For about £120 I can get a chassis, 12x HDD caddies, backplane and PSU - with a motherboard, 2x Opteron quad core CPUs and 16GB DDR2 that I don't even need thrown in!

I would like to buy a 3.5" enclosure that has PATA and SATA internal connections and USB external and can spin down the drive when it is not active.<BR><BR>The tech support person from the ...

External hard drive enclosures are really becoming a dime a dozen, there’s no doubt about that. Because of that, it’s just plain out difficult to be truly impressed when a new one strolls along. For ...

One of those choices is the Vantec NexStar GX external hard drive enclosure. With steady improvements over past versions and a very handy 3-port USB hub built into the unit, it has a lot of promise.

Sabrent 2.5-inch enclosure This enclosure from Sabrent will handle your old 2.5-inch SATA SSD or HDD, and it connects to your PC with USB 3.0 for transfers up to 5Gbps.

On a limited budget and needing to burn media on-the-fly, I wanted to figure out a way to use my older IDE Ben-q DVDRW drive. Using an old USB hdd drive enclosure, I'll show you how.

Measuring 0.6 by 3.5 by 5.3 inches (HWD), the Aluminum External Hard Disk Enclosure can easily be confused for an ordinary external hard drive thanks to its rectangular shape and curved edges.

To choose the right hard drive enclosure, match the physical size of your drive. Use a 2.5-inch SATA enclosure for 2.5-inch SSDs or hard drives and a 3.5-inch SATA enclosure for 3.5-inch hard drives.

The design of the Hover is fairly unique with its twin 50mm fans that cool both sides of the hard drive. We have seen many active cooled enclosures over the years, but the Hover uses a fresh ...

by Rob Williams on February 11, 2011 in Storage It’s been a while since Thermaltake released an update to its “Max” line-up of hard drive enclosures, but the Max 5G looks to be a great one. Aside from ...

Zalman's VE series drive enclosures are small, portable sleds for 2.5" hard drives that support any SATA drive you toss into them and connect to your PC via USB or eSATA (in the case of the VE200 ...

The FE2004 enclosure connects through a USB 3.0 connection for great transfer speeds thanks to the 5Gbps bandwidth and it can take drives up to 9.5mm height. The Inateck FE2004 has a delicate and ...