2.5" hard drive case

msmhw on 04/04/2014 - 14:20

I have couples old laptops and would like to use their hard drives as portable hard drives.

where is the cheapest best hard drive cases? any idea?

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  • Paul Atreides on 04/04/2014 - 14:32

    I bought one of these and it actually arrived today.

    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/281199377095?ssPageName=STRK:MEWN…

    Not sure if paying a little extra for USB 3.0 was worth it, but still a good buy at $10 delivered

    • msmhw on 04/04/2014 - 14:52

      I will give it a go, hope they are good

      thanks for your response

  • PissLUR on 04/04/2014 - 14:34

    plenty on ebay australia. ship from sydney/melbourne.

    • msmhw on 04/04/2014 - 14:53

      I bought one before from ebay but it died with a month.
      so I asked to see what people buy

      anyway thanks for your response

      • scrimshaw on 04/04/2014 - 15:14

        A Thermaltake ST0041Z only costs $19 from MSY. It's also USB 3.0.

        Don't buy those cheap unbranded ones. They're made using inferior quality components which can cause data corruption during file transfers.

        • msmhw on 04/04/2014 - 16:08

          this what I am afraid of. last year bought one and lost a lot of files because of the case,

          its seem good price for a USB 3.0 case and branded name. they dont have usb 2? so may be will be cheaper

        • scrimshaw on 04/04/2014 - 16:47

          It won't be that much cheaper. USB 2 cases average around 10~15 bucks a pop, so $19 for a USB3 casing is reasonable., but look around on the MSY site.

  • battler on 04/04/2014 - 15:25

    How "old" laptops?… check drives are SATA (v older IDE/PATA)

    pic here of connectors: (ignore the tick and cross)
    http://www.notebooksolutions.ca/zc/images/product_info/hdd_i…

    • msmhw on 04/04/2014 - 16:09

      sorry forgot to say, its SATA one, the one in the right

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