![Performance - HDD and SSD - Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt Review - An External with USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt Performance - HDD and SSD - Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt Review - An External with USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt](https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6127/48930.png)
Performance - HDD and SSD - Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt Review - An External with USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt
Does it matter if my external drive is SSD or HDD, if connected via USB2? Does the speed of SSD bare any significance over HDD when data is funneled through USB2? -
![Speed test & review: Plugable NVMe Thunderbolt3 SSD external SSD by Allan Tépper - ProVideo Coalition Speed test & review: Plugable NVMe Thunderbolt3 SSD external SSD by Allan Tépper - ProVideo Coalition](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/Pluagable-speed-test-main.001.jpeg)