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happyqa007 | January 17, 2009 07:29 PM | in Hard Drives

The Best 3.5" Enclosure for SATA (SATAII?) 250GB Barracuda 7500.10 Drive?

I just to want to make sure I get the right HD enclosure for this SATA drive. As long as it says SATA/eSATA, I'm good right? I think my Barracuda is a SATA II drive since it has transfer rates up to 3Gb/s? Any recommendations? I'm looking to spend 20-40 range. Thank

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BEST ANSWER chosen by asker | spoon | January 17, 2009 07:34 PM

So long as the enclosure says SATA in some way you should be fine. I personally would suggest looking at the Thermaltake BlacX dock instead of a full enclosure. This dock allows you to have your hard drives hot swappable which is a nice feature if you end up buying another drive in the future.

http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1232220790&sr=8-1

I personally use the next step up which makes the dock a USB hub as well:

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http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Blacx-HDD-Dock-Port/dp/B0014KLABI/ref=sr_...

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happyqa007 | January 17, 2009 07:42 PM

I have multiple internal IDE drives that I converted to external.....but, this makes more sense.
I have:
2x250GB SATA Barracudas
1x160GB SATA,
1x200GB IDE,
60GB 2.5 Enclosure
120GB 2.5
250GB 2.5
The 160 SATA Drive that I had a while ago was powered by the old power plugs vs. the new types so I was unfamiliar with the setup. any suggestions on label or data management in terms of backing up?
Thanks for the help.

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