So wats the fucking point of buying an "external HDD" with a fancy case, when I can just get a SATA to USB adapter and use that instead?
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Asher Gray
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Evan Wood
I seriously hope you're not looking to get that specific one
enjoy frying your USB port my friend
Gavin Hill
Samefag here
looking at the comments, it doesn't seem to draw more amps from USB, rather, it just wont work on 3.5" HDDs that require extra voltage
so if you only plan on using 2.5" HDDs for it go ahead, but its not a guarantee it'll even work for all of those
Nolan Gutierrez
I have used this exact model for years. Just werks.
Brayden Russell
i heard usb-c are able to power single 3.5 inches hdd without ac, is there any usb-c adapters out yet?
Logan Russell
You can just buy an enclosure and use the board and ignore the actual metal cover entirely. Costs exactly the same.
William Diaz
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Bentley Ramirez
because the cost is the same and external hdds are better insulated against vibration and aren't as loud.
Robert Rivera
Structural rigidity. I bought an empty 3.5" case and put a drive in it. I carry the entire unit around with me somewhat frequently. It's nice to have a case to protect the drive and give the (rather delicate) SATA connectors some mechanical support.
Jaxson Bennett
Except they give you binned drives.
Ryan Ramirez
yeah I don't think I'm going to get that particular one
but what about the problems above?
Isaac Moore
Take a old external crack her open, salvage drive, unscrew board, use as adapter.
Charles Martinez
That's totally untrue. What they actually do is give you a much shorter warrantee, because you're less likely to RMA those drives.
Mason Murphy
Kepp believing they're the same quality.
Lucas Reyes
I emailed startech about this, they're making one.
Cameron Sullivan
Do you have a single solitary fact to back that up?
Elijah Gray
I have one of these, I plug it into one of my old SSDs and it becomes a big-ass flash drive for when I want to transport a lot of files at once, e.g., Holla Forums-illiterate friends who ask me for complete tv series in hd or whatever. I've also got a partition in it onto which I periodically backup my root partition. It's pretty comfy.
but my adapter was a quarter of that price because I got it off aliexpress
Parker Hill
I've seen a lot of items cheaper on alixpress but I always pay a little bit more for Amazon because I've heard bad things about alixpress and I feel more confident going Amazon because they're a bigger company held to a higher standard
Josiah Gray
ali have always given me full money back if I've had any complaint (only ever happened for non-tech stuff) but I never buy essential components off them. Stuff like cables, adapters, little electronic odds and ends, though -- the difference in price is pretty amazing, and no noticeable difference in quality whatsoever. Because seriously, twelve bucks for a cable? No thanks.
Brandon Smith
What problem? I's just for 2.5"s
Leo Carter
I'd rather use a docking station than a cable
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