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| Lanshire |
  Posted 21st Jul 2009 6:18pm |
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Hey Guys.. I finally got a brand new IDE hardrive.. (western digital) 160GB.. and i am looking for a USB Enclosure so i can hook it up to my computer..Instead of using the bay inside my computer itself..
However.. they have some that say 2.5 and 3.5.. and i don't know what that means.. SO can you guys help me?
I was looking on Amazon and both Newegg thats where i shop at.
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sobe  |
Posted 21st Jul 2009 7:17pm |
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Dunno why you got an IDE hard drive especially considering you are going to be using as an external. Could grab a SATA II 500GB drive for about $50~
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145126
Look at something like that |
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| RED-FROG |
Posted 21st Jul 2009 7:53pm |  |
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omg
why didn't you buy an external USB HD instead?
"brand new IDE harddrive"
Do you have an idea how old IDE drives are? I wouldn't be suprised if the box has dust on it already.
Nobody buys internal IDE drives to use them outside of the PC via USB. That's just...wrong.
You will also need to supply it with a 12V cable. The USB one doesn't do that.
And are you going to use it as a backup drive or do you want to load games from it?
The games will load 3-4x slower via USB.
And WHY don't you just put it inside the PC. What the hell is the reason for not doing this?
Can you return it? |
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| sobe |
Posted 21st Jul 2009 7:58pm |
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| Quoting RED-FROG | omg
why didn't you buy an external USB HD instead?
"brand new IDE harddrive"
Do you have an idea how old IDE drives are? I wouldn't be suprised if the box has dust on it already.
Nobody buys internal IDE drives to use them outside of the PC via USB. That's just...wrong.
You will also need to supply it with a 12V cable. The USB one doesn't do that.
And are you going to use it as a backup drive or do you want to load games from it?
The games will load 3-4x slower via USB.
And WHY don't you just put it inside the PC. What the hell is the reason for not doing this?
Can you return it? |
In a less harsher tone  I'd agree, I would get a good 500GB external, or less if you don't need that much. |
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| RED-FROG |
Posted 21st Jul 2009 8:51pm | |
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He could have asked us here before buying that piece of crap. 
Or at least the guy in the shop.
On my 500gig HD, I have (only) 76 games installed, (large games) but it isn't even full.
So yea.. 500 gig is a lot. (I bet he wants to install games on it.)
Can't wait for Windows7 to come, so I can install it on a brand new (now THIS can be called brand new..) Solid State Disk.  Actually everyone upgrading to win7 should consider doing this. Just a lil tip for the people that stumble over this thread so you can save money. 
IDE - out
SATA - out
SSD - in (ok well, SSD uses the SATA port ...but yeah.. I mean the HD itself ) |
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| Lanshire |
Posted 21st Jul 2009 9:03pm |
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The reason Being is That Yet Another one of my IDE drives.. went out and it has some Data that i need off of it. SO i just need to get the right external closure for it. I myself Run a SATA 200 GB Main drive.. the IDE was just for storage, because at the time i didnt have enough $$$$ to buy another SATA drive.
My God .. Frog you act like the world is gonna come tumblind down because i need it..
I have never even heard of SSD.. i will check it out though. I did have Windows 7 Installed on another PC.. and it was ok... Not super Great.. but good!.. Looked Nice! |
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| RED-FROG |
Posted 21st Jul 2009 11:11pm | |
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oh ok well.. I dunno how expensive IDEs are at the moment, but I doubt they are THAT cheap compared to external USB ones? IDE just sounds so.....ooold
SSD (solid state drive) is something like the memory in your MP3 player for example. (just better)
Much faster access times (10ms+ vs 0.1ms), and the decent ones also have much better read/write bandwidth. Plus they also require less power, generate little to no heat and produce zero noise.
I have Win7 (a testversion ) on my 300gig drive.. well yea.. it's ok. I don't really see many changes, but most of them are hidden. (?)
I pre ordered it, and when I'll install it, I want to do it right from start on. 
Many people say Vista loads half the time on their SSDs. (same with games n stuff) |
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| Lanshire |
Posted 21st Jul 2009 11:48pm |
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I think i would like to get a solid state drive.. But Matter still standa that i need to get a Outside thing that i can plug my IDE into so i can get all my stuff off of it . I dont want to format it, Cause it has a bunch of stuff on it.
I was just asking where you guyys think that i should buy it.. and a link would help. |
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| sobe |
Posted 22nd Jul 2009 12:46am |
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Don't look into SSDs right now  They are starting to manufacture 32nm NAND, so the prices on those SSDs will be down 60% from the current.
Wait until the end of this year before looking at SSD  |
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| Lanshire |
Posted 22nd Jul 2009 3:42am |
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okie dokie SObe.. but i still need to get that Extrenal case so i can hook up my IDE drive.. LOL. thats what this thread was all about to begin with.. Let me know if you find one.. $30-$40.. pricerange |
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Posted 22nd Jul 2009 4:09am | |
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I wouldn't bother with an enclosure, they're expensive. I use a simple IDE to USB adapter, cost me a whopping $10. Works just as well (though, the drive can occasionally get a bit warm to the touch). |
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| Lanshire |
Posted 23rd Jul 2009 5:26pm |
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Can you link me to one, so i can get it? |
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| Nitro |
Posted 30th Jul 2009 7:00am |
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USB adapter
That thing works pretty well. I agree with everyone else though, IDE is so old that they have become way more expensive. a 160Gb IDE costs the same as a 500Gb SATA |
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| Lanshire |
Posted 8th Aug 2009 7:23pm |
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Thanks Nitro! |
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| RED-FROG |
Posted 8th Aug 2009 7:51pm | |
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| Quoting sobe | Don't look into SSDs right now They are starting to manufacture 32nm NAND, so the prices on those SSDs will be down 60% from the current.
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Well, they were almost 50% cheaper before. (early 2009)
I WILL buy a SSD once I get Windows7 in my hands though. Probably Win7 will be the main reason to have them dropping anyway.
Hardware prices always drop, there's no perfect time. ^^
Also, I dunno stuff about 32nm NAND |
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