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Thunderbolt hard drives, no deals? - Mr645 - 03-14-2018
Looking for a 4 TB external drive, desktop 3.5 inch is fine. Would like Thunderbolt but 3 times more than USB 3.0 drives. Any deals out there?
Re: Thunderbolt hard drives, no deals? - sekker - 03-14-2018
What are you using it for? USB3 is likely as fast as TB for spinny disk drives.
Re: Thunderbolt hard drives, no deals? - ka jowct - 03-14-2018
There are almost no single-bay TB drive enclosures. What is the reason that you feel you should get Thunderbolt?
Re: Thunderbolt hard drives, no deals? - N-OS X-tasy! - 03-14-2018
I expect you meant a 4 TB drive, yes?
Re: Thunderbolt hard drives, no deals? - jdc - 03-14-2018
What they said.
No platter based drive can exceed USB 3 speeds so getting a 4 TB tbolt does nothing.
If you want more speed from a platter drive you will need to build a 2-3 drive RAID 0.
Re: Thunderbolt hard drives, no deals? - Filliam H. Muffman - 03-15-2018
Another vote for just buy the USB 3.0 drive, or did you get stuck with one of those Mac models with Thundercrap and no USB 3.0?
Re: Thunderbolt hard drives, no deals? - ka jowct - 03-15-2018
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
Another vote for just buy the USB 3.0 drive, or did you get stuck with one of those Mac models with Thundercrap and no USB 3.0?
The USB-C mystery ports?
Re: Thunderbolt hard drives, no deals? - jdc - 03-15-2018
ka jowct wrote:
[quote=Filliam H. Muffman]
Another vote for just buy the USB 3.0 drive, or did you get stuck with one of those Mac models with Thundercrap and no USB 3.0?
The USB-C mystery ports?
Hes referring to some 2012/13 macs with TBolt and USB 2.
In which case, you didnt mention what this drive was for, but if its just for backup, USB 2 more than enough.
Re: Thunderbolt hard drives, no deals? - Mr645 - 03-15-2018
Mostly because I have Macs with no more USB ports and unused Thunderbolt ports.
In this case it's a 2012 Mini with a Time Machine drive, USB card reader, Keyboard and a USB extention cable used for thumb drives. So the 4 USB ports are in use and the TB port is not used.
Re: Thunderbolt hard drives, no deals? - ka jowct - 03-15-2018
Maybe a USB hub for the Reader, keyboard and thumb drives? Or you could go nuts and get a TB hub or dock.