External Raptor

[jakedeez]

Hey - I am wonder if anyone has done this yet?

I want to take a raptor and an external sata to usb2 enclosure and set up an external raptor, has anyone done that?

Anyone for see any problems?

Thanks

 

[sniperruff]

i think it'll be too hot to throw in an enclosure

 

[jakedeez]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
i think it'll be too hot to throw in an enclosure

they run at about 43, a 7200 only runs about 2 degree cooler, maybe if there was a fan in the enclosure?

like maybe this out:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145659

 

[Lonyo]

I thought external enclosures weren't very good for speeds?
Might be better off with a normal 7200rpm drive than wasting the speed of a Raptor. I could be wrong though.

 

[vetteguy]

You could get an external SATA enclosure, then run the Raptor at full speed in the enclosure as opposed to shrinking down the throughput to USB 2.0 speeds.

 

[jakedeez]

Originally posted by: vetteguy
You could get an external SATA enclosure, then run the Raptor at full speed in the enclosure as opposed to shrinking down the throughput to USB 2.0 speeds.

hmm, that maybe a better idea, but the problem is I was thinking about being able to use it as an external drive, that was just a bit faster.

Do you htink it would shrink perfromance much?

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: jakedeez

Originally posted by: vetteguy
You could get an external SATA enclosure, then run the Raptor at full speed in the enclosure as opposed to shrinking down the throughput to USB 2.0 speeds.

hmm, that maybe a better idea, but the problem is I was thinking about being able to use it as an external drive, that was just a bit faster.

Do you htink it would shrink perfromance much?

Yes, it kills performance.
See here
USB will offer maybe 60% of SATA/PATA onboard performance.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
i think it'll be too hot to throw in an enclosure

the Raptor does not even run hot, I wouldnt worry about it.

 

[PsYcHoCoW]

A raptor in an external USB enclosure would be lots of money wasted. Get a bigger drive for carrying around, or an old one...

 

[biostud]

It's not that it can't be done it's just waste of money.

 

[Hacp]

Maybe firewire?

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Total waste of money, why buy one of the fastest drives around and then put it in a slow external enclosure

 

[vetteguy]

I think you missed my point...what I was saying was get an external SATA enclosure (in case you weren't aware, SATA can be used external to the PC...there are SATA cards that have external ports, and enclosures that have a SATA connection just like it would a USB or Firewire. In fact, some have all three). Then you can have a Raptor be an external drive, but it will run at the speed it would as if it were connected internally. If you got one of the dual or triple enclosures, you could then take it with you if you really wanted to.

But ultimately, I don't think this is a very cost effective solution. If you want an external USB or Firewire drive, just get a normal PATA one cheap (since the USB/Firewire will be your bottleneck, not the speed of the drive itself).