Currently, external drives are sold in the market in three basic forms. Among them, portable hard disk is a very popular category. 5400 RPM hard disk drives are used in laptops.
It can receive power and transfer data through a single connection. 5300 taka for one terabyte and 7500 takas for a 2 terabyte drive.
5 terabyte portable hard drives are available in the market for around 10 thousand takas. However, using a hard disk on a desktop requires a power supply. The 7200 rpm hard disk is available for use on desktops, increasing the speed of file transfer.
The price of 6 terabytes of hard disk for a desktop is 9500-10200 taka. The popularity of solid-state drives is increasing due to their relatively low cost. With 7500 takas, you can buy a 1TB SSD.
It looks small but can work at extremely fast speeds. That’s why it’s better to use SSD for large projects. Use SSD for heavy game transfer and streaming work.
Using a portable hard drive requires you to be familiar with the USB connection. USB 3.0 connection allows up to 5Gbits/sec speed. On the other hand, you will get Up to 10Gbits/sec in USB 3.1 and Up to 20Gbits/sec in 3.2. Hard disk and SSD manufacturing companies provide various software tools for drive management or security.