Re: WTB: SATA external HDD case

"John Blundell" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:+mjzAHEq3IEIFwe3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 in article <rh1114l1655gs993amu26gs5r81s63dnhq@xxxxxxx>, Multithreaded <g4lwq@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes
I'm not sure what these are called. I have a SATA HDD and want an
enclosure for it to connect via USB2 to a PC.

How important is it to have it in a box?
I got one of these, arrived this morning, just tried it out -
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10113


If you connect a 2.5" SATA or PATA to it does it still require use of the PSU? I just got a sealed Formac 2.5" 250gb USB 2.0 drive from amazon for £ 60 ex VAT delivered and one of the main attractions for me was its size and also the fact I don't need to bother to plug it into a power source each time I want to use it, its plug and play. In time when the novelty of using it wears off the fact I don't have to go to the trouble of finding and plugging into an available power socket will come into its own.

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