New Idea for External Drives?

[Brainiac777]

Hello, I was wonder if you put an SSD into an external hard drive enclosure, would it function properly? As in would it function without problems? SSDs prefer TRIM to work most effectively but would I be activated if you tried this idea? I want to know this as I want the redundancy with an SSD with the portability of the external drive. I know that solutions such as Angel Bird exist but it would be much cheaper with this method. The SSD I had in mind would be the Samsung 840 with any external drive enclosure. Thanks. 

[looney]

yes you can, just make sure its USB 3, usb 2 would be a waste of speed and might have some power issues.

I don't know about trim though.

Personally i would just go for the angel-bird though.

[Guest Gazzer96]

yes you can, just make sure its USB 3, usb 2 would be a waste of speed and might have some power issues.

I don't know about trim though.

Personally i would just go for the angel-bird though.

what about eSATA?

[looney]

what about eSATA?

eSATA is slightly faster, bus in the future it might be less common.

Everyone has USB.

 

Also with eSATA you will need a external power source which is not ideal.

[MG2R]

Also with eSATA you will need a external power source which is not ideal.

There are powered eSATA ports too... Never seen a cable for them, though :p

[looney]

There are powered eSATA ports too... Never seen a cable for them, though :P

only prove my "less common point" :D

 

They don't call it a UNIVERSAL serial bus for nothing :p

[MG2R]

only prove my "less common point" :D

 

They don't call it a UNIVERSAL serial bus for nothing :P

But eSATA has a small letter in front of the normal 'word', so it must be superior! :p