I'm looking on Newegg and all of them seem to have a power brick. For portability I prefer being able to just plug a normal PC power cord in, sans brick. Is it because I'm looking for a SATA enclosure? The 1st enclosure I ever bought was like 2 years ago and it had a built in PS.
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Any External USB HD Enclosures without an adapter?
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typhoon43 said:
You won't find one for a 3.5 inch disk because they need 12v power which is not present in a USB connection.
There are lots for 2.5inch because they are designed to only use 5v and therefore can be powered of the USB connection.
edit : Didn't understand your question. I have seen any enclosures that take a normal power plug at least recently.
I didn't mean USB powered. Sorry about that. I meant I just didn't want a brick. My old ATA external case simply used the 3 prong plug from a PC and it plugged into the back of the enclosure. Very clean looking IMO. I was wonderign if there's a case using SATA that fits that bill. Not sure where else to look besides the Egg and ZZF..
Is something like this what you had in mind?
http://www.cooldrives.com/nasadrenwiou.html
(Can't speak to its quality - just the first thing that popped up on Google...)
http://www.cooldrives.com/nasadrenwiou.html
(Can't speak to its quality - just the first thing that popped up on Google...)
draksia said:
I don't think that's what he wanted - all that does is connect to a sata header on your motherboard, not USB. I couldn't find anything on froogle with an internal power adapter though.
I'd advise just to stick with ata drives - they're cheaper, and sata won't perform any better in an external enclosure.
IanG said:I don't think that's what he wanted - all that does is connect to a sata header on your motherboard, not USB. I couldn't find anything on froogle with an internal power adapter though.
I'd advise just to stick with ata drives - they're cheaper, and sata won't perform any better in an external enclosure.
Its got USB and SATA in it.
IanG said:I don't think that's what he wanted - all that does is connect to a sata header on your motherboard, not USB. I couldn't find anything on froogle with an internal power adapter though.
I'd advise just to stick with ata drives - they're cheaper, and sata won't perform any better in an external enclosure.
Look at the photo again.
There is clearly a USB port on the back of the thing.