Posted February 26, 2017 So I just got a WD 4TB My Book from staples for about ~70 and ran some speed tests on it. 4TB WD My Book Usb 3.0: 1TB WD Green 5200RPM Internal: 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD (Using RAPID mode) Does this seem about right for a 4TB drive? I'm mainly looking to store my media on here and make daily/weekly backups of my computer, which used to be on my 1TB WD Green but that's an old drive now and I wanted to replace it. Also, would the drive work faster if I managed to take it out of its shell and install it directly through SATA? Edit: My motherboard supports Usb type C, would getting one of these cables help with speeds at all? The Grey Squirrel CPU: i7-6700k @ 4.8GHz - CPU Cooler: Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 - Motherboard: ASUS Z170-E - GPU: ASUS GTX 1060 DUAL Case: Inwin 303 - RAM: 4x8GB Corsair LPX - Storage: 2x Samsung 850 EVO 500GB - PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired / Bungee - Keyboard: Corsair Strafe Cherry MX Red - Headphone: Sony MDR- 1R Microphone: Blue Yeti - Webcam: Logitech C920 - Monitors: 3x Dell S2415H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, Dubesta11 said: So I just got a WD 4TB My Book from staples for about ~70 and ran some speed tests on it. 4TB WD My Book Usb 3.0: 1TB WD Green 5200RPM Internal: 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD (Using RAPID mode) Does this seem about right for a 4TB drive? I'm mainly looking to store my media on here and make daily/weekly backups of my computer, which used to be on my 1TB WD Green but that's an old drive now and I wanted to replace it. Also, would the drive work faster if I managed to take it out of its shell and install it directly through SATA? The speeds seem good. And yes, if you install it with SATA it will work faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, Dubesta11 said: So I just got a WD 4TB My Book from staples for about ~70 and ran some speed tests on it. 4TB WD My Book Usb 3.0: 1TB WD Green 5200RPM Internal: 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD (Using RAPID mode) Does this seem about right for a 4TB drive? I'm mainly looking to store my media on here and make daily/weekly backups of my computer, which used to be on my 1TB WD Green but that's an old drive now and I wanted to replace it. Also, would the drive work faster if I managed to take it out of its shell and install it directly through SATA? Edit: My motherboard supports Usb type C, would getting one of these cables help with speeds at all? Also, no. the cable would be bottlenecked by the micro b connector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2017 Author 2 minutes ago, EslyteMedia said: The speeds seem good. And yes, if you install it with SATA it will work faster. It seems like I would have to break the case in order to take it out, so I will probably use it through USB so I can connect it to all my computers. And I might be interested in that cable because I don't have any type-c devices yet and my motherboard only has 2 usb 3.0 connectors (WTF ASUS?) The Grey Squirrel CPU: i7-6700k @ 4.8GHz - CPU Cooler: Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 - Motherboard: ASUS Z170-E - GPU: ASUS GTX 1060 DUAL Case: Inwin 303 - RAM: 4x8GB Corsair LPX - Storage: 2x Samsung 850 EVO 500GB - PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired / Bungee - Keyboard: Corsair Strafe Cherry MX Red - Headphone: Sony MDR- 1R Microphone: Blue Yeti - Webcam: Logitech C920 - Monitors: 3x Dell S2415H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2017 Just now, Dubesta11 said: It seems like I would have to break the case in order to take it out, so I will probably use it through USB so I can connect it to all my computers. Thats smart. the speeds that you'd get with SATA wouldnt be worth it in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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