Hard disk enclosure

Gunni Parker · 27 Jun 2011 at 12:21

What is the best hard disk enclosure for a samsung f1? BTW, is it just me, or do OC not sell them???

rpstewart · 27 Jun 2011 at 12:28

Plenty of them here

You'll need one for 3.5" SATA drives. It's up to you whether you want a USB2, USB3, eSATA connection or a combination of them.

Gunni Parker · 27 Jun 2011 at 12:43

rpstewart said:
Plenty of them here

You'll need one for 3.5" SATA drives. It's up to you whether you want a USB2, USB3, eSATA connection or a combination of them.

Well that is very observant of me! I will be fitting my new P8P67 PRO soon so I guess sata 3???

Surveyor · 27 Jun 2011 at 12:57

Gunni Parker said:
Well that is very observant of me! I will be fitting my new P8P67 PRO soon so I guess sata 3???

There's no such thing as a SATA3 enclosure.

Not that I can see anyway.

USB 3.0 would be best as I've found it less temperamental than eSATA.

sithlord · 27 Jun 2011 at 14:51

Its a bit of a mine field enclosures.

Some of them have different bridge controller PCBs on tham that have hard disk size limits or speed limits. The information isn't easy to obtain either.

Pilgrim57 · 27 Jun 2011 at 17:24

I got an Icy Box:easy to fit drive but esata connection wouldn't work just USB. Replaced with Akasa Elite, more fiddly to fit drive but works fine with eSata

BloodyL · 27 Jun 2011 at 17:47

I've had nothing but problems with various kinds of Icy Box enclosures, I do not recommend them at all, stay clear.

mikeo · 27 Jun 2011 at 18:00

I've just bought one of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-008-AK&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1670

I've got a Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB in it and connected via Esata it works like a dream.

Gunni Parker · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:29

Surveyor said:
There's no such thing as a SATA3 enclosure.

Not that I can see anyway.

USB 3.0 would be best as I've found it less temperamental than eSATA.

Sorry I did mean USB 3. Typo! :eek:

I quite supprised that they dont come with fans. Does it reduce the life of the HD atall???

mikeo · 28 Jun 2011 at 14:26

If you mean "enclosure fans" then no it's not the norm. The Akasa enclosure is made of aluminium (a very good conductor of heat). My SpinPoint F3 runs at an average of 30C over a day. While my WD 640GB black drive (that's in my PC) with a fan in front of it, hits around 28C (and all my HD's are set "never" to power down IE. they spin all the time). So I think you can see that there is very little difference. So no I don't think it will shorten the life of the HD at all. As long as you don't sit a HD caddy in direct sunlight magnified through a window, or right next to a radiator, then you should have no problems at all.

PS. I think you will find that the max operating temp for a HD is usually somewhere between 50 and 60C. Highly unlikely that you would ever get anywhere near this.