Even the units made by WD, Maxtor. Let me note this item you listed "Prevents vibration/shock". That would have to include a sensor to tell the drive to park. Outside of a few laptops nothing has this.
You may see such in a few years but not today.
Best of luck,
Bob
I will be purchasing a Western Digital Caviar SE16 hard drive. It is 3.5" and has 7200RPM, 250GB, 16MB cache, and is SATA II.
Please help me by answering the following. Just give me a one word answer unless you have additional advice/recommendations.
1.)Which is better: A or B? (Note that I will be getting a powerful drive listed above).
A.)An aluminum enclosure with a fan but has no vent holes except for where the fan is located.
B.)An aluminum enclosure with no fan but has several vent holes around the case.
2.)Which is better: A or B?
A.)An aluminum enclosure that fits tightly but has no fan and not many or no vent holes.
B.)An aluminum enclosure with a fan but has alot of extra space inside the enclosure because the enclosure can also fit a 5.25" drive? My drive is 3.5".
3.)I am looking for a hard drive enclosure with the following specification. Any recommendations (note: must meet all specifications below)?
- Brand name
- SATA II
- Aluminum
- Has a good fan
- Has vent holes
- Prevents vibration/shock
- Quiet fan
- Good chipset
- Internal: SATA, External: USB

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