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I just bought the 2.5" 640 GB Toshiba HDDR 640E04XK with 5400 rpm, 8 MB cache. what is the transfer-rate I should expect? (that 480 Mbits is BS since that refers to the USB speed and not the actual speed of the drive).
I'm right now WRITING to it and have about 9-12 MByte/s per W7. since USB 2.0 has about 57 MByte/s in theory, I'd hope to get over 20-30 Mbyte/s. Is it possible the 2.5" is just so slow at 5400 rpm? I haven't tested reading yet (since it takes so darn long to transfer my files).
Yes, I do understand the difference between bit and byte(not sure if USB protocol uses 8 or 10 bit per byte, though)
I did format the HDD in NFTS and not using that stupid backup software. I know,people say NFTS is not so fast (why?), but I have large files too.
I'm right now WRITING to it and have about 9-12 MByte/s per W7. since USB 2.0 has about 57 MByte/s in theory, I'd hope to get over 20-30 Mbyte/s. Is it possible the 2.5" is just so slow at 5400 rpm? I haven't tested reading yet (since it takes so darn long to transfer my files).
Yes, I do understand the difference between bit and byte(not sure if USB protocol uses 8 or 10 bit per byte, though)
I did format the HDD in NFTS and not using that stupid backup software. I know,people say NFTS is not so fast (why?), but I have large files too.
My Computer
At a glance
W7 Pro 64Intel i3 3220 @ 3.3 GHz2x8GB DDR 3 1600 Kingstononboard
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- homemade
- OS
- W7 Pro 64
- CPU
- Intel i3 3220 @ 3.3 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASRock H77M
- Memory
- 2x8GB DDR 3 1600 Kingston
- Graphics Card(s)
- onboard
- Sound Card
- onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- two 21" LCD
- Hard Drives
- 128 GB Samsung 830
- PSU
- OCZ400MXSP
- Cooling
- Stock
- Internet Speed
- DSL
