Recommend me an external IDE enclosure

ArcticFox · May 30th, 2004, 10:25 PM

Thinking of getting an external enclosure for an IDE drive , but I'm not sure which one would suit me right. I would just want it for backup purposes, and maybe to take to school but I'd refrain from that as much as possible.

What I think I'll do is purchase a 160GB 7200rpm drive and put it in my desktop machine, and then yank the current 80GB Maxtor and subject it to external torture as a backup drive.

Got any suggestions? My only real wants is that it include both USB 2.0 and FireWire, but it doesn't need to have FW. A nice looking case wouldn't help either.

fpantovich · May 30th, 2004, 10:34 PM

Have never used external enclosures for personal use, so I really couldn't tell ya what's good and what's not, but this one has pretty good reviews at NewEgg....enjoy...

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...145-316&DEPA=1

ArcticFox · May 30th, 2004, 10:38 PM

That one looks pretty good, although I don't need it to support CD drives and if it didn't, the size would be a lot smaller. Worth considering though.

fpantovich · May 30th, 2004, 10:51 PM

well, here's another one...3.5" this time, heh...sorry, I'm used to finding 5.25" for buddies, so I just automatically looked for a 5.25", heh..here ya go

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...145-745&depa=1

ArcticFox · May 30th, 2004, 11:08 PM

I checked that out as a matter of fact, seems OK. I'm also looking for someone who has personal experience with a unit, good or bad. I don't require a cooling fan, the faster the better, and dual interfaces is a me-want because my USB acts funny on my Asus mobo.

fpantovich · May 30th, 2004, 11:18 PM

well, I haven't heard anything bad about Speeze External Enclosures, however, I could be wrong, but I'd say read up on the reviews on Newegg and do a google search for the model number of whatever enclosure you are interested in and put the word "review" in the search with it....good luck...

fpantovich · June 1st, 2004, 07:40 PM

uhhmmm...yeah, those are 2.5" drive enclosures....that's for a laptop hard drive, he needs one for a 3.5" DESKTOP hard drive....plus i think he already picked up the retail Lite-on one I suggested...

ArcticFox · June 2nd, 2004, 08:27 PM

No, I'm not anywhere ready to order yet, still gotta get a replacement 160GB or whatever.

Thanks for the help though.