western digital external hard drive comparison. NEED HELP!

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  1. skmborder

    skmborder Member

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    ok i'm looking to buy a hard drive to put just my pc games on. i was lookin at newegg.com and i had a high interest in the western digital ones. especially the ones where no power cord is needed because i play at my friends house and its easier to lug around one cord instead of two.

    anyways, which one of these is good for pc games?

    1. Western Digital Passport WDXML600UEBN 60GB 5400 RPM 2MB Cache USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

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    2. Western Digital Passport WDXML600UETN 60GB 5400 RPM USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

    or

    3. Western Digital Passport WDXMS600TN 60GB 5400 RPM USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

    i know number 2 doesn't need a power cord, but i'm not so sure about number 1. number 3 looks nice but there are no customer reviews to go on. and i know number 3 doesn't need a power cord as well.

    if any1 possibly knows anything about this, please help me!!!

    p.s. the games i would like to put on are LotR: BfM-E 1 & 2, AoE III, AoM, and Halo
     
    skmborder, Oct 29, 2006
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    are those 2.5" hd's or 3.5" hd's?
     
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    5400rpm is 2.5 is it for your laptop?

    you want the one with the most cache you can afford. or a high speed external one.
     
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    ok the only one that i found that was the fastest was the 7200rpm, and it has to have a power cord. but the cache, i'm not so sure about. i'll re look. thanks for the help guys
     
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    ok quick question. what does form factor mean? i found some that had a cache of 2mb, 8mb, and 16mb. the 16mb is unnesscasary. but what is the form factor?
     
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