External HDD

Zambini · November 12th, 2006

Which one do you guys think is the best?

1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817145162
2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817145133

I personally like the NexStar, but it doesn't have cooling, which is a MUST, IMO. It says "Aluminum Casing Cools Down Your Hard Drive" but I am not sure....

The one I have now got pretty hot when I did some work with it.
I formatted all 300gb of it and it got pretty warm. I have yet to see what it gets on idle though.

It's a CoolMax HD 360. At fry's it was like 40 bucks, so I think I'm gonna return it to fry's and buy a new one off newegg.

Zambini · November 13th, 2006

[update] THe CoolMax doesnt work right. It doesnt format correctly...
I know the HDD works cuz I had it plugged into my other PC just yesterday

Quakindude · November 13th, 2006

The one with active cooling has good reviews. If it isn't too loud, that's the one I would go with.

Heat = Teh B4d

Tyreal · November 13th, 2006

The Mapower looks cool and has active cooling. Even if it is loud, a fan replacement mod will solve the problem. Hard drives only need a little airflow over them.

polobunny · November 13th, 2006

My friend bought a NexStar like this and I can say it was cold to the touch. He was also worried about his drive temperatures and while I can't exactly remember the temps (it's been a while) they were very reasonable for a hard drive.

I personally used this enclosure (though mine had a fan) and the most annoying thing about it was actually the fan. Since it was a small cheap fan it took less than a week to start making a rattling noise. I disconnect it for my sake and it's doing good even without it :P

I'm not too sure what you are using your external hard drive for, but only very little airflow is needed most of the time. Temperatures of 35C aren't deadly for a hard drive.

Blondie · November 13th, 2006

How come you're enclosing the drive?

drew and not u · November 13th, 2006

I wouldn't worry about heat in the NexStar. Most drives don't really generate a ton of heat, and the aluminum casing should be enough to dissapate what heat is generated. I've heard alot of good things about that enclosure, and personally if I was buying an enclosure now, the NexStar would be it.

Zambini · November 13th, 2006

-It's a maxtor diamondmax 10-
-I'm enclosing it because I want an external hard drive

Luckily I found a jumper somewhere in my bajillions of screws. I set it to CS and I'm formatting it now (200gb; takes a while)

[edit]Okay, It attempted to format and failed.
I'm going to plug it into my other PC and see if it works.....
If it does. This enclosure is gone, cuz its obviously the enclosure.

Blondie · November 13th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zambini

-It's a maxtor diamondmax 10-
-I'm enclosing it because I want an external hard drive

Luckily I found a jumper somewhere in my bajillions of screws. I set it to CS and I'm formatting it now (200gb; takes a while)

[edit]Okay, It attempted to format and failed.
I'm going to plug it into my other PC and see if it works.....
If it does. This enclosure is gone, cuz its obviously the enclosure.

I've found that I have better results when I slave it. Never had luck with external enclosures - and stopped using them. All computers can access slaved drives

Zambini · November 13th, 2006

I recently used it to transfer 50gb of music from my friend's pc to my pc.

As for the NexStar, I'm gonna talk to my dad tonight (i dont have a CC)

November 12th, 2006	#1
Zambini Level 2 College Student Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Mere du SantaCruz Posts: 2,118 Blog Entries: 1	External HDD Which one do you guys think is the best? 1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817145162 2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817145133 I personally like the NexStar, but it doesn't have cooling, which is a MUST, IMO. It says "Aluminum Casing Cools Down Your Hard Drive" but I am not sure.... The one I have now got pretty hot when I did some work with it. I formatted all 300gb of it and it got pretty warm. I have yet to see what it gets on idle though. It's a CoolMax HD 360. At fry's it was like 40 bucks, so I think I'm gonna return it to fry's and buy a new one off newegg.

November 13th, 2006	#3
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,763 Blog Entries: 7	The one with active cooling has good reviews. If it isn't too loud, that's the one I would go with. Heat = Teh B4d Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

November 13th, 2006	#4
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,569	The Mapower looks cool and has active cooling. Even if it is loud, a fan replacement mod will solve the problem. Hard drives only need a little airflow over them. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

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November 13th, 2006	#5
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,122 Blog Entries: 6	My friend bought a NexStar like this and I can say it was cold to the touch. He was also worried about his drive temperatures and while I can't exactly remember the temps (it's been a while) they were very reasonable for a hard drive. I personally used this enclosure (though mine had a fan) and the most annoying thing about it was actually the fan. Since it was a small cheap fan it took less than a week to start making a rattling noise. I disconnect it for my sake and it's doing good even without it :P I'm not too sure what you are using your external hard drive for, but only very little airflow is needed most of the time. Temperatures of 35C aren't deadly for a hard drive.

November 13th, 2006	#7
drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: A different kind of Green Computing Posts: 2,140	I wouldn't worry about heat in the NexStar. Most drives don't really generate a ton of heat, and the aluminum casing should be enough to dissapate what heat is generated. I've heard alot of good things about that enclosure, and personally if I was buying an enclosure now, the NexStar would be it.