External Controller recomendation?

[PlutoDelic]

Hi, i just bought a new HD (WD Caviar WD3000JS) and i want to have it external, so i thought i could get some recommendation for my questions.

1st, my HD is a SATAII Hard Drive, so does it work on a SATA (sata1) Box?
2nd, should i go for USB 2.0 or for Firewire 800, or both?
and the last one, can anyone recommend me any SATA Box, i mean Mark and ETC ETC, all i need is Reliability and Stability, aslong as my music collection is Safe on it i wont care about speed or caching...?

Regards.

 

[MadHacker]

SataII are backwards compatible.
so any SATAII drive will work perfectly in a SATA interface.
you just won't be able to use SATAII extra features. such as NCQ or 300MB tranfer speed. but that is no great loss...

 

[PlutoDelic]

Yes i kinda thought it would be that way.

ps, wich product should i choose, the choice is shorten to USB only.

 

[Doughbuy]

Just get USB only, USB enclosures are the cheapest ones not to mention the most widely available...

I have 7 external enclosures... and all of mine work fine, although each one has a couple of quirks... do you want a passive one or one with a fan? The fan might be a bit annoying, but it shouldn't be too bad and will keep things cooler.

http://www.directron.com/35sata.html

Pick from any of those. Most of them should be fine. I like CoolMax the most, Bytecc is okay, don't know about the other ones they have there though. Most of my enclosures are CoolMax...

Directron is also a good place to buy from, I go there all the time for my needs. Great service and decent pricing.