expireddoublehelixx | Staff posted Jul 17, 2024 03:17 PM
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expireddoublehelixx | Staff posted Jul 17, 2024 03:17 PM
Prime Members: Terramaster D4-300 Type-C External Hard Drive Diskless Enclosure $136 + Free Shipping
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A LFF HDD nowadays can easily go above 200MB/s for most of its capacity. 4 bay should ideally have no less than 800MB/s capacity to computer to not degrade performance, which is falling into the 10Gbps USB3 Gen2's territory.
There are easily other listings with that specs for the same if not cheaper price, such as: https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic...B0
Q&A indicates ASM chipset as bonus.
A LFF HDD nowadays can easily go above 200MB/s for most of its capacity. 4 bay should ideally have no less than 800MB/s capacity to computer to not degrade performance, which is falling into the 10Gbps USB3 Gen2's territory.
There are easily other listings with that specs for the same if not cheaper price, such as: https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic...B078YQHWYW [amazon.com]
Q&A indicates ASM chipset as bonus.
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To confirm that, you can search amazon description, or skim through product images, or check Amazon review and/or Q&A. (Note that don't get fooled by its AI's answer, which isn't reliable).
I personally am against JMicron but some people reports that they work good for them. Up to you.
The brand of the enclosure doesn't matter much; the chipset matters. (Think of it like mechanical keyboards; the switch matters while the brand doesn't so much. Or think of it like prebuild; System Integrator, e.g. CyberPowerPC, doesn't matter; it's the individual components inside that matters)
Likely they all use 12v power with 5.5x2.1 or 5.5x2.5 barrel connector.
If you have a name-brand power adapter around for the same wattage or higher, i'd suggest use that. Often those come with trash power supply that's not reliable and might even kill your drive.
If not and you want to get something better than the PSU it came with, check eBay for those ATX PSU from prebuilts like dell/hp/lenovo (usually around $20 with FS), then get a 24pin ATX to 5.5x2.5(or 2.1) barrel connector adapter (usually under $10 on eBay or AliExpress). That'd provide much more reliable power. Personally i use that and have a single ATX PSU to power a bunch 12v devices or mine such as N100-based mini PC, Synology, QNAP, external HDD enclosure, router and switch.
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