Icy Dock MB324SP-B and 3.3V drives?

[logan893]

Has anyone used Icy Dock MB324SP-B with drives which require 3.3V?
MB324SP-B_ExpressCage_2.5" HDD/SSD CAGES_ICY DOCK manufacturer Removable enclosure, Screwless hard drive enclosure, SAS SATA Mobile Rack, DVR Surveillance Recording, Video Audio Editing, SATA portable hard drive enclosure

It's one of the few enclosures which uses the SATA power connector, and if it's a straight through type connection it should be able to provide the 3.3V (usually orange cable) if available.

Any other recommendations for similar enclosures for 1-2 5.25" bays (or 1-2 3.5" bays) to house two or more 2.5" SSDs at around 10-12mm height and require 3.3V?

 

[chilipepperz]

@logan893 we use these in our office minecraft server with Intel and Samsung SSDs. I don't really know what a 3.3V drive is but if its a SATA SSD these work.

 

[logan893]

This enclosure is looking good overall, as long as it passes the 3.3V through.

Most regular SATA drives seem to use only 5V and 12V. Many enclosures and cables omit 3.3V both intentionally and unintentionally.

I have 1.8" micro SATA drives (Intel SSD DC S3700), and they use 3.3V only. I use passive converters from micro SATA to SATA to power them with 3.3V from the SATA power cable. There are active converters but they are generally not dimensioned to handle the 2A burst power draw of this SSD.

A native 1.8" micro SATA enclosure would be nice, but I have yet to see a single one.