Question Advice for buying a 3.5" HDD USB enclosure

[King Mustard]

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?

 

[Tech Junky]

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.

 

[Shmee]

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.

 

[Pohemi]

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.

 

[Shmee]

https://www.newegg.com/p/1B0-00AF-00004?Item=9SIA2BP4SV5032 this is what I ordered, it was $14.68 including tax, cannot find it anywhere anymore though. IDK why the same thing (looks like it) is now over $45. https://www.newegg.com/p/0V4-00F4-0..._re=usb_c hdd dock-_-9SIA2XB4NU2915-_-Product

 

[q52]

I Am biased towards the offerings by OWC

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/External-Enclosures

I had an Orico and it gave me a lot of issues with disconnects.

OWC is a little more expensive but haven't had any problems yet