HDD: Any quality difference between portable and plugged in external HDD? (lemmy.org)

submitted 3 months ago by ui3bg4r@lemmy.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I am debating between those Western Digital portable drives that go up to 5tb that function with USB only (WD my passport) and the bigger ones (eg my book) that are bigger and need power outlet besides the USB connection.

Is there any difference in quality or durability to store media?

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[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Piggybacking to ask if anyone knows of any external HDD that is SATA internally so I can take it apart and shove it into my system. The price difference is insane right now

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

This is called drive schucking, if you search for that you should be able to find some lists

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you!

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you! I didn't know that was a thing, but since I'm in the market to begin building a NAS, that will surely be useful to know terminology

[-] ui3bg4r@lemmy.org 1 points 3 months ago

Good question. I would imagine the internal ones would be cheaper, but its the contrary. Crazy

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