Sabrent USB 3.0 To 2.5-Inch Sata Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure Case (for 9.5mm, 12.5mm 2.5-Inch SATA-I, SATA-II, SATA-III HDD and SSD) Black (EC-TB4P)..
GET Sabrent USB 3.0 To 2.5-Inch Sata Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure Case (for 9.5mm, 12.5mm 2.5-Inch SATA-I, SATA-II, SATA-III HDD and SSD) Black (EC-TB4P) By Sabrent
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful.
By NRDK
I bought this enclosure in order to use it for a SSD upgrade, and following that to store my original harddrive from my mid 2010 MacBook Pro.
The enclosure looks sleek, and is actually metal in a market where there are a lot of brushed plastic. It functions well in OS X despite the claims of wanting Windows only operating systems. Installing a 2.5" SATA drive is easy enough, with just having to push the drive into the connector in the case. From there, it's a matter of securing the drive in the case with 4 large screws, which are a bit hard to get in with the screwdriver provided. After that, there are 4 tiny screws on the outside that are a pain to get in place and screw in with the magnetic screwdriver included, hence the 1 star deduction for the pain of screwing in mini philips screws that are displaced by the magnetic screwdriver included, I ended up using my own screwdriver from a tool kit I have, and it worked much much better. Beyond that, it also comes with a small protective case which fits very snugly over the driver itself but it's a shame there is no room to store the cable in addition to the drive in the case, as I do with my Western Digital Passport external harddrive. Still, all together, not that big of a deal.
Other than the pain of securing the drive together with the tiny screws, this driver works great and is a steal at $20 for a USB 3.0 to SATA aluminum enclosure. I had no issues shelling out the cash for this, as it will keep my original harddrive from my MacBook Pro in a very secure environment for some time, and provide a great backup solution for me.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
By Levi
This enclosure has a clamshell type design, which means it is made in two equal halves which allow you to securely fasten the two halves of the enclosure together with four screws. A lot of the slightly cheaper 2.5 inch drive enclosures have a small end cap that you screw to the end of the enclosure with two tiny screws, which is much less secure and reliable in my experience. This enclosure is made of metal (not sure if it's steel or something else) and coated in rubber which makes it seem like a high quality piece. It fits together very well, and it seems very strong. It's USB 3.0 for great speed, and backwards compatible with older USB standards. It has a DC barrell jack for external power supply, but it works without that because of the USB cable with two USB plugs on one end. There is a physical power switch, and a nice blue LED light on the end to show power and data transfer status. The screw holes are hidden by two silver plastic stickers which probably won't stand up to being removed and replaced more than once or twice, if you're very careful. once you put the drive into the enclosure, you should leave it in there unless you want to be able to see the screws, which would really take away from the nice look that the enclosure has when its properly assembled. It comes with the screws obviously, as well as a screw driver, and an imitation leather case, which is good for keeping mild dust invasion at bay, but won't offer any other protection. If you plan on dropping your drive on the floor or hiking in the rain with it, you should not rely on the enclosure or its case but, instead, plan on not dropping your drive or going hiking in the rain with it, or get a different enclosure or a Pelican case to keep it in. If you just want a case to keep a notebook drive safe from direct contact and dust and you don't want to spend 60 dollars pick this enclosure over any of the others on amazon in the sub 60 dollar price range.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
By Zen
First off i bought a WD Passport and was greatly dissapointed to find out the USB cables that shipped with the External HDD were faulty and couldn't support the power hungry read/write speeds of large files. Also the HDD in the passport is a 5400RPM drive. i felt this was unnacceptable for such a brand name product and at the cost of $90 for a 1TB.
HERE comes the AWESOME!
CONTENTS: (inside package)
-1 manual that explains what to do if your Computer recognizes the Ext.Enclosure but does not see the physical HDD/SSD.
-1 Sabrent HDD enclosure.
>The top and bottom is a MATTE aluminum that is interchangeable, meaning you can place either on top or bottom.
>The PCB has a optional power port, but is not necessary. of course has USB 3.0 female port (the ugly looking flat type)
>The PCB board also has a ON/OFF swtich. LOL.
>LED is a Blue color. Even though its bright, its not the color/intensity that hurts your eyes when you stare directly at it. Great!
-1 Y-cable. Here's whats cool. The male USB 3.0 side that plugs into your laptops/PCs USB 3.0 branches out a USB 2.0 male for
power. Normally some manufacturers do this at the male side USB 3.0 where it plugs into your External Enclosure making the cable shorter and wastes cable overall.
-1 Soft leather pouch to hold your External HDD in. However does not have enough space to hold cable, only the ext.HDD.
-8 Screws total. 4 Chubby screws that hold down your HDD/SSD onto the plastic Silver holder. 4 Thinner screws that hold down the aluminum top and bottom covers onto the plastic Silver holder (2 thin screws per black cover).
BUILD QUALITY -/- INSTALLATION:
-the silver you see in the image is actually plastic sprayed with a silver lacquer that protects it. Is of course hollow.
-The top and bottom black covers are Aluminum coated with a silicone/fuzzy Matte black. When you touch it it feels like a hybrid of metal and rubber. Almost like touching Suede. However gives off a cool feel as it is aluminum.
-Blue LED at front is not like the super strong bright LEDs that hurts your eyes or lights up a dark room.
-the space that holds the SSD/HDD is rather tight. When you first place in your HDD/SSD you have to insert it at a descending 30 degree angle to the SATA connector as you push it in very SLOWLY. Removing is just as easy, gently push out opposite the SATA connector, as it dislodges gently raise it at a 30 degree angle ascending.
SO WHY IS THIS AWESOME?
-I bought the Sabrent Ext.Enclosure for $16 and the HGST 1TB 7200RPM SATA-III 32mb Cache 2.5" HDD for $86. A total whopping price of $102.
However, I get a GUARANTEED USB 3.0 speeds with the well-built Y-cable, built-in On/OFF buttons, a Aluminum ext.HDD enclosure, and a HDD that has a capacity of 1 terabyte and operates with a 7200RPM efficiency.
-Compared to a $72 1TB 5400RPM hard Plastic enclosure with a Defective USB 3.0 cable that WD Customer Service will pretend not acknowledging. See all the horrible reviews about this problem. I myself tried the 2TB not the 1TB WD passport and i lost my data from the defective cables. The data became irreversibly corrupt. I ended up returning the Drive to Amazon for a Refund. THANK YOU AMAZON!
FINAL THOUGHTS:
I highly recommend this if you have 2.5" drives you want to custom build and carry on the go. This Enclosure Supports SSDs. I have used this enclosure to "Initialize", and Format a "New Simple Volume" on a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD.
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