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ORICO 5-Bay DAS USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure for 3.5" SATA HDDs
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ORICO Direct US Store via Amazon has ORICO 5-Bay DAS USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure for 3.5" SATA HDDs (9858U3; Aluminum Alloy) on sale for $199.99 - $80 off when you apply promo code B01RDG65 at checkout = $119.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member thethingx for sharing this deal.
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- 5-bay HDD enclosure accommodates 3.5-inch SATA disks with maximum storage capacity up to 110TB
- USB 3.0 interface, transfer speed reaches up to 235MB/s
- Aluminum HDD case is outfitted with an 80mm silent cooling fan, as well as front and rear vents
- Includes safety locking mechanism
- 150W power supply
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ORICO Direct US Store via Amazon has ORICO 5-Bay DAS USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure for 3.5" SATA HDDs (9858U3; Aluminum Alloy) on sale for $199.99 - $80 off when you apply promo code B01RDG65 at checkout = $119.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member thethingx for sharing this deal.
Thanks to community member thethingx for sharing this deal.
- Note: Product will be sold by ORICO Direct US Store and fulfilled by Amazon. You must be logged in to clip coupons and apply promo codes. If a code doesn't work right away, try applying it a few times across different interfaces such as mobile or desktop, as some codes may not apply consistently. If issues persist, refresh the page, re-enter the code, or revisit the cart before checking out.
- 5-bay HDD enclosure accommodates 3.5-inch SATA disks with maximum storage capacity up to 110TB
- USB 3.0 interface, transfer speed reaches up to 235MB/s
- Aluminum HDD case is outfitted with an 80mm silent cooling fan, as well as front and rear vents
- Includes safety locking mechanism
- 150W power supply
Editor's Notes
Written by RevOne | Staff- About this Store:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Additional Information:
- This offer is $2 less than the last Frontpage Deal from August 2025.
- Our research indicates that this deal is $40 less (25% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $159.99 at the time of this post.
- Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.
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There's literally another Slickdeals thread right now for the TerraMaster D4-320 4-bay for $152: https://slickdeals.net/f/19892376USB
3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps, and TerraMaster claims up to 1,016 MB/s aggregate with 4 HDDs. So for basically the same money, you're looking at ~1 GB/s vs ~235 MB/s total.
And if 5 bays are a requirement, we don't even need to leave ORICO: https://a.co/d/0bGehXptThat's
That's ORICO's 5-bay USB 3.2 Gen 2 / 10Gbps model. It's currently $179.99 with a 15% coupon, so $152.99.
So no, the alternatives aren't "$280 for maybe 2x faster" or "$700 for 4x faster RAID 0." You can spend ~$152 and simply not have a 235 MB/s bottleneck shared across 4–5 hard drives.
Also, 10Gbps isn't ~2x 235 MB/s. 235 MB/s is only ~1.88Gbps. A 10Gbps USB link is over 5x the raw bandwidth, and ~1 GB/s real-world aggregate is completely realistic for this class of enclosure.
That's why I was laughing at the 235 MB/s limit. It's not that 235 MB/s is unusable. It's that putting 5 drive bays behind a ~235 MB/s aggregate bottleneck in 2026 is a hilariously bad design when similarly priced alternatives don't have that limitation.
Edit: And to answer your question about how much that "UP TO" actually means in practice: I use the TerraMaster D4-320 in my media server, and I've personally seen it hit around 1,034 MB/s during parity checks across the array.
So yes, these enclosures can actually get very close to the advertised ~1 GB/s aggregate throughput. "Up to" isn't doing nearly as much heavy lifting there as you seem to think. 😄
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This ORICO 5 bay USB 3.0 enclosure is mainly a simple JBOD storage box for media servers and backup setups. It has worked well with two drives and on a Plex server, and the 5 bay design can be useful for compact multi drive storage. The main tradeoff is speed, with sustained throughput around 235 MB per second and a shared bottleneck across all bays. There are also reports of random spin up delays, occasional lost connections, and some USB 3.0 versions not reporting serial numbers. It is a practical pick if you want basic multi drive expansion without RAID.
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It can sustain about 235 MB/s total, with peaks around 250 MB/s. That shared bottleneck means all 5 bays are limited by the enclosure interface, so it is much slower than 10Gbps USB or Thunderbolt DAS options.
Yes, it can work fine for a media server or Plex setup, including with two HDDs on a mini PC and with the 9958RU3 version on a Plex server. The main tradeoff is that the USB 3.0 model's shared bandwidth is much lower than newer 10Gbps enclosures.
No. The Amazon description says it does not support RAID, and it is described as JBOD rather than a NAS. That means the bays are presented as separate drives instead of a built-in RAID array.
The 80mm fan is considered small for a 5-bay unit, and similar ORICO 5-bay models have been reported to run hot, spin up slowly from sleep, and occasionally lose connection. A larger-fan enclosure or added cooling can help keep drives under 100F.
The older USB 3.0 version has been reported to fail to report drive serial numbers and to have issues when multiple enclosures are connected. The older USB-C model is said to avoid those problems.
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There's literally another Slickdeals thread right now for the TerraMaster D4-320 4-bay for $152: https://slickdeals.net/f/19892376USB
3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps, and TerraMaster claims up to 1,016 MB/s aggregate with 4 HDDs. So for basically the same money, you're looking at ~1 GB/s vs ~235 MB/s total.
And if 5 bays are a requirement, we don't even need to leave ORICO: https://a.co/d/0bGehXptThat's
That's ORICO's 5-bay USB 3.2 Gen 2 / 10Gbps model. It's currently $179.99 with a 15% coupon, so $152.99.
So no, the alternatives aren't "$280 for maybe 2x faster" or "$700 for 4x faster RAID 0." You can spend ~$152 and simply not have a 235 MB/s bottleneck shared across 4–5 hard drives.
Also, 10Gbps isn't ~2x 235 MB/s. 235 MB/s is only ~1.88Gbps. A 10Gbps USB link is over 5x the raw bandwidth, and ~1 GB/s real-world aggregate is completely realistic for this class of enclosure.
That's why I was laughing at the 235 MB/s limit. It's not that 235 MB/s is unusable. It's that putting 5 drive bays behind a ~235 MB/s aggregate bottleneck in 2026 is a hilariously bad design when similarly priced alternatives don't have that limitation.
Edit: And to answer your question about how much that "UP TO" actually means in practice: I use the TerraMaster D4-320 in my media server, and I've personally seen it hit around 1,034 MB/s during parity checks across the array.
So yes, these enclosures can actually get very close to the advertised ~1 GB/s aggregate throughput. "Up to" isn't doing nearly as much heavy lifting there as you seem to think. 😄
With the two Orico 5-bay (different models), I experienced random hicuups like slow spin up time from sleep, occassional lost connection, etc, they are quite annoying "minor" issues, but could eat up your time bit by bit in the long run, which may be more precious than the extra $150.
This hopefully will help someone. But not me, I bought this over a year ago for $80.
There's also a different approach: build your own super fast DAS using HBA, so hdd/ssd speed will be the limiting factor, not the interface. I'm going to dump links to examples of parts, maybe it will give someone an idea.
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But I've realized something thanks to jk_black: with usb 3.1 gen 2 & usb 3.2 gen 2 and their 10Gbps=~1GB/s connection, never mind 3.2 2x2, hba-based das in jbod has no speed advantage any longer.
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Only advantage left for hba is possibility of raid config for fast large files xfers or data protection.
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This hopefully will help someone. But not me, I bought this over a year ago for $80.
There's also a different approach: build your own super fast DAS using HBA, so hdd/ssd speed will be the limiting factor, not the interface. I'm going to dump links to examples of parts, maybe it will give someone an idea.
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I would also use an old enterprise LSI HBA that performs better and is cheaper and more built to last than that linked HBA. Might wanna repaste it though.
I use one of the case's expansion slots to feed cables through.
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