Post by aramis on Apr 11, 2008 8:58:55 GMT 7
Bought one of these and just trying to decide on a hard drive to put in it.
Initially it was to to be the IDE Western Digital 160gig:
www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=312
But now I'm leaning towards the IDE Fujitsu 120gig:
www.fujitsu.com/au/services/t.../MHV2xxAH.html
Getting to the point, I'd like to know if the power usage on each will make a huge difference in terms of power consumption (the Thecus comes with a 4 x AA battery power pack) on the run and in Internet Cafe's (it also comes with an extra USB plug in case I need the extra ompf).
The WD uses 2.5 watts whereas the Fujitsu uses 1.9 watts.
Is 0.6 of a Watt a big difference? Also are Fujitsu drives decent and reliable?
Initially it was to to be the IDE Western Digital 160gig:
www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=312
But now I'm leaning towards the IDE Fujitsu 120gig:
www.fujitsu.com/au/services/t.../MHV2xxAH.html
Getting to the point, I'd like to know if the power usage on each will make a huge difference in terms of power consumption (the Thecus comes with a 4 x AA battery power pack) on the run and in Internet Cafe's (it also comes with an extra USB plug in case I need the extra ompf).
The WD uses 2.5 watts whereas the Fujitsu uses 1.9 watts.
Is 0.6 of a Watt a big difference? Also are Fujitsu drives decent and reliable?