play mp3s off an external drive?

[rh71]

Have an old Dell Dimension 2400 with a small drive, want to get an external drive to put MP3s on it and play from there since there are a lot. Is this ideal? I figure I can always plug the hdd into a netbook too and play the MP3s from there if I felt like it.

Would something like this, meant for backups, perform good enough?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822186186

 

[Rubycon]

Yes it works great!

That's exactly what we're doing and the source is PCM not MP3 so the data rates are higher and it works without a hitch.

 

[Rifter]

Works fine, i have all my MP3's, pictures and a few movies on a external USB drive and take it everywhere with me. Great to have at a friends house or something to listen to the music you want or watch some movies as everything has usb nowdays. And its a 5400 rpm notebook low power drive 320GB, doesnt even need power cable. Its not fast but more than fast enough for mp3's/movies even HD 1080p movies.