midnightmike
Is it best to buy one already made up or put together one?
Thanks
Thanks
geposted Mon 13 Aug 07 @ 2:27 pm
DJ-ALF
It is cheaper to put it yourself, just buy external case and put hdd inside and thats it.
geposted Mon 13 Aug 07 @ 2:58 pm
DJ Rudra
yeh
and my advice is to buy a case with a fan so that the circuits on the drive dont melt
cheers
DJ Rudra
and my advice is to buy a case with a fan so that the circuits on the drive dont melt
cheers
DJ Rudra
geposted Mon 13 Aug 07 @ 6:17 pm
sbangs
look for a 3.5 inch
external usb drive caddy
external usb drive caddy
geposted Mon 13 Aug 07 @ 8:01 pm
spinnaJ
skyfxl wrote :
look for a 3.5 inch
Betta with the power adapter supply too rather than the 2.5 inch which is usb power:)
geposted Mon 13 Aug 07 @ 8:06 pm
sbangs
hum the size relates to harddrives
3.5 - desktop harddrive
2.5 - laptop drive
3.5 - desktop harddrive
2.5 - laptop drive
geposted Mon 13 Aug 07 @ 8:42 pm
Andrew87
A 3.5" would be best as the drives run faster and are cheaper than the 2.5" laptop versions. If you do build it yourself, try and get a caddy with Firewire or eSata support. Neither are required, although both are better than usb. However, you'll find very few non-desktop machines (if any) will actually support eSata without extra hardware.
This one looks pretty good, although you can go as cheap as $10 if you needed to.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817193021
This one looks pretty good, although you can go as cheap as $10 if you needed to.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817193021
geposted Mon 13 Aug 07 @ 8:46 pm
sbangs
very true :)
geposted Mon 13 Aug 07 @ 8:48 pm
DJ-ALF
Yeah, but 2.5" is smaller ;)
geposted Tue 14 Aug 07 @ 4:48 pm