Which HD Caddie should i get?

[longshanks]

I am after a Ext HD Caddie. I have a Sata drive. I want one that can use any size Hard Drive and have e-sata. Is this one any good?

Icy Box External Enclosure IB-360AStUS SATA + USB Combo - Black/LED £35.24

Elegant silver aluminium combo-case in black with blue light for 3.5" SATA/IDE HDD with USB 2.0 & SATA interfaces.

- SATA & IDE HDD Supported
- USB 2.0 & SATA Host Interface
- Plug & Play Hot Swap
- Blue lighting
- Power switch on rear

Any help / Advice would be great guys. I am so confused!! Any others you can recommend that does not have a limit on the hard drive capacity?

 

[musicman53]

You need an eSATA box with USB and eSATA connections.
Akasa and Antec are good choices.

 

[longshanks]

The one above has those connections

 

[james.miller]

vantec nexstar 3?

http://www.vantecusa.com/moreimage/images/nst360u2bk-image01.jpg

got one for my ps3. usb + eSata

 

[longshanks]

Does it have a limit to the size of HD?

 

[james.miller]

no sata caddy should in reality. any limit stated is literally because that was the biggest drive available for testing at the time . i dont know of any sata controller in existence that limits the usable size of the hard drive connected to it 750gb drives are confrmed, anyway.

 

[longshanks]

Confirmed with the one you have listed? Is the size limited because of the heat generated by larger drives?

 

[james.miller]

no, as i said, any limit stated is literally because that was the biggest drive available for testing at the time. dont worry about what size drive you can use. ieve never heard of a caddy that doesnt accept any size drive.

 

[longshanks]

Any fans in it? Hope not! Quiet? How big is it? Can you put up any pics of it mate? Ta

 

[james.miller]

no no fans, its the size of a 3.5" caddy - they are all largely the same. obviously its quiet it has no moving parts, and here's a picture of mine:

 

[rpstewart]

The only problem that I know of with that IcyBox caddy is that you can't easily jump between the eSATA and USB interfaces, you need to open the caddy up and swap a cable internally. OCUK have an IcyDock one which will let you jump between the two but it's a bit more expensive and only available in silver.

 

[Music Man]

I have been all over the place for a Vantec NexStar 3 in Black , no luck as yet i am not going to give up

 

[Oxide™]

holy thread revival batman!

and good luck

 

[bledd]

icybox 390

edit, yeah, revival!

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Avoid anything that goes anywhere near having Sumvision written on it.

Nabbed a couple dirt cheap for moving files back and forth from PS2 and they both died pretty fast

 

[james.miller]

I have been all over the place for a Vantec NexStar 3 in Black , no luck as yet i am not going to give up

if you google the name you'll find a black one in stock for £20, although the google link will just take you to the main page of that site but it is there and available

 

[miniyazz]

I have been all over the place for a Vantec NexStar 3 in Black , no luck as yet i am not going to give up

if you google the name you'll find a black one in stock for £20, although the google link will just take you to the main page of that site but it is there and available

Haha epic search fail

 

[Music Man]

After a mega search for a HD caddie , ive might go for the Coolmaster X craft 360 or Icy Box which are both black to match my PS3 via usb , not sure which 1 now ,



Regards Shane