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Well... I'm finally so hacked off with my Ipod and my Pioneer head unit fighting with each other that I'm going to look at a different idea.

My Pioneer has the ability to read directly from a USB device which, in normal circumstances would be a memory stick.

However, my collection on the Ipod comes to some 70GB. I know I cannot use a USB based external 2.5" SATA drive because of the power overhead but, am I right in thinking that the power requirements of an SSD are little, if any, more than those of a memory stick?

Any opinions gratefully accepted please.

Also, can you just fit an SSD into a USB 2.5" external HDD case?

Can't see any reason why a SSD drive wont fit in the 2.5" USB box. They are designed to replace normal drives, so shouldn't be any different, other than possibly being a bit thinner.

Having now looked on fleabay, I can get a 128GB USB 3.0 memory stick for less than the price of an SSD, which would leave me with an SSD to fit in my laptop

Just remember you are never meant to defrag a SSD.

I know that Richard, but thanks anyway