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Question Advice for buying a 3.5" HDD USB enclosure

King Mustard

King Mustard

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I am looking for a reasonably priced 3.5" HDD USB enclosure.

I will be popping a 18 TB Western Digital Purple Pro HDD into it.

I have found the following enclosures that support 18TB hard drives and include a 12v power adapter:

Yottamaster DF6
Supports UASP, unsure about TRIM
£25 from Amazon UK

Orico CP35C3
Supports UASP / TRIM
£29 from Amazon UK

Orico M35C3
Supports UASP / TRIM
£35 from Amazon UK

These supports 18TB hard drives, but are not available in the UK:
  • LC-Power LC-35U3-C
  • Orico HM35C3
  • Orico 3139U3
Any thoughts on the three above that are available in the UK?
 
Personally I skipped the enclosure and went with a startech cable instead. It works with both 2.5/3.5 drives and removes any potential bottleneck.
 
I have a 12V powered USB C dock, that supports both 2.5 and 3.5 inch drives. I forget the make/model, but it works fine and I think it was pretty cheap. I think it is a 10Gps link as well. Though obviously limited by the drives' 6Gbps SATA connection.

It was something like this, https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Exte...ronics&sprefix=usb+c+hdd+dock,aps,138&sr=1-15
but IDK why these are like $30 now. I think mine was like $15.
 
Shmee beat me to it.

If you don't need portability to travel with the drive, I'd recommend a dock as the drive will at least breathe better than it would inside of an enclosure. I have Orico and SSK SATA-to-USB docks for connecting my larger data drives to my Intel NUC and they work great.
 
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