Well, im gonna get 2.5" notebook hdd + enclosure soon

Need recomendation on the hdd and enclose .

2.5" HDD : im goin to grab 120gb either WD or Seagate. Which spec is recomended other than the brand ? like sata2 or 8mb or etc ??
btw 2.5" we use usb ... so if i buy sata2, is it gonna speed as sata2 fast ??

enclosure : which enclose can recomend me ? i wan those come with the wallet ( sry duno how to call ). the thing look like wallet to protect the whoel thing

what's different between enclosure ...

some enclosure up to rm150++

some i see rm18 also got

grab either one it is good enough, WD come with 3 year warranty(if i'm not mistaken) and Seagate with 5 years. Just get an IDE is good enough since SATA will no give a lot of differences in performance because in the end, it will only limit by USB speed except if u got a casing that support e-SATA...

this just a recommendation, u can get either Cooler Master Xcraft Enclosure 2.5" or maybe Vantec Nexstar 2.5" (both of this come with pouch/wallet) or any cheap enclosure will do if your budget is limited..

emm can i know more bout esata ?? i read thru the 5 pages but still kinda blur ...

my mobo got sata(raid) slot, so what to do with the esata for my casing

ok, e-sata is actually allow you for removable connection but with the speed of sata, but no, you cannot plug an e-sata to your mobo sata port because e-sata is a different port from the existing sata port(additional port)

usually, when u bought a sata hdd and got an enclosure that support e-sata, the e-sata port will be coming along with the package...

p/s: maybe others can add more on e-sata....

hmm i read that IDE/PATA only got 133 MBps, while SATA 2 can reach 350 MBps ....

what bout speed for USB and e-sata ??

in case e-sata difference a lot, i dun mind spend a lil more for sata2 2.5" hdd and esata enclosure

maybe need more pro opinion to addon

maybe u can get a little idea from this table taken from wikipedia.org...fr a real world performance, still need to check for some review about it....

well i found this media casing enclosure...where to buy it?i didnt see it in lowyat

http://www.ebizonline.com.my/product_info....c9904943df949cd

This post has been edited by zerokid: Jul 1 2007, 09:32 AM

so basically i connect from esata(enclosure) to usb port ... and it'll run at sata2 speed ?

anyone can enlighten me more bout this ?

as I stated in previous post, u will connect the e-sata cable to an e-sata port (not USB), and usually the e-sata port will be included when u buy external enclosure that support e-sata...and yes, you can get the speed of sata with e-sata...

May I know what are the brands for 160GB 2.5" HDD?

the list I can find from lowyat is either Samsung or Western Digital for 160GB 2.5" HDD...

Which one do you recommend?

I found out that Seagate and Hitachi have it too

some people like the warranty, for performance, not so much different if want to compare with different hdd brands...i only know Seagate got 5 years warranty and WD for 3 years...maybe others can give more information regarding this...

This post has been edited by katunX: Jul 5 2007, 03:49 PM

my setup is 120G ata + a rock enclosure. speed is ok. stable even i don connect another usb. somemore my WD got 5 years warranty from sg. donno any shop in lowyat provide 5 years warrranty dor WD harddisk?

hmmm...today i went for window shopping at digital mall...saw seagate 120G + coolermaster xcraft enclosure 2.5 inch for RM335...is it a good price?

hitachi currently has the fastest 2.5" hdd at 7200rpm...

I think for a 2.5" HDD need a normal enclosure should be enough
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