Can You Use A Solid State Drive In An External Enclosure?
April 9, 2010 - 11:36 am
I have an Intel 40Gb SSD and I am wondering if I can use it in a USB 2.5" external enclosure. I don’t want to use it as a boot drive, just to hold programs to carry for install onto other systems. Thanks.
@Shukui: All SSDs are SATA…and it will be great when some USB 3 externals come out.
As long as your enclosure is SATA compatible, there is absolutely no reason why you can’t use an SSD in an external enclosure, the let down will be write and read performance because if it’s over USB 2.0 your limited to the specifications of the standard although if you have the ability to use eSATA you will definitely get more speed out of it although regardless you will never see the true power of an SSD while it’s external.
April 9th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Well, in fact you can use it if the interface is compatible, i mean, if the external enclosure is for SATA, the HDD should be a sata drive.
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April 9th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
As long as your enclosure is SATA compatible, there is absolutely no reason why you can’t use an SSD in an external enclosure, the let down will be write and read performance because if it’s over USB 2.0 your limited to the specifications of the standard although if you have the ability to use eSATA you will definitely get more speed out of it although regardless you will never see the true power of an SSD while it’s external.
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