Fatwallet Enclosure Thread

2.5" Notebook hard drive

3.5" Standard half height drive

Power Supplies

• Built in
  • pros
    • Less cable clutter
    • Greater portability
  • cons
    • More heat
• Brick
  • pros
    • moves heat away from the drive
  • cons
    • more cable clutter

Chipsets

• Interfaces Supported
• GB limitation
• OS Compatability

• Oxford
  • Oxford 911
  • Oxford 912
• Cypress
• Prolific
• Initio HomePage
  • 1530
    • FW400,USB2.0
  • 2439
    • FW800

Recommendations

Hearsay says latest Oxford 911 for FW, Cypress for USB

Design

• Aluminum Fanless
  • For a hard drive that doesn't need the best cooling, this option works well. Aluminum dissipates heat decently well, as long as there is good thermal contact between the drive and the enclosure. Not needing a fan means there is less dust.
  • These drives don't have built in power supplies because they produce too much heat.

Size

best

Cooling|ok||

Common Features

• Stackable
• Vertical or Horizontal orientation
• Designed by Porsche (LaCie) =)
• USB/1394a/1394b Interface
• Pretty lights

Deals Spotted In The Wild

Use this section to comparison shop around and as a reference guide, not as a standard price list.

AcomData 3.5" USB 2.0/FW $35

$50-$15IR @ CompUSA 6/26/05 Product Description

50% off Mad Dog Enclosures until Jan. 21, 2006.

Issues with External Enclosures

Firewire Delayed Write Issue