large amounts of data over USB repeatedly takes a LONG time and eventually it gets to the point where it's too much time. My most recent drive [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hard drives’
Why do people need all the extra drive bays of a mid and full tower case?
When all you need is a mini tower with 2 Terabyte Hard Drive (1 Drive) Blu ray/DVD RW (1 Drive) because over the years, you collect hard drives with your data on them, and just get used to hauling them around, I have six in my tower. and 7 in my server, I know a [...]
What is the difference between high rpm hard drives and low rpm hard drives?
I noticed that the hard drives that are faster have lower capacities and are much more expensive. What makes them lower capacity and more expensive, don't they just have to make the motor go faster? Also, do you benefit very much from a faster hard drive? No, they also have to have pickups and electronics [...]
Whats the recommended watts for the power supply for cpu AMD X2 dual core 6000?
and the cooling fan? whats best? and what not to get for the cpu fan. This AMD X2 6000+ consume 120 watt power….maybe u need PSU 500 watt. While I don't really know about the cooling fan I do know that the processor isn't what determines your system's power supply. The processor takes less than [...]
What are the best components for building a computer?
I am going to build myself a desktop computer and am looking at differeent components. What are the best ones out there in all the categories? oh and I'm building a high-power gaming macine. This is how I would do it: AMD Phenom II 940 3.0GHz Quad Asus AM2+ motherboard with nForce 780a chipset A [...]
What is the different between desktop processor and server processor?
What is actually the different if both have almost the same specification? Let say, AMD Phenom six cores 2.8GHz (desktop processor) with AMD Opteron six cores 2.6GHz (server processor). Why does the Opteron has a higher price despite the clock speed is lower? They may be almost the same specification but they both run different [...]
How do I connect a LAN on two computers using a cat5e cable when the two computer do not have internet?
How do I connect a LAN on two computers using a cat5e cable when the two computer do not have internet? this is in order to transfer about 2500 songs via the cat5e patch crossover cable. Step by step please. Do you mean they do not have network cards? If they do have network cards, [...]
How long does a typical computer hard drive last before it is a dead hard drive?
In general, how long does a typical new hard drive last before it doesn't work? Another question: When the computer hard drive is dead, does this mean the monitor and the computer won't turn on? All drive manufacturers like to talk about MTBF – mean time between failures. they run their drive for a little [...]
1.8IN USB 5PIN 2.0 CE IDE Hard Drive Enclosure Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A word of caution. Don’t buy this for use with SSDs. it is designed for 5V hard drives like Toshiba and Hitachi 1.8″ drives. it is not compatible with 3.3V SSDs like MTron or RunCore. I bought one of these to clone my Netbook drive to MTron Mobi 3000 SSD and it [...]
What is the difference between a SCSI Host Adapter, and an IDE Hard Drive?
I cannot get Win XP to Install on my great nieces computer, we are trying to upgrade from win 98. SCSI is an adapter for hard drives that operate at 15,000 rpm. IDE is old school hard drives that operate off of ribbon cables. Today normal hard drives operate with Sata cable connections. As to [...]
