USB HDD Enclosures

[Shansen008]

Hey all, my google-fu came up short so im hoping i can find some help amongst the experts here.

Has anyone compiled a list of USB HDD enclosures that support the power disable sata spec? Specifically i just picked up a Yottamaster PS500U3 for a killer deal, but before i buy some new drives for it i want to make sure it will work with them. Or am i over thinking this? Are most modern enclosures supporting this now and i dont have to worry about it unless my enclosure is really old?

 

[BlueFox]

Overthinking it for the most part. I've never personally seen an enclosure that adds 3.3V because they're all cheap and that was only used on a very limited number of SSDs. You should be fine.

 

[pimposh]

Buy Seagate Expansion/WD My Book. Shuck out drive. Use it as enclousure for any other drive you need. LOL

 

[Asuka17377]

Buy Seagate Expansion/WD My Book. Shuck out drive. Use it as enclousure for any other drive you need. LOL

Please note that the WD hard drive box has certification, non-WD hard drives may not work, even WD blue hard drives do not seem to work, try to buy Seagate, I have confirmed that Toshiba, HGST, WD, Seagate hard drives can all work in Seagate

 

[alaricljs]

I've used the guts of a WD elements box to handle bare drives from Seagate and SSDs from Crucial, Intel, SK Hynix, Mushkin, and some others whose identity I forget.