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04-20-2009, 11:08 AM
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external vs internal hard drive for build
when building a do-it-yourself PC, can an external hard drive be used in place of an internal one?
 The external ones look so cool and are easy to set up.
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04-20-2009, 11:10 AM
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I don't think you will get the performance you need to run a system out of an external drive unless you are using SAS. Externals are used for backup and data storage.
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04-20-2009, 12:18 PM
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You could do it with eSATA. Anything else other than that and SAS would be too slow. I also do not recommend prebuilt externals unless you are diligent with keeping backups.
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