With the proliferation of media and other files available these days, hard drive space is at a premium, and there’s only so much you can shove into a PC case. Eventually, especially if you move things around, you’ll need external storage.
Here, Acomdata offers up a fine little enclosure suitable for holding an idle 2.5" SATA hard drive and providing power and a USB 2.0 connection for near universal connectivity. Built with an internal metal chassis that optimizes heat dissipation from your drive, this enclosure helps keep it safe from both thermal and impact stress.
Keep your drive and data safe with Acomdata's HDEXXUP-240!
2.5” SATA HDD CompatibilityThe Acomdata HDEXXUP-240 enclosure is compatible with 2.5" SATA hard drives, offering an ideal solution for your ever-increasing storage needs.
48-bit LBA TechnologySupporting 48-bit LBA Technology, the Acomdata HDEXXUP-240 enclosure accepts drives with capacity of more than 137.4 GB, so you can install the highest capacity SATA drives available on the market.
USB 2.0 InterfaceThe Acomdata HDEXXUP-240 features a USB 2.0 interface for fast transfer speeds of up to 480Mbps and plug-and-play connectivity, and it also backwards compatible with USB 1.1.
Pros: Very sleek design, extremely solid in structure and feel. Works great (auto recognized) with XP and Vista (havent tested with Linux or OSX yet, but I don't forsee any problem if you know each respective operating system...). The main exterior feels to be some kind of aluminum. Perfect item that does just what I wanted at the price I had hoped for.
Cons: Requires a screw driver to get a drive in or out...may be a problem if you plan to swap drives often, but for me - I plan to keep it in "permanently". Some other enclosures make it screwless and a matter of seconds to swap drives, but it shows. Those just seem much less "sturdy" and "reliable" to the touch... While the main portion is some kind of aluminum, its worth mentioning the "end caps" are a heavy duty plastic, and might be the weakest point of the drive, if any.
Overall Review: Does exactly what it advertises at a great price, looks awesome, and is extremely solid and sturdy to top it off. Some may quibble at no driver cd (un-needed unless you're supporting win98...I have another external for those repair jobs). It didn't include a screw driver either...some people get bent out of shape about this...I've found I prefer this since the included screwdrivers always seem to be total junk anyway...Thought it was worth mentioning despite? You can't go wrong with those though IMO...nicest enclosure I've gotten yet.