Hi everyone!
Recently one of my USB thumb drives died on me and I was looking to get a SanDisk Cruzer eXtreme 3.0 as a replacement. Those only come in 16, 32 and 64GB and the 128GB Cruzer eXtreme Pro costs ~100€. So I was thinking about getting a 120GB SSD and an adapter cable (SATA to USB 3.0). This way I can use it as an external and internal drive (in case the one in my desktop PC or Netbook fails).
Are there any things I have to keep in mind when using an SSD as an ext. drive? (over prosivioning and stuff)
Thanks in advance for any advice/suggestions/tips!
I would recommend a drive enclose that runs through USB 3.0 LINK
Although I have not used one of these myself before, a USB 3.0 interface will be faster than a regular USB 2.0 not only that but USB 3.0 pushes more power than 2.0.
It should work normally as any other storage or flash drive. You could format it to either NTFS or FAT32 and see which one benefits you most as far as speed when transferring files.
Trim will not work over USB 3, as far as I know.
Are the SATA to USB adapters in enclosures better than those cables?
Choosing USB 3.0 over 2.0 is a kinda obvious ;-) Pretty excited to get my first storage device I can use with USB 3.0.
Do you happen to know if there is a free program that allows over provisioning on an SSD that is not used as a bootable drive? Is this even important if I use it as a non-boot drive?
Ha! I never knew that the format impacts the speeds on a drive. Always thought it's only important for the OS.
It's basically a box with a usb to sata connector. There is sometimes a usb 3 cable to connect the enclosure to whatever device you have, but the innards are the same. Especially on 2.5" devices-the 2.5" enclosures rarely have any shock protection.
I just wondered if there was a difference in quality between the connector in an enclosure and the one on a cable.
Does shock protection really matter with SSDs?