New extneral drive

rctneil · 26 Feb 2010 at 16:43

Hey,
Any reccomendations on the following items:

1.) An external HDD enclosure that supports up to 1.5TB and has both USB and eSATA connections.

2.) A 1TB HDD to go in the above enclosure

3.) An enclosure for a portable 2.5" SATA HDD. I have one currently but the cable is mini usb to normal USB but then it splits to another USB for extra power. I don't like this so am looking for a new enclosure!

rctneil · 26 Feb 2010 at 21:58

Any ideas guys?

RJC · 26 Feb 2010 at 22:02

I use these Akasa external drives enclosures, they have a switch on the back which allows ESATA or USB.
I use 1tb in one of them.

One of the below may be useful for your 2.5 drive.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-011-AK&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-006-AK&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72

rpstewart · 26 Feb 2010 at 22:30

rctneil said:
3.) An enclosure for a portable 2.5" SATA HDD. I have one currently but the cable is mini usb to normal USB but then it splits to another USB for extra power. I don't like this so am looking for a new enclosure!

If the drive in the enclosure needs more than 500mA then you'll need to use a Y cable regardless of the enclosure.

Have you tried using the enclosure with only one connector plugged in? If that works just swap the cable for a single ended one, if it doesn't then it's unlikely that any other enclosures will work without a Y cable.