Small Drives

[progbuddy]

This is the new small. It is an actual HD. I want to know how to make an IDE/USB adapter. This would be a neat idea for desktops. They would take up less wattage, less space, and spare the heat.

[GT40_GearHead]

it would be nice, but dont forget the slower acces times

[DaveW]

Plus the fact that it won't last as long and costs more.

Just wait a year or so for solid state drives. The success of SATAII has ripened the market for faster Hard Drives.

-Dave

[progbuddy]

well, ive seen them as cheap as 70 dollars with 2 gigs

[CanaBalistic]

It would be cool if it had a plug and play sata connector insted of usb

[MitaPi]

Well it sure is shiney! I would buy it if it had a keychain hook up spot.

Seagate has 5 gig ones.

[qoou]

40 gigs nice and small.

[chedabob]

you are paying more for less storage. thats daft. a 3 1/2 inch sata drive isnt exactly massive.

[Cannibal23]

im not sure about the life span of solid state drives, but i know that they sure are expensive for what you get. as an alternative, you may concider getting a laptop hard drive and an adaptor that will make it possable to connect it to ide. if you really must have a usb interface then use the link in the post a few above this one. all that is is a laptop drive in a little box with a little adaptor at the back. the 3 major issues with useing a laptop drive however are cost (those little buggers are not so cheap!), speed is alot slower i find and reliability. it seems to me that laptop drives are more seseptable to wearing out then standard desktop drives.

[EPYK]

i read somewhere that usb was faster on the bandwidth then sata and ata.
firewire was also faster

and if your going small just get an ipod HDD