So I'm getting a third hard drive, and was wondering whether there is a big reason to get internal over external.
I want to use it to store shit that I'll be using often, not as just backup.
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2007-06-11 5:36 ID:Gh5CxrOp
Externals are much worse for games that frequently access the hard drive or must load large files from the hard drive. If your internal hard drives are of acceptable size, I would suggest getting a large external drive and moving anime/movie files over to it and just use the internals for heavy-hitting games.
The biggest factor for me is cost. There are special cases you can buy that will basically turn any internal hard drive into an external USB drive, so if you can find a cheap 500GB drive, external or internal, you can use either externally. The drive bays that do this weren't very expensive last time I checked (less than $40?), though I can't vouch for their quality.