Firewire vs USB ?

[LeftEyeNine]

How rational is it to pay more for an external HDD since it has Firewire connectibility as well ?

I'm totally stranger to Firewire interface although it's out there for years.

How does it connect? What is needed? What about data speed ?

Thanks in advance.

[Beskar]

Use ESATA if you got a ESATA port on your motherboard.

As for the other questions, don't bother with firewire unless you already have it. It isn't worth it.

[Lemur]

Firewire used to be the fastest, most stable connector for large-capacity external anythings. It picked up a good following with video people for this reason. However, its time has come and gone. As Beskar notes, ESATA is the way to go these days. I wouldn't bother with USB for large-capacity storage.

On the other hand, if your mobo has firewire and not SATA, I guess a FW drive could make sense.

[LeftEyeNine]

Do you think this one has ESATA ?

[LeftEyeNine]

Apparently it doesn't have one. :/

I had paid $250 for this motherboard.

[pevergreen]

Bummer. Gigabyte uses orange/yellow to mark e-sata ports. My mobo has 2 or 4.