BestBuy has for the BF weekend a 3TB external USB 3.0/2.0 Goflex Desk drive for $99. I know GoflexDesk does not have any accessories to dish out eSata. So I open it up and see its the Barracuda XT sata drive, figured I could buy an enclosure and get a eSata-to-Sata cable with the same ole setup (5/4/leftover OS/Swap/Storage). Or stick to the lazy way out and just plug it in via the USB port.
My question: to those of you who have their drives connected to the internal Sata, do you find a great difference in speed compared to USB? I will only be using it for file/print serving and media streaming, but I fear that the bottleneck comes in due to the pro's 700MHz speed, not the interface. Will plugging in via Sata make a difference in media streaming or file sharing? I know WHSE has had great speeds through samba compared to using USB and leming mentions I/O waits with USB, but they are also wizards . What kind of speeds are the rest of you getting?
tl;dr
>Is it worth buying an enclosure and cable to connect to Sata or just stick with USB?