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 An excellent external hard drive enclosure with dual IDE and SATA to USB interfaces November 9, 2008
J. Chien (Pearland, TX United States)
51 out of 52 found this review helpful
This enclosure is solidly built, finely finished, with good fit for 3.5" internal hard drives of various brands, and easily to assemble. It offers IDE or SATA to USB 2.0 interfaces. The blue colored part is an aluminum case that helps dissipate the drive heat without cooling fan noises (the remainder gray parts are plastic). There are three popular colors in matte finish to choose from: red, blue, and black. The vertical stand is attached to the enclosure by a groove and two screws for added stability. The blue indicator light is an approximate match to the blue color of the enclosure case.
I used a Seagate IDE 250GB and a Hitachi SATA 500GB in the enclosure for the trials. Windows XP and Windows Vista readily recognized the assembled external hard drives. They were shown as USB devices with their respective hard drive product numbers and not the identity of the enclosure chipset. This could be important as some hard drive's proprietary software, such as Seagate DiscWizard, require the presence of the branded hard drive in order to be run. The data transfer was reliable, whether the file size was 2MB (photo files) or 49GB (a backup file). The data transfer rates were normal if not a little faster compared to my other external hard drives. The drives never got hot, just slightly warm during the data transfer or after being left on overnight.
I am particular about the position of the power switch. I do not buy any enclosure which power switch is jammed in between the power cable and the USB cable. This enclosure has the power switch conveniently located above the cables.
The tray that houses the hard drive is plastic, preventing the hard drive from making direct contact with the aluminum case for more effective heat dissipation. The side panel with the circuit board and internal connectors is screwed to the plastic hard drive tray, making frequent drive changes a risk of unthreading the screw holes.
Overall I am fond of this external hard drive enclosure, for its nice design and finish, dual internal hard drive interfaces, aluminum case, and reliable data transfer. I am using the Hitachi SATA 500GB in this enclosure permanently. I have also acquired a red for a 640GB SATA.
The best cheap drive enclosure February 28, 2009
alaska (New York, NY USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I tried this with both an old PATA/IDE and a new SATA drive; both worked flawlessly. The IDE drive required a jumper setting to "Master"; no jumpers were required for the SATA (WD Caviar). The printed manual is a lot better than what one usually sees with this type of product, but not as complete as the documentation on the included CD-ROM.
pros: very quiet, fanless, good build quality for the price, nice stand. Looks better than most enclosures.
cons: IDE connector is mounted on the PCB board, so you have to be a bit careful. The blue light is rather glaring.
Runs cool and quiet, works great! February 25, 2009
Jo Gusto (Santa Cruz, CA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Not much to say except 5 stars! Love the way it works with both SATA and PATA drives. Shoved a SATA 750GB Seagate drive in, and it runs like a champ. It's not going to be as fast as eSATA, but at this price, it's a winner for things like backing up your data, or as a huge "thumb drive" you can carry around (or grab-and-go in case of earthquake, fire, or flood).
Acomdata Samba USB HardDrive enclosure September 10, 2009
E. Clark (Orange, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
great product and works well. Heat seems to disburse fine no problems which i was initially concerned about since others had mentioned it.
Beautiful September 21, 2009
Chris Christenson (Merritt Island, Fl USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is hooked up to a mac mini as a time machine drive and it is working very nice. Installation was fairly easy, be careful not to bend the thin metal sleeve that come off. The light isn't too bright but is definitely noticeable.
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