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Picking out an enclosure

post #1 of 14
5/17/05 at 9:54pm
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Getting a 200GB Seagate 7200

My requirements are that they have both USB and Firewire, and be fan cooled.

So far, this is the top contender in terms of functionality and price:
StorTecc ~$45

anyone have experience with firewire enclosures?

any other reasonably priced suggestions? (I saw some for $80, sheesh that's more expensive than the HDD!)
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post #2 of 14
5/17/05 at 10:48pm
hmm i wonder if it would be possible to use a external hd to boot from when your at home so to save the normal hd? As for that particular one haven't seen it around before but its specs are nice
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post #3 of 14
5/17/05 at 11:41pm
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Well, after pondering a bit I went with this one:

AMS Venus ~$55

Only because I couldn't find reviews (much less benchmarks) for the StorTecc
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post #4 of 14
5/18/05 at 12:51am
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Originally Posted by SinisterWhisper
hmm i wonder if it would be possible to use a external hd to boot from when your at home so to save the normal hd? As for that particular one haven't seen it around before but its specs are nice
I don't see why you couldn't, the BIOS supports booting from a USB device. But, to "Save" the internal HD, you'd have to remove it, otherwise its still gonna spin up everytime.
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post #5 of 14
5/19/05 at 12:16am
Looking over at newegg for 2.5 enclosures. What do you guys recommend for a good enclosure. ?

Why chose 3.5 over the 2.5 format?
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post #6 of 14
5/19/05 at 12:31am
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because 3.5" desktop HDDs are cheaper and have higher performance.

there's no practical reason to actually buy a mobile HDD as an external drive.

those 2.5" enclosures are for people who've upgraded their notebook's internal drive and still want to use the swapped out older drive.
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post #7 of 14
5/19/05 at 12:48am
Ok gotcha, but if a person has multiple computers, wouldnt the 2.5 be easier to deal with since you wont need the powersupply of the 3.5 enclosures.
My concern is lugging the powerbrick all over the place, not to mention a drive that is 4 times the size of the 2.5 enclosures.
I just picked up a WD 80 gig drive over the weekend, and it says not for portable use, not to mention after looking it over the top and bottom area is plastic with slots in the in the plastic for cooling. You can actually see the inards of the enclosure.
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post #8 of 14
5/19/05 at 12:25pm
I'd go for a 3.5 drive. Better performance.

As for a power brick? Go with a slightly larger enclosure with the power supply built into it. It just takes a basic computer power cord then. Just grab the enclosure and go. If you forget the cord, there is a good chance you can just steal one from a monitor where ever you are.

EDIT

I picked up a pair of these last week:
http://www.xpcgear.com/ue340s.html

One for my DVD burner that i pulled from my desktop before I sold it, and one for my 200 gig HD that i also pulled.

They have the power supplies built it, and are made from all aluminum, aside from the end caps. They seem very sturdy and are working great so far.
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post #9 of 14
5/19/05 at 3:43pm
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Yeah, those 5.25 enclosure do make things less cluttered.

But the cooling won't be as good since the ac/dc converter is inside the housing.

So, if you're anal like me, you'll want the 3.5inch enclosure with the big 80mm fan and external power brick.
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post #10 of 14
5/19/05 at 8:19pm
The air blowing out the back of mine sure feels cool.
The top of enclosure, which is metal, and transfers heat well, is no warmer then the room temp, and the hard drive has been on all day.
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post #11 of 14
5/19/05 at 8:27pm
What is a good 3.5 one that has a fan, I see a lot of the 3.5 ones are fansless. It sucks cause there are a couple cool ones. With two computers I'm not really looking to backup/ghost and drives just save important documents.
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post #12 of 14
5/29/05 at 10:28am
Would this be a OK hard drive to get for a external case.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....&ref=10&loc=01

would it hold up to being tranported from location to location ok.
Spec wise i dont know how it compares to others?
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post #13 of 14
5/29/05 at 11:23am
I would get a 2.5. Why? Because I would want to use it on the go, and they don't require their own power in most cases. When I'm at home I could just leach wirelessly, so I wouldn't really need an at-home external drive.
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post #14 of 14
5/29/05 at 2:26pm
I also got the Venus DS3. There's no power 'brick' like a laptop, it just has a bigger end piece where it plugs in, i suppose you could call it a brick, but it's not huge like laptop bricks which are on the cord.
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