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| Thread ID: 100891 | 2009-06-24 10:17:00 | External HDD enclosures | qazwsxokmijn (102) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 785461 | 2009-06-24 21:31:00 | I put my old 120gb HD into a Greenstar USB case. Think it cost $70. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 785462 | 2009-06-25 04:38:00 | I have several hard drives floating around and I just use one of these www.welland.com.tw Works great for me - easy to swap drives in and out. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 785463 | 2009-06-25 04:50:00 | I have several hard drives floating around and I just use one of these www.welland.com.tw Works great for me - easy to swap drives in and out. +1 for those, they are great. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 785464 | 2009-06-25 05:07:00 | Doesn't offer any protection though....what if liquid comes in contact? | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 785465 | 2009-06-25 05:09:00 | Then you're ****ed. :p That's the downside of them, the are great in the right environment. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 785466 | 2009-06-25 07:18:00 | There's a few of those on trade me for 65, around 70 incl. postage. Was previously going to recommend it, (easy cooling:p) but its a little over your $50 budget. There's a copycat one for $55 on TM, no brand, so I'd avoid it Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 785467 | 2009-06-25 09:32:00 | Doesn't offer any protection though....what if liquid comes in contact? Then I have to go and get myself another beer! :clap |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 785468 | 2009-06-25 09:54:00 | Dont mean to steal the thread (not worth starting a new one!), but what about a fan in an external HDD enclosure? Iv heard mixed opinions, some saying you MUST have a fan, others saying its not so important. Would love to hear what you guys think :) |
Damz (10942) | ||
| 785469 | 2009-06-25 10:31:00 | A fan helps, but if the case has good passive cooling its unneeded really. A hard drive inside a system doesn't require one, just requires a bit of air | Blam (54) | ||
| 785470 | 2009-06-25 22:32:00 | Dont mean to steal the thread (not worth starting a new one!), but what about a fan in an external HDD enclosure? Iv heard mixed opinions, some saying you MUST have a fan, others saying its not so important. Would love to hear what you guys think :) Some are made of aluminium so the whole case acts as a heatsink for the drive. Although I find in a computer case, a fan in front of the drive cage does keep the drive temp down; in one of my computers, the hdd temp is always around 29-35 with a fan in front of the drive. In another computer, there is no fan and the hard drive gets as hot as 65c. When that happens, usually when I'm transferring a lot of large files, the file transfers fail and I have to start them again. |
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