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Nine External Enclosures for 2.5” Hard Disk Drives Roundup (page 10)

Category: Storage

by Andrey Kuznetcov

[ 01/31/2006 | 02:18 PM ]

Thermaltake Silver River 2.5” High Quality Aluminum Enclosure A2175

The casing of this enclosure from Thermaltake combines two materials: a plastic bottom and a thick aluminum top for more robustness. No screws here. The two parts are fastened together by means of a special latch at the bottom. On the front panel there is a blue LED indicator of the drive’s activity. On the back panel there is a mini-USB port and a power connector. We had to use the additional power cable during our tests.

This enclosure supports the USB 2.0 interface and hard drives with spindle rotation speeds ranging from 4500 to 7200rpm. The dimensions are 79 x 19.3 x 133.6mm; the weight of the enclosure is 130g.

This model comes with a leather transportation pouch, an interface USB cable, a power USB cable, a user manual, and a CD with drivers

The average retail price of the enclosure is $35.