External HDD chassis for two 3.5" discs?

AdWright · 12 Dec 2006 at 21:59

Hello all

Is it possible to get an external chassis for 2 3.5" HDDs with connections for both SATA and IDE drives?

Thanks

Tosk · 12 Dec 2006 at 22:08

somethink like this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-003-EN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-002-EN

rpstewart · 12 Dec 2006 at 22:15

There are a few multi disk options available but most are IDE or SATA, not a mix. For value for money I'd recommend a pair of single disk caddies like those linked to above.

AdWright · 13 Dec 2006 at 12:13

Thanks I've ordered two of the suggested Enermax caddies.

Tosk · 13 Dec 2006 at 18:59

nice review here

http://www.systemcooling.com/enermax_hdd_enc-01.html

you will notice a slow down with a usb interface but if your using the
caddys as a backup then there fine for that

but if you were after full speed then you need a caddy that supports sata2
to sata2 interface and a sata2 interface on the back of your pc

AdWright · 14 Dec 2006 at 12:06

Good review, thanks!

I'm not particularly bothered about speed. I'm buying the caddies so that I can plug the hard disks from my dead, crappy PC into my shiny new 20" iMac which I'll have in just over a week! Once i've copied over all my photos/music/videos, to the iMac, I'll reformat the disks and they'll just be used for backup.