Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
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 Rating: Review Date: 09/18/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:esata cable is too shallow.
Pros:It worked after some tinkering. |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/16/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:bright led but nothing tape cant fix
Pros:works great, nice colour, looks sleek Comment:
Just got one of these for use with my shaw pvr. Easy to setup and relatively quiet. I like it so much im going to buy another one for an external media drive for my ps3 |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/08/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:rather large
Pros:good value, lots of features, sturdy. Comment:
this thing works as it should as an enclosure, not much to be said.windows detects and installs the appropriate drivers pretty quickly, installation was straightforward and simple. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/29/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:none
Pros:-easy setup-silent-great cooling-looks stylish Comment:
I've been using this for in the house and portable storage for a while now, and it has been wonderful. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a drive enclosure |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/10/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:Pas USB 3.0.
Pros:Pas cher lorsque pricematché à 19.99$.E-SATA plus rapide que USB 2.0.Bon manufacturier et bonne construction.Cables E-SATA et USB inclus.Bracket E-SATA incluse.Emballage de très bonne qualité. Comment:
À 20$ en pricematch ce boîtier est une très bone affaire particulièrement à cause de sa qualité de fabrication et de la bonne réputation de Vantec. Avec son interface E-SATA, le transfert de gros fichiers est très rapide. En E-SATA la vitesse de transfert est en moyenne de 125MB/s et en moyenne de 30 MB/s. Pas certain qu'une interface USB 3.0 pourrait faire mieux en réel que l'interface E-SATA. À recommander sans hésitation. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/02/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:the cable comes loose easily
Pros:USB and E-Sata options Comment:
I picked up a couple of these on sale to have around. I notice that the cable will come loose from the included PCI bracket very easily. Overall it works good. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/10/10 |
Didn't work with eSata
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Works just great with USB but try to use it with an eSata cable it just locks up the system. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/25/10 |
Excelent Product
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Works as listed, keeps drive cool too. The SATA external bracket really is nice. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/11/10 |
love it
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After asking a friend about trying to get the info off of my old hard drive she told me to use this one. I found it very easy to use and set up. no trouble to put together it is well made. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/10/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:-power cord is too short-supplied plastic stand does not lay flat and is wobbly.-passive cooling might not enough for some users.
Pros:-eSata option-build quality-included accessories-ease of assembly Comment:
Overall this enclosure offers good value and works as intended, eSata option is nice and they even give you an eSata i/o port to plug into an empty slot.Goes together in a snap, seems to dissipate heat fairly well though not sure if I would use this for anything other than the typical backup and file transfers since it's only relies on passive cooling with no vents.Comes with everything you need and packaged nicely, just add your favorite HDD and that's it.Supplied stand is not wide enough at the base nor is it level, the drive wobbles and can easily be knocked over, I plan to fix this or just live with it. Thought about laying it flat and adding some rubber feet but that may have a negative effect on the cooling. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/10/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:false Esatablue led
Pros:QuietAluminium caseeasy mount hard drive system Comment:
Beautiful box, very easy to set up a hard disk, holds much noiseMy big disappointment was to see that the esata case is a false esata, so I was disappointed not being able to connect directly to my motherboard. If wants to have it connected via eSATA, it must make the case for extension esata but when all sata ports are taken except that the motherboard is quite a pity.But other than that, its still a good case. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/09/10 |
Good enclosure
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No complaints. Good product - great price |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/18/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:Blue LED is super bright
Pros:It works with my Shaw DCT3146 PVR Comment:
I bought it to expand my Shaw DCT3146 (DCT 3416) PVR. I paired it with a Western Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1TB drive. I put black tape over the blue LED. See the "Attached to Shaw HD PVR" thread in the NCIX forums for this case for instructions/details.Works great! |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/16/10 |
Great enclosure for a good price
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Not much to it, it's an enclosure for a SATA drive. I've used it with several drives and it works great. Added plus is that it looks pretty nice too, better than my older plastic enclosures. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/10/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:Noisy
Pros:PriceWork with Shaw Comment:
I use it as a shaw PVR. It works beautifully and shaw recognize it with no problem. This is a little bit noisy compared with the premium model made by Vantec. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/31/10 |
perfect
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Great enclosure! The SATA connection makes copying file very quick. Everything about it works as well or better than I expected. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/29/10 |
eSata slower than USB
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I bought this enclosure for my son who is serving in the Army in the Middle East. I inserted a 500GB SATA harddrive and loaded it up with data. I interfaced it to my PC using the eSATA connector but found the data transfer to be quite slow. I then interfaced them using the USB connection and the data transfer rate was much faster. I would have demanded an exchange if not for the fact that my son's laptop does not have an eSATA interface. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/16/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:doesn't look as pretty as the more expensive version
Pros:good price for eSATA Comment:
works as advertised. With in the first week it seemed to stop working on the eSATA port but it turnned out to be a bad cable. This review was modfied by poster @ 01-22-10 06:39 PM |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/16/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:bright blue led light
Pros:light and quite Comment:
Great enclosure! Packaged with all necessary cables so didn't have to buy any extras. Very simple to install. I'm using this to house a WD 1TB HDD for my shaw PVR and it's been working great. If you have this in the bedroom, just be mindful of the blue led light. It's quite bright...you can put a piece of tape over it to cover up the light if it bothers you.The esata cable that comes with it was just the right length so if you want it further away from your pvr due to space or whatever, may want to pick up a longer esata cable just in case. Overall, would definitely recommend the case and would buy another one again if needed. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/14/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:Would have liked it if design was tooless, even if it used pressure snapping of some sort would have been niceCords are way too short, the usb cord's only about 2 feet long.The power cord's equally short, it's only about 2 and a half feet maybe.The drive gets a little too warm for my taste, and that was idle activity, I just had it sitting there waiting for me to transfer files over and it was warm to the touch (a 500 GB seagate)A tad too heavy, even without the hard drive installed. (both a good and bad thing, the weight of just the enclosure itself shows that it's a good quality enclosure)Paint on enclosure easily scratches off, I had it just sitting on the desk and it slid across it just slightly and chips of the paint came off in 2 different spots.I don't like the fact that it doesn't hook up to firewire, however, that's more of a mistake on my end. I was assuming that esata = fireware compatible.
Pros:Supports every 1TB drive I ownPortable solution for backing up documents/files/mediaDecent read/write speedsPlug it in and it shows up as a physical hard drive, not a removable diskNice blue led to indicate drive activityVertical stand for added creativity and space savingEasy installation of hard drives making swapping of hard drives an easy task Comment:
I ordered this drive on January 8th, received it on the 12th. (even though I paid $15 for express shipping.........) Got it on regular price of $30, but still, for that price it's a good deal, beats buying an additional drive for $75. I like the fact that it's usb and that it's portable. The overal design of the unit is very good indeed, the weight of the enclosure told me that it was a quality piece of hardware. The black finish is nice but I would have liked it better if they used a better quality paint finish, it chips. This thing supports all of my 1TB hard drives and that's sweet 'cause I have like 5 of them. I can easily bring this enclosure paired with one of my 1TB drives and steal a buncha stuff from my family now. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/06/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:Blue disk activity is very bright and distracting, at least its optional to connect it.
Pros:Good value, solid case. eSATA cable included. Comment:
I have this enclosure paired with a WD 1TB Green connected to my Shaw PACE HD PVR. Works like a charm! |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/05/10 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:Plastic Ends to EnclosureLED too bright
Pros:Aluminium CaseUSB & eSATAAccesories (including eSATA bracket) Comment:
Got about 9 of these so far for work. Very affordable compared to the other options; solid construction. Best budget eSATA enclosure on the market right now IMO.The accessories are nice as well, with the superfluous power adapter, USB & eSATA cables, plastic vertical stand etc., but the really nice touch was the SATA to eSATA adapter bracket for PCs =).The only nitpicks if you want to call them that are the plastic end caps for the case instead of aluminium, and the blue power LED is piercing bright if you have one of them on your desk, not so much of a problem when they're buried in a cold dark server room though. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/30/09 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:none so far
Pros:Price, quality, esata, cabling Comment:
Wow, pleasantly surprised with the quality of the enclosure and simplicity of installing the hd. Just slide out the tray, slide the hd up to the sata and power connectors and connect to the hd tray, slide it back into the enclosure and put the screws in and you are ready to plug it into your computer or pace pvr. Regular price on this item is reasonable imho, but if I see it on sale, I will buy another even if there is no immediate need. Paired this with a WD Green 1.5tb, connected to Pace PVR DC758. Works great.Also comes with cabling for usb and the esata to go from the mb to back of case(SATA to eSATA Bracket) and another esata cable. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/23/09 |
Good, reliable enclosure
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I have purchased approximately 10 of these enclosures over the past year running 1-1.5 TB drives for backups. Haven't had any enclosure-related problems in that time. eSATA works well and is at least a few times faster than USB in practice, and it's nice that these come with SATA to eSATA brackets. My only gripe is on a couple of the enclosures the activity light does not work. This may be a connection issue when the drive is inserted into the enclosure, not quite sure. Doesn't really bother me, the LED itself is extremely bright and can be a little annoying if you have to look at it. It can be disconnected if it it's that big of a problem for the owner. All in all, quite happy with these and planning on purchasing a few more. The build quality is excellent, only took off one star because of the LED issues. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/12/09 |
Vantec NS CX 3.5 SATA to USB/eSATA HD Encl-BLK
Cons:LED a little bit too bright
Pros:Esata, Great cooling, nice looking, Cheap Comment:
I used it with a WD caviar black 1TB with my PVR 8300HD and everything is working great. Enclosure is always on and it never get too hot. I recommend it! |
I was very disappointed when it would not connect.The esata cable that comes with it may have a too shallow of a connector for your computer. If I jammed in the cable to the point my case flexed it connected. I will now be getting a new cable.