It will still be faster to download it to the internal drive. The transfer speed over USB will be slower than the transfer speed to the 5400 RPM drive.
I believe USB 2.0 transfer rates are 12 MB/S Where an EIDE 5400 RPM drive.. bottom of the scale.. Would transfer at about 60 MB/s.. Sata would be a bit faster still.
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True, but I can pretty much guarantee you that the torrent download isn't going to exceed the USB xfer rate.
Exactly!
The theoretical maximum data rate of USB 2.0 is 480 Mb/sec (60 MB/sec), but actual USB disk transfer rates are usually about half that. Is your Internet connection speed faster than 240 Mb/sec?
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The theoretical maximum data rate of USB 2.0 is 480 Mb/sec (60 MB/sec), but actual USB disk transfer rates are usually about half that. Is your Internet connection speed faster than 240 Mb/sec?
This...
Out of curiosity, what is "huge", and what do you use to manage your torrents?
Unless you have a fiber link to the backbone, i would think the limiting factor will be your ISP's network connection anyway. ( like suggested in the post above that i missed until just now )
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ah, that could take a while. For something that big I would DEFINITELY download straight to the final destination. What exactly are you downloading that is 150GB for a single torrent? Unless, of course, it is unmentionable here....
