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External HDD Enclosures and heat dissipation

3chordcharlie

3chordcharlie

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Construction - active cooling - brands?

I'm starting with the assumption that an aluminium enclosure would be best; what else should I know?
 
Has the case got fans?
Mine has, (unbranded, cheap, aluminium) but the people down the road know when i have mine switched on, cos it aint quiet.
Functions perfectly and, a must have, an off/on switch.
And not limited to 137GB
 
Originally posted by: montag451
Has the case got fans?
Mine has, (unbranded, cheap, aluminium) but the people down the road know when i have mine switched on, cos it aint quiet.
Functions perfectly and, a must have, an off/on switch.
And not limited to 137GB
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Are some of them limited to 137gb?

Also is there any advantage to usb2 vs firewire? I would assume firewire is the better idea, but how much difference will it really make?
 
I think firewire has lower cpu ussage. Check out my sig, I have some benchmarks for various chipsets used.

I plan to update the list with newer ones, and possible compile a list of major enclosures and the chips they use.
 
Firewire is a better/faster solution, but USB2 would work anywhere if you want to move the files elsewhere (while firewire isn't as omnipresent)
 
thanks for the input everyone - why would SATA be better - I'm still going to be limited by usb2/1394 speeds, not by PATA speeds, right?
 
No. External Serial ATA is pretty much running a regular Serial ATA drive, except externally. It's going to be faster than USB or 1394 because the drive is running in its native mode.
 
Originally posted by: pukemon
No. External Serial ATA is pretty much running a regular Serial ATA drive, except externally. It's going to be faster than USB or 1394 because the drive is running in its native mode.
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Ahh well that makes sense then.

thanks for clarifying.
 
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