Why are External Hard Drives cheaper than Internal Hard Drives now?

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C L

I have seen several 1TB external hard drives with 7200 rpm for under $80 whereas a comparable internal hard drive is well over $100-$200. Usually the reasoning is the rpm is so low (normally around 5400), but that doesn't seem to be the case. You can always just take the HDD out of the external casing and use it as internal, just wondering why the disparity? It used the be the other way around.

Answer
it's about inventory.

There was a large buildup of inventory fairly early on of portable drives so
when the flooding in thailand happened it affected the prices of all drives,
but as there was a larger inventory of portables when the speculators started jacking up prices.

Still 2/3-3/4 of the price increases were simply gouging.

Nothing more, nothing less.

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What kind of external drive should I get?

A Bape Fan

Im looking for a portable external drive to store some documents, pictures, and files. Ive seen a lot of good Western Digital passport drives that feature USB 3.0 but many of them are only 5400rpm. Primarily I do lot of video editing and file transferring. What is the best 7200rpm USB 3.0 portable hard drive that I can find?

Answer
You can buy a customized external enclosure and a barebone 7200 rpm hard drive. That will solve your problem.

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