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SATA Enclosure to USB.

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Dragania

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Hi,

I want to get a SATA drive then an enclosure that converts it to USB to plug into my i9300.
The only one I could find on newegg is this one which seems a bet pricey, not to mention the 4 or 5 reviews that say the enclosure just died on them.
Does anyone have any experience with this enclosure or know of another one that can achieve the same effect?
Also, what's the best $/Gb hard drive capactiy out around now, what should I be looking for.

Thanks.
 
Why do you want SATA => USB instead of IDE => USB? USB will be the limiting speed in either case and IDE is cheaper/GB than SATA. (and in a USB enclosure it will not use any advanced SATA commands like NCQ)

==>Lazn
 
If you're willing to fork out the cash, head to satagear.com I just bought a cooldrives enclosure that has a SATA interface and both SATA and USB2.0 outputs. Best of all, it doesn't even have a power brick! The downside is its cost - $80.
 
As for best cost/GB, I agree with Lazn that you should stick with PATA/IDE. This drive gets you 300GB for the price of some 250GB drives. WD's 400GB drive is pretty cheap too, but doesn't offer the same bang for the buck as the Maxtor.
 
oh..so if i make it to usb i lose the speed bonuses of the sata drive?
in that case yea i guess i will just go ide...so anyone wanna recommend a good ide enclosure heh :p
 
Dragania said:
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SATA is not faster than IDE in any real way. It has a few new commands that make things neater, but in either case the speed of the drive is the limiting factor.

USB2 is slower than both IDE and SATA, and any device that uses it will be slower than either a IDE or SATA drive plugged into it's native connection.

As for a good enclosure I have used several generic IDE -> USB2 cases from newegg and have never had a problem with them. They almost all use the same chipset.

I like the Aluminium ones without fans because they are quieter and if designed well they will still keep the drive a reasonable temp. But if you run a very hot drive they will not keep up and will overheat your drive.

==>Lazn
 
right now i'm looking at two drives: this one and this one
the only difference i see is the 16mb cache versus 8...but the 8 is much cheaper. How much difference will the half-size cache make?

Also, the enclosure I was looking at is this but if you are saying I don't need one with a fan, maybe I'll get a cheaper one.
 
You may have to wait a while for the rbeates from TD to come back, but I'd still cash in on that Seagate deal. The Seagate drive has a longer wrrranty if your enclosure gets dropped or your enclosure decides to scrmable your drive, and it will also run cooler than the Maxtor drive.
 
the Maxtor drive is faster as a boot/applications drive, but cache size has very little impact on performance when transferring files to/from an external drive. Actually, for such a work, the Seagate will be faster, as it has a higher platter dnesity and transfer rates. However, in both cases, you will be limited by being on USB, so I'd pick up the cheaper drive that runs cooler and has a longer warranty.
 
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