External Enclosure

[Potato]

Soon I will be moving out, and I'm giving my desktop to my dad. I want one of the hard drives inside of it, so I want to get an external enclosure for it.

I know NOTHING about these.


This is the drive I have: WD 200 GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144129)



Krell recommended these (http://www.amselectronics.com/Products/VenusSeries/Venus_ds/Venus_ds.html) in a previous thread.

This is an entirely new world to me, and any input would be greatly appreciated.

[hawkburn]

AMS as Krell rec'd are very nice. Whatever you go with, make sure it's aluminum. A lot of the cheaper enclosures will be mostly plastic, which doesn't help to dissolve heat at all.

[Krell]

The AMS has a big assed fan in the bottem of it, the other don't.

My fans have never burned out, after 2 years.

If they did stop, AMS sells replacement fan units.

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[rainbowdemon]

I have one of these. Got a 250 gig drive in it. It has a cooling fan too. I've never had any problems with it in two years.

http://www.adstech.com/products/USBX-834-EF/intro/USBX_834_intro.asp?pid=USBX-834-EF

[Potato]

Thanks guys.

I'm going to head out to Microcenter later, or tomorrow.

[SanDiegoKid]

Yeup, the cooling is the biggest factor with those enclosures. Having one that will stand on its side is a good option too.