What is the best eSATA enclosure?

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Last response: January 28, 2011 3:41 AM in Storage

wajed

January 27, 2011 12:42:37 AM

I care about speed most, I don't care about how robust the enclosure itself is, I will mod it to hell if it's not that good.

Main requirements, cheap, fast.

If somehow it can work without the enclosure itself, that would be great, as it should cut the price, and I'll not be afraid of the HDD not being able to fit in the enclosure.

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Hawkeye22

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January 27, 2011 11:03:07 AM

I have both a Vantec and a Thermaltake enclosure/dock. HDTune shows speeds identical to my internal SATA2 ports as on my eSATA connections. USB2.0 will definately be slower.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

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FreeDataRecovery

January 27, 2011 11:19:02 AM

It can work without an enclosure...

http://www.amazon.com/Port-eSATA-Bracket-Power-Cable/dp...

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WyomingKnott

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January 27, 2011 3:06:43 PM

I'm very partial to these (I have 2 for my 10 removable disks). No external power, no chance of something falling of the desk. They install into a 5.25" bay. Trayless, so I don't have to put the drives in racks.
http://kingwin.com/products/cate/mobile/racks/kf_1000_b...

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wajed

January 27, 2011 11:34:47 PM

@FreeDataRecovery

Does it work with a notebook? I have a notebook not a desktop. (Sorry, I don't know how these things exactly work, hence the dumb question)

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FreeDataRecovery

January 28, 2011 1:05:07 AM

No the product I linked to will only work on a desktop.

For a notebook you will need to use an enclosure because you need an external power supply to power your esata drive.

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wajed

January 28, 2011 1:44:07 AM

Thank you.

Someone suggested using this: Seagate GoFlex

The cable is too short, what options do I have to put the HDD 6-9 feet (2-3 meters) further?

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FreeDataRecovery

January 28, 2011 2:41:38 AM

Make sure your notebook has an eSATAp port to power the GoFlex.

The max cable length for eSATA is 2 meters.

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wajed

January 28, 2011 2:45:15 AM

It does.

So, I'll get a 2 meters one. Will this eSATA cable work? or should it also be powered? I don't see any powered ones!

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FreeDataRecovery

January 28, 2011 3:41:06 AM

Yes you need one that does power over esata. Similar to...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

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