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Western Digital-500GB USB 3.0/2.0---5,400 or 7,200 RPM?

Oct 31, 2010 1:59AM PDT

Hello,
I've been looking at a Western Digital - My Passport Essential 500GB External USB 3.0/2.0 Portable Hard Drive. What is the speed of this drive (5,400 or 7,400 RPM) and does it make a big difference? I have looked everywhere for this spec. My primary purpose is save my finished audio and video projects to an external drive. Would this be a well recommended drive, since I would like to have two, to be on the safer side?
Thanks,
Eric

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(NT) Have a link to the drive you want feedback on ?
Oct 31, 2010 3:59AM PDT
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My guess is that it is a 5400.
Oct 31, 2010 6:00AM PDT

Will it make a difference? I would say yes but I don't think it's that much faster that you could notice. Your computer already have usb3 support? Although it is backward compatible to usb2.