What is the difference between an external hard drive and convert an internal one using an enclousure?
I would like to know what is the difference between an external hard drive and convert a internal one using an enclosure caddy case? I talk about 2.5" format only.
Which is the best option? there is some difference in performance?
I am deciding if buying:
- External mechanical hdd seagate expansion 2.5" SATA III 500GB 5400rpm USB 3.0 8MB cache
Seagate Expansion
or
- Internal mechanical hdd WD SATA III 2.5" format, 500GB 5400rpm, 16MB cache and put it inside an USB 3.0 Hard Drive enclosure Caddy Case with support for UASP protocol.
- Enclosure
- WD mechanical HDD
Which option is the best assuming I want to install on it a Linux distro and booting from it? I do not want to make dual boot, I prefer isolate the OSes, each in one hard drive. Also I am not interested in using virtual machines.
Solution 1:
There is no difference at all. The harddrives used in external enclosures are the same SATA drives used internally.
And in the old days with IDE drives that was true as well.
I have swapped diskdrives between enclosures and internal usage or the other way around dozens of times without any issues.
Sometimes an enclosure with disk happens to be cheaper than the same disk bought on its own. I've purchased a fair number of disks that way. Took it out of the enclosure and put it in a PC. And put an older disk that I had lying around back in the enclosure.