Which would you buy?

[Sniper82]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812156102
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817392002

Mostly will be used on a SATA HD for backing up. How reliable is the adapter? Anyone own one?

 

[DaveSimmons]

I'd buy an enclosure for use with a single backup drive, I'd only get the bare adapter for use with a bunch of drives.

 

[Aluvus]

Buy the enclosure for backup. The adapter is more useful as a fixit tool for temporarily connecting drives. It will make a less secure connection and provide no protection to the drive's PCB.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Sniper82
Which would you buy?

Neither

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: Blain
Neither

That works for me! :thumbsup:

My "backup" drive is actually a clone of my main drive, and it is internal - just remove or connect the power to use it. It is always ready to go and bootable.

 

[regnez]

I'd get the enclosure. I use an enclosure (a different one, but still) and they work very well.

Also, if you are only going to be using it to back stuff up onto one drive, then the adapter is unnecessary.

 

[Sniper82]

Originally posted by: regnez
I'd get the enclosure. I use an enclosure (a different one, but still) and they work very well.

Also, if you are only going to be using it to back stuff up onto one drive, then the adapter is unnecessary.

Which enclosure do you have? BTW having to take my side panel off and hooking/unhooking the drive is annoying when I want to backup.

 

[regnez]

I have this enclosure and it has never given me any trouble. It has an IDE interface, though.

I cannot tell you from personal experience, but this one seems to have some pretty good customer reviews from newegg and it has a SATA interface. Something you may want to take into consideration.