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FRYS.com #: 5610991
* USB 2.0 interface allows you to transfer data up to 480Mbit/s
* Supports any single 3.5" SATA hard drive (Desktop size HDD)
* Supports up to 1TB hard drives
* Included USB cable, and power adapter
* Supports Windows 98SE / 2000 / XP / ME / VISTA, MAC OS 9.X and above, Red Hat Linux
NO REBATE
I could use an external enclosure and $20 (including shipping) isn't bad compared to about $38 at the egg, but... it's still a little too much money to pay for what's basically an aluminum box.
mightywarriors said:Is this enclosure available in stores?
They allow in-store pickup for me on this order in the SF Bay Area.
too bad,i just got one today for $30 from Amazon.
whywhq said:too bad,i just got one today for $30 from Amazon.
refuse shipment and get a full refund , buy here instead ;'p
Green! Was waiting for a deal like this for my laptop. Gonna pop in a 1TB hard drive =] Smoking hot price if all you need is a SATA to USB enclosure. Just paid $19.99+tax at Circuit City this morning. I refuse to pay $30-$40+tax+S/H other stores are charging on such a simple enclosure.
enter8 said:it's still a little too much money to pay for what's basically an aluminum box.+ adapter + small PCB
External USB interface can be too slow to transfer 1T of data. SATA interface is much faster.
To get faster speeds, bypass the usb interface, and connect the sata drive to your computer directly using an esata cable and a esata adapter that plugs into a sata port on the motherboard. You will also need a sata power line adapter that you can extend to any length with extra wire.
mjschmit said:To get faster speeds, bypass the usb interface, and connect the sata drive to your computer directly using an esata cable and a esata adapter that plugs into a sata port on the motherboard. You will also need a sata power line adapter that you can extend to any length with extra wire. I got an ESATA enclosure and it doesn't work correctly with my Intel chipset SATA onboard controller. It will work OK if I power the drive on before booting, but if I power it up after Vista starts, it won't properly recognize the drive. This same exact drive doesn't do this with an older Opteron/Nvidia mainboard combo, where esata works perfectly fine. So my point is, don't assume esata connected to your onboard sata ports is going to be hot-swappable like USB 2.0. Maybe this has to do with my particular enclosure - I don't think so - or my particular onboard controller. The motherbord is a Gigabyte Intel 965 chipset, with ICH8 controller. So my point is, don't assume esata is going to work with your setup. Whereas, you can rest assured that USB 2.0 will. I might look into getting a PCI esata controller, because I really do want the speed of esata and I want to be able to turn the drive on and off at will.
SimMike said:mjschmit said:To get faster speeds, bypass the usb interface, and connect the sata drive to your computer directly using an esata cable and a esata adapter that plugs into a sata port on the motherboard. You will also need a sata power line adapter that you can extend to any length with extra wire. I got an ESATA enclosure and it doesn't work correctly with my Intel chipset SATA onboard controller. It will work OK if I power the drive on before booting, but if I power it up after Vista starts, it won't properly recognize the drive. This same exact drive doesn't do this with an older Opteron/Nvidia mainboard combo, where esata works perfectly fine. So my point is, don't assume esata connected to your onboard sata ports is going to be hot-swappable like USB 2.0. Maybe this has to do with my particular enclosure - I don't think so - or my particular onboard controller. The motherbord is a Gigabyte Intel 965 chipset, with ICH8 controller. So my point is, don't assume esata is going to work with your setup. Whereas, you can rest assured that USB 2.0 will. I might look into getting a PCI esata controller, because I really do want the speed of esata and I want to be able to turn the drive on and off at will.
It sounds like your mobo doesn't support sata2 or you aren't running in sata2 mode. Sata1 mode does not support hot swap capabilities. Check bios settings...
Nice find OP!
Just ordered with in-store pick-up - $13.93 including tax!
Now the wife gets to actually use that Seagate Sata2 drive...
I went to Circuit City yesterday (closer than Fry's) and asked them to PM the difference with a 10% off that difference.
I paid $13.28 out the door. Saved gas and money! Thanks OP!
mightywarriors said:Is this enclosure available in stores?
Yes, but buy online and then pick-up in store.
I picked mine up at Fry's today - $13.93 with tax out the door. The nice thing was I took it off the shelf where they were going for $39.99 in store.
Are there different sizes for enclosures? I wanted to just buy a sata\IDE to USB adapter (cable) so that i can take data out of my dead desktop hard drive. Will this work for that purpose irrespective of size of the Hard disk.
funkychinoman said:I went to Circuit City yesterday (closer than Fry's) and asked them to PM the difference with a 10% off that difference.
I paid $13.28 out the door. Saved gas and money! Thanks OP! you got lucky w a csr that doesn't know their pm policy, kuz usually cc doesn't pm to websites.
i just tried to pm at Staples but they tacked on next-day shipping. booooo.
annicus said:funkychinoman said:I went to Circuit City yesterday (closer than Fry's) and asked them to PM the difference with a 10% off that difference.
I paid $13.28 out the door. Saved gas and money! Thanks OP! you got lucky w a csr that doesn't know their pm policy, kuz usually cc doesn't pm to websites.
i just tried to pm at Staples but they tacked on next-day shipping. booooo.
actually, i just called my local fry's and it's an in-store special as well! aww i could have just price matched anywhere then... oh well.
so i take it back. that's probably what you did too. and that's what i'm trying to do on the phone with Staples right now. haha.
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