Buying an external drive? Wait! 5 reasons to build your own instead

PC World
Oct 22, 2025, 6:30 am125 pts
Recently I’ve come across a bunch of articles on how to build your own external drive, which is interesting because there are some perfectly good pre-built external drives available already. But after some investigation, it turns out there are some big benefits to building your own. Read on to find out more.…

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