external hd enclosures

[mpegripper]

hey guys,

i need to find an external hd enclosure that's aluminum, sexy, sata to usb2 (firewire would also be nice, but not necessary), and can support a 400gb sata seagate (don't think that will be a problem with any sata enclosure)

do you have any recommendations, i've looked all the normal places


i did see one before that resembled a mac g5 and i loved that one, but i can't find it, nor do i know if it supports sata

also, are any powered by usb, or will all of them require power plugs? i don't know as i've never had the need for one.


TIA

 

[mpegripper]

anyone?

 

[Order]

Newegg has tons of them...
You're only going to get bus-powered ones if you go down to 2.5". All 2.5" need dedicated power.

 

[S1nF1xx]

Vantec Nexstar are the sexiest ones I've seen so far.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&Category=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

Skip the first two results. The red, blue, and black ones.

Very sexy. Soon one of them will find his way to my desk at home.

 

[mpegripper]

when i search newegg for sata internal and usb external, i only get 2 results and they are both out of stock

edit: also note that the two that come up are ugly and the second one has some bad reviews

 

[Fanatik]

Here is the G5 enclosure but it doesnt support sata and is somewhat expensive.
http://www.transintl.com/store/category.cfm?Category=2596#top

 

[[LYL]Homer]

I have a Bytecc SATA/USB one and the SATA is flaky.

 

[mpegripper]

thanks for the heads up on the bytecc