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Help me buy HDD

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Vyom93 Original post #1
Jun 17, 2013 at 5:44 PM
I am having two 500GB Internal Hdds,Now i need a external HDD but i am thinking of buying new ssd then ext hdd and use one of the internal hdd with case as ext hdd, i will use ext hdd rarely what to do friends help me

ssd thinking of buying
Kingston SV300S37A/120G Internal Hard Drive - Kingston: Flipkart.com

or ext hdd
WD My Passport 1 TB External Hard Disk - WD: Flipkart.com

my rig config in sign
harshilsharma63
harshilsharma63 #2
Jun 17, 2013 at 6:03 PM
AFAIK, desktop HDD adapters require an external power source, which redices its portability IMO. If you aren't using and disk I/O heavy softwares, then I would suggest to skip the SSD and go for an external HDD only. But if you have the budget, then get both :)