| Re: WTB: SATA external HDD case |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
Group: uk.adverts.computer · Group Profile
Author: MultithreadedMultithreaded Date: Apr 25, 2008 04:29
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:20:10 GMT, Palindrome privacy.net> wrote:
>It's probably going to be called a "USB External Drive Box".
Thanks for that.
>You can get them with either SATA and PATA internal connectors an also
>some with both, for the greatest flexibility.
>
>There is a lot of crap ones out there:
>
>Small boxes without fans that overheat the drives.
>Slightly larger boxes with fans that fail/go very noisy, very quickly.
Obviously, I'd prefer a good one, then.
>IMHO, it is worth paying the extra for a quality one, which will
>probably have a temperature controlled fan.
Noted.
>One thing that you might consider is eSATA. Unsing an eSATA box,
>together with either a PCI card or faceplate with SATA external
>socket(s). I have found them far better than USB. YMMV.
I have no requirement for eSATA at the moment, but I'll consider that
as a future option.
Thanks to all the other posters on this thread.
| 
