What HD / External enclosure?

[daroy99]

I'm at college and can't download, so i use my sisters computer in town. She has a 37GB HD on her laptop. I wan't to get a cheap 80-100 gig drive with an enclosure that i can take back and forth via usb. I'm in a dorm room and have no equip. or tools...what I'm asking is if i bought a oem drive and a case, is it plug and play? also, what kind of case is good? i was looking through newegg but didn't know which one to get.

 

[Dew]

Here ya go, good luck beathing that price with roll your own, unless you already have a hdd.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/explorer/B0001NA3S0/2/ref=pd_lpo_ase/103-2437502-5219807?ie=UTF8

 

[drizzt81]

most "diy" USB/ FW cases will require at least a phillips head screwdriver.

 

[tsn | spazz]

Be careful which external enclosure you get, they're not all built equally. The NexTec one I bought gave me errors on the drive...I checked the drive, no errors. Suffice to say, the enclosure will be returned to frys.

 

[morpheus6d9]

pick a enclosure, this site reviewed mostly all the enclosures http://www.fatwallet.com/t/28/496281/

and then pick ur own hdd thats the best way to go

 

[u2slow]

I got a generic ATA/USB enclosure for ~$30CDN from a local supplier. Works fine with my 120GB Barracuda.

 

[dracos]

I have a Vizo Luxon and I love it, the one I have uses both USB and ESATA so it's versitle and fast..

I also have the Vizo Shuttle 2.5" disk enclosure as well, great little product as well... a smaller alternative to the 3.5" enclosures out there...