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Coolest and Quietest HDD Enclsoure

ambience713

Junior Member
Hi. I am trying to find the coolest and quietest 3.5" HDD enclosure that is also reasonably priced.

I have a Maxtor Plus 9 200 Gig Hard drive, and it gets really really hot. I've been using with a plastic IOMAGIC CDRW enclosure, and after a while, the HDD gets TOO hot to touch.

I need an enclosure which is quiet (possibly fanless) and can keep my Maxtor cool. I plan to use with my laptop and honestly, I don't intend to ever turn off the enclosure, so I need something realiable.

I've searched the site and
COOLMAX 3.5" USB 2.0 Aluminum External Enclosure, Model "CD-309-U2" -RETAIL (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-146-030&depa=0) from Newegg.com seems to recommended by a few Anandtech readers.

However, is there a better and hopefully cheaper choice?

Thanks.

PS. I guess my Nec 2500A DVD burner won't die inside a cheap plastic
enclsoure, will it? Thanks.
 
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