Internal or External what would u selecT?

[ldbs]

a choice between an internal drive and an external drive what would u select and why?

i am just asking to see opinons on external drives..
i already have three internal ones, and i might trade one and get a external cause three drives, two dvd +-r and one normal burner well i dunno might be to much and serial cable to the one drive seems like it's slowing my system down

what u guys think of external ones

[BobK]

I think an external drive is great- if you need another drive and don't have room for an internal one.

I have 4 internal drives- one dual DVD, 1 CD writer, 1 DVD ROM and 1 CD ROM. It might be too much if you don't have a big enough power supply, but I've never had any problems.

And why a serial cable? It would be much cheaper to get a controller card than an external drive.

[ldbs]

well my two different writters are hooked up on secondary ide

and two hard drives on primary

and my board has two serial connecters so i just use the convertor it came with from ide to serial hehe,

but the drive i wont have to pay it will be a warranty exchange at futureshop here in canada, the same drive
hp 420i but the external instead 420e both being a nec 2500

[BobK]

I imagine that the drive on the serial cable is pretty slow. You can pick up an ATA controller card for less than $40 (US). The last one I bought was off eBay- it cost $20 including postage.

[fmctm1sw]

Internal for me. An external would be just one more thing I could spill beer all over....