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so i wonderd, does a 7200rpm hard drive top out the speed of a usb 2.0, if that is true it means i would have to get a 3.0 hard drive enclosure...

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It depends on the hard drive. USB 2.0 is almost certainly limiting the HDD's transfer speed though, so yes a 3.0 enclosure would be preferred. 

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so i wonderd, does a 7200rpm hard drive top out the speed of a usb 2.0, if that is true it means i would have to get a 3.0 hard drive enclosure...

USB 2.0: 480 Mbps = 60 MB/s. USB 3.0 will help, but on small files it'll be the same

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USB3 is the way to go. While the theoretical speed of usb2 may seem "good enough" for a HDD to not bottleneck it too much, in practice, it generally gets far worse speeds.

When in doubt, re-format.

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USB 2.0: 480 Mbps = 60 MB/s. USB 3.0 will help, but on small files it'll be the same

 

i'll just transfer video's and pgoto's (maybe raw...)

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i'll just transfer video's and pgoto's (maybe raw...)

Get USB3 for sure.

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Get USB3 for sure.

 

 

 

USB3 is the way to go. While the theoretical speed of usb2 may seem "good enough" for a HDD to not bottleneck it too much, in practice, it generally gets far worse speeds.

 

thank you, i'll go with the 3.0 one

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