External Hardrive

Firstlly to clarify I've never used/built an external drive. I was initially going to purchase a 320GB Seagate External Hardrive but I've changed my mind and I'm going to make my own. The problem is that I need more USB 2.0 ports so I'm going to buy a hub which does not have a power connection.

This is what I have in mind

• 400GB Seagate Hardrive - Click Here

• USB 2.0 Hardrive Enclosure - Click here

• Non AC powered USB Hub - Click here

My main concern is the hub, I'm finding it hard to find ones which do not require a power supply. I've found the one above but will that one be fine or should I choose a different one??

Secondly is my hardrive enclosure choice ok??

Thirdly I do plan mainly to use this for storage instead of constantly burning DVDs, but would this work for playing stored video and music files ok??

Appreciate the help.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I know the enclosure requires a power supply, but I want a powerless USB 2.0 Hub because I already have too many plugs around here. So can anybody tell me will that hub be ok and answer my other 2 questions?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Just to clarify again yes the hardrive will have its own power supply but I want to make sure the non AC powered USB hub will work with it and how will video and music playback fair.

How ya doing, buddy?

I hear www.newegg.com is pretty popular in your neck of the woods.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Dayvon

Did you order your HD? Any luck?

I get it on Friday will post back on the results, hopefully it won't be faulty/damaged.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Ok i've fitted the hard drive using all of the equipment I've got above.

In the benchmarks it is at 19mb/s, is that respectable and about right for an external caddy drive?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Sorry its connected directly, I connected other devices to the hub, the external drive peaks at 20mb/s.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Sir VG

Companies indeed do not recommend the use of hubs for external drives. I've never used them personally, so I can't say either way from experience.

What you can do is get a PCI card that allows for extra USB2.0 ports. I'd recommend something from NewEgg, but they seem to be having server problems right now.

You can use them for external hardrives many people I know at university use enclosed 2.5/3.5 inch drives on their laptops connected to a hub without any problems. But I would tend to think it would be slightly detrimental on the benchmarks.

But its ok, I just connected my Printer, webcam and bluetooth dongle to the hub; items which I rarely use, leaving me a spare USB 2.0 port to hook up my hardrive.

How ya doing, buddy?