Storage: Building an External Hard Drive
I ordered the enclosure yesterday
by Ed Mead
- 11/20/06 3:04 PM
In reply to: Ok Then . . . by ThePMonkey
and it should be here soon. I'll post back when it comes.
http://www.shop4tech.com/user.htm?go=view_item&id=5852&cata=&s_cata=
The specs show for Ultra and Serial ATA hard drives. I'm sure that you can find a serial hard drive for less with xmas sales coming up. I'll be looking because I now need a HD to go in that enclosure also.$20.00 for a enclosure with fan is a very good price. I also have gotten a Ultra enclosure for $20.00 with rebate before, but the little fan is noisy.
http://www.ultraproducts.com/product_details.php?cPath=19&pPath=249&productID=391
Metalgear case
by Ed Mead - 11/29/06 7:34 PM
In reply to: No, looks like SATA by Ed Mead
Nice case for $20.00. A little wide, but with the fan it comes with, it needs to be wide. Takes your standard HD. I bought a Maxtor 200GB for $20.00 also, from Staples last week. Was a black Friday sale, $69.00 - $50.00 rebate. http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesProductDisplay?prodCatType=1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&productId=88043&cmArea=SEARCH So $40.00 for case with fan and HD is a deal. You just need to keep a eye out for these kind of deals.
Good Dealers
by anthropologist816 - 11/22/06 7:13 PM In reply to: I'm looking to try this 1 myself. by Ed Mead
I really wish I knew what an external hard drive enclosure is, but when I followed the URL you posted, I found some other things I've been wanting to purchase that I couldn't find elsewhere -- and FREE postage on my purchase! Thanks for the URL!
Needs a fan
by Zouch - 11/22/06 5:35 PM In reply to: Building an External Hard Drive by ThePMonkeyHi,
I have two external drives, one 2.5" (40 GB ex-laptop upgrade) and one 3.5" (Seagate 250 GB, 7200 rpm bought new). The 2.5" drive is in a slimline aluminium case with no fan. The drive is powered through the USB cable and conductive cooling via the aluminium case has proved perfectly adequate.
Different story for the 3.5" drive. The 3.5" enclosure is powered by a mains adaptor and the drive generates a lot of heat, both from its power consumption and "air friction". So a fan is mandatory.
I bought both my enclosures at a local computer fair, GBP 5 and GBP 15 for the 2.5" and 3.6" respectively (USD 8 and 25). Both work perfectly.
Point to note, 2.5" disks are designed to be moved around in laptops, 3.5" drives are not, so don't go moving a 3.5" drive around while powered on.
Z.
(NT) Should buy case w/ fan & speed would be bad, Firewire better
by Ryo Hazuki - 11/24/06 4:04 AM In reply to: Building an External Hard Drive by ThePMonkeySo
by ThePMonkey - 11/24/06 3:57 PM In reply to: (NT) Should buy case w/ fan & speed would be bad, Firewire better by Ryo HazukiYou're saying the speed would be bad? Well, I'm think I'm going to go for a fan, but I don't have Firewire so that's not an option.
Seems like a good case...
by jbjerome - 11/25/06 12:06 PM In reply to: Building an External Hard Drive by ThePMonkey..., though all those LEDs seem to serve little useful purpose.
I too am trying to build an external enclosure and would like something that supports dual drives (like the new WD MyBook) and has either Firewire and/or eSATA connections. Any one with an idea where I can find this? (the drives I have are two 259GB WD, EIDE drives.)
Fan noise in external enclosures
by igolfchip - 12/2/06 7:37 AM In reply to: Seems like a good case... by jbjeromeOne thing to pay close attention to is the noise of the fans in many cases.
I tend to leave my drives on all the time and I've had too many enclosures that were just frankly much nosier than my computer system.
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