PC Question: External Harddrives

[dib8rman]

I'm looking to pick up an external harddrive, it's been a very long time since I paid any attention to the PC scene and honestly I was never that big into knowing the specifics of hardware.

My question is: What memory for an external harddrive would have the fastest read/write speed and best possible storage.

I really just need an "end all" here; not specifics - although I guess the extra knowledge couldn't hurt.

 

Thanks~ Dib from dib8rtown