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USB 2 or Firewire

mangled

Senior member
As I understand it, USB 2 is 480 mbits/sec and Firewire is 400 mbits/sec, correct?

If I hook up an external hard drive, USB 2 will give me the faster transfer rates of the two, right?

I always thought firewire was faster....
 
On a sustained basis, Firewire will do the job faster than USB 2 and is generally more reliable.
 
For peripherals like fast hard drives, FW is the way to go. For any less strenuous application, high-speed USB 2 is fine.

.bh.
 
Originally posted by: wpeng
Wow, that's interesting to know. Any USB to Firewire adapters?


No as they are different Protocals but you can find hardware and cards that have both...
 
Now I just gotta figure out why my firewire ports do not recognize the external hard drive.

I have a usb 2.0 and firewire pci card installed. The drive is recognized when connected in to the usb 2 ports, but it's not recognize when connected via the firewire ports on the same card. Any ideas?
 
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