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bus powered T Bolt drives?

Sniper X
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28 Mar 2013 20:36 #23307 by Sniper X

bus powered T Bolt drives? was created by Sniper X

I am in need to get an off board Thunderbolt drive for a MacBookAir....preferably something in a 1tb or so that powers off of the t bolt port.

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28 Mar 2013 21:10 #23309 by VidGreg

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BareFeats just did a comparison of various bus powered external drives you might check out. However, since you seem to want a 1Tb drive, I assume you will be using an HDD (spinning disk) instead of a SSD. You should know that no HDD drive will come close to saturating the bus of usb3/TB or even a FW800 drive.
Check out BareFeats test here.... www.barefeats.com/hard168.html
Links to various drives in article.
Don't forget the cost of a TB cable if you go that route.
Best of luck, Hope this helps, Greg

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