Custom external hard dive enclosure?

[Azza]

Right because I need more space, I need something to put the hard drives in.

Now then I could buy a 2 bay Icy Box IB-3218StU-B but if I want more storage I would need more space. I was thinking of making something myself.


But I need to source the boards that would convert the SATA to USB / eSATA as well as providing power preferably from the mains?


Now then I have found this, but it's in the US.

And the other problem is that the board has to get power from a molex connector.


Does anyone know if you can just buy the actual PCB bridge adapters? I think the correct name for them is.

So obviously a few of these in brackets to connect the hard drives into...power into the boards and USB / eSATA cables out to the PC / laptop.

My Google skills are failing so I'm finding it hard to find such a part.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[-Exodus-]

not sure, but this looks like sort of thing you might need, i reckon you'd maybe need a psu or something.

Install this board inside of your Rack Mount System and make 5 units of SATA hard drive have External Serial
ATA (eSATA) connection to 1 external SATA host port.

1-to-5 native SATA II Port Multiplier




can't link to it as it's a competitor

or maybe if you bought the Lian Li EX-H33B i'm sure it could easily be modded to be and external enclosure