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In the quest for an reasonable USB external hard drive case, I had to search the dingier outlets of Hong Kong and haggle with a bevvy of shopkeepers. In the course of action, I found out a lot about the variations between a good external hard disk case and a horrible one. Here I will discuss a few of my suggestions.
Laymen frequently look down upon external hard disk cases - given that it is simply a shell, a metal casing, while the "good parts" of a portable hard drive lie within. Yet somehow, the selection of an external hard drive case is in fact the hardest part of developing a DYI external hard drive.
The primary reason is that the case is what structures your brand new external hard drive, and if you selected a lousy one, performance could take a blow. Picking an external hard drive case is actually challenging, but in Hong Kong I broke the procedures down to the subsequent make sure's:
1. Make sure the hard drive fits inside the case. Seems like a no-brainer yet you'd be amazed how commonly newcomers miss pondering about this step. Do you own a 3.5" or 2.5" hard drive? If you own a 3.5" one, don't try to cram it in a 2.5" drive case. The outcomes might prove disastrous.
2. Make sure the internal interface matches your hard drive. An external hard drive case acts as a connection between your hard drive and the outside world, so make sure that your SATA hard drive gets an external hard drive case with a SATA internal interface. (Or PATA hard drive with a PATA internal interface). Many new hard drives today use SATA, however please make sure.
3. Make sure the external interface is to your preference. Do you want it to be firewire or plain-vanilla USB? Or also the antique serial port? The great thing about producing your own external hard drive is that you can modify everything about it. Some of the current hard drive cases have multiple external interfaces, so that may be an alternative if you can't decide.
There you have it: A prepared point-by-point break down of choosing an external hard drive, focused on my Hong Kong jaunt. Wish this helps.
