External Drives

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Start date Jan 18, 2011

society misfit

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Jan 18, 2011

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Anyone have any experience with this external drive enclosure?

AcomData-3.5" Samba USB 2.0 & eSATA (SATA Drive) Enclosure Kit-Enter Promo Code: ACOM72810 for Special Offer! BONUS--Free eSATA Cable!(SMBXXXU2SE-BLK)

I’m not too keen on the aesthetics but I can grab one at very good price. Open to recommendations for either bare enclosures or complete drives. Preferably something faster than USB 2. My PC supports USB 2, USB 3, Firewire and eSATA

My Computer

Computer type: PC/Desktop

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number: Misfits Machine!

OS: Windows 7 Professional

CPU: Intel i7 4790K

Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VII Hero

Memory: 32 GB G.SKILL TridentX F3-2400C10D-GTX

Graphics Card(s): EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked X2 SLI

Sound Card: Teac UD-501 External USB DAC/Bryston BHA-1 Headphone Amp

Monitor(s) Displays: BenQ BL3200PT

Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Hard Drives: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB SSD
Western Digital Red 3TB

PSU: Corsair RM Series Gold 1000W

Case: Corsair Carbide Series Air 540

Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H110

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 - Cherry MX Red/Razer Orbweaver Elite

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma

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Jan 18, 2011

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I have a couple of older AcomData IDE external USB HD's that are still working

Here is what I did recently :ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...your-own-external-hard-drive.html#post1177933

My Computer

Computer type: PC/Desktop

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number: Built them myself, Science Experiments !

OS: Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)

CPU: AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G

Motherboard: SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others

Memory: 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350

Graphics Card(s): Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards

Sound Card: on motherboard

Monitor(s) Displays: 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer

Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080

Hard Drives: 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs

PSU: 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc

Case: All Generic Full Towers

Cooling: Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs

Keyboard: Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill

Mouse: Made in China Optical Wired Mouse

Internet Speed: Fast Cable InterNet

Antivirus: AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!

Browser: IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes

Other Info: Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!

society misfit

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Jan 18, 2011

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Thanks. Given how cheap OEM drives are, it would be foolish not to make your own.

I have ‘zero’ experience with eSATA but from what I’ve read it’s more stable than USB 3. I’m assuming you can boot off a eSATA drive?

My Computer

Computer type: PC/Desktop

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number: Misfits Machine!

OS: Windows 7 Professional

CPU: Intel i7 4790K

Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VII Hero

Memory: 32 GB G.SKILL TridentX F3-2400C10D-GTX

Graphics Card(s): EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked X2 SLI

Sound Card: Teac UD-501 External USB DAC/Bryston BHA-1 Headphone Amp

Monitor(s) Displays: BenQ BL3200PT

Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Hard Drives: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB SSD
Western Digital Red 3TB

PSU: Corsair RM Series Gold 1000W

Case: Corsair Carbide Series Air 540

Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H110

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 - Cherry MX Red/Razer Orbweaver Elite

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma

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