HDD 5.25" enclosure?

Massive Attack · 5 Oct 2006 at 18:29

hi all,

anyone know of a good HDD enclosure to fit a 3.5" drive in a 5.25" bay needs to have good cooling and look good aslo must be in black

cheers

Dwbreeze1982 · 5 Oct 2006 at 18:46

i found the zalman to be quite good have a look here

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Zalman_System_Coolers.html

squiffy · 5 Oct 2006 at 18:51

Other than that, if you want good cooling and multiple 3.5" bays in 5.25" space you could look at hard drive modules, something like the Lian Li range of hard drive modules or the Coolmaster 4 in 1 module (but you'll need a filter cover to fit on your case bays slots with the Coolermaster)

I've used single solution 5.25" HD coolers with little fan, noisy and don't really cool the HD at all, at £14 CM module is much better value for money (for my case)

That's if the LL modules fit your case, they seem to have a front lip which secures into LL cases and I have a feeling it'll cause fit problems in other brands of cases. Google search for the below, looks like some have lips which'll cause problems fitting into non LL cases.

http://www.lian-li.com/Product/Accessories/HDD_Kits.htm

The three bay modules use a 12cm fan, so will be quieter. If you can spare 3 5.25" slots I would go for one of those rather than the 2 bay version (8cm fan)

Massive Attack · 5 Oct 2006 at 19:38

thanks guys just wanted it for my WD raptor 1 drive to keep it quite

james_earl · 5 Oct 2006 at 19:47

the ocuk silentmaxx hard drive is awesome makes my raptor like a normal quiet hard drive.

Massive Attack · 5 Oct 2006 at 19:52

thanks for the suggestion m8 its a little on the pricy side for me was thinking no more than £20 really

Messiah Khan · 5 Oct 2006 at 20:10

Going completely against your £20 budget... The best enclosure you can get is the Smart Drive 2002c. Damn expensive, but works amazingly.