Antec MX-1 Sata Hard Drive Enclosure - Review

[chojo2001]

great review. Thank you very much

[aaronp1016]

I can' get the eSATA expansion to work for some reason. Whenever i plug in the enclosure to it and power it on nothing happens. Should I get the autoplay window or something?

[timeforgear]

As for a fan being installed, these enclosures are small spaces unlike the larger area these hdd's like to normaly be,( inside the pc case), which also has a fan and ventlating system.

If the thing comes with a fan, be happy and use it lol

[timeforgear]

I upgraded the hard drive in my laptop, so to make good use of my old hard drive I bought an enclosure for it, now I have a 500gb internal hdd in my laptop and a 320gb external with a nice looking enclosure. That's why you buy an enclosure. Same could be true for a desk top.

[FlashAndPan007]

I have bought two of the Antec MX-1 and I installed in the second a quite big hard Drive: Western Digital WD2001FASS (Caviar Black, 7200RPM, 64MB Cache)

[famadj]

exelent video

[BadYe8r]

I don't understand enclosures. Maybe I will someday...

[THEsquirrel3d]

basicly, you can put an internal hard drive in them, and it can be used as an external backup hard drive.

Internal hard drives costs less than external ones. These enclosures let you put in an internal hard drive and take it with you anywhere.

[Eragon86micky]

o nice hdd....

[Teldara]

@PCWizKid what screw driver do you use? I can't find any good decent ones that arent soft and dulls away easily.

[nelizmastr]

why the hell would you need to cool your harddisk...

[Th1s1sR3z0r]

@nelizmastr makes it faster

[nelizmastr]

in what way does a cooler make a 7200RPM drive faster, it keeps the same amount of rpm..... and read-write doesnt increase. Ive seen this before and its not necessary if your case is cool enough. (my harddrive never exceeds 35C, and thats after 3 days of being on.

[TheNoobiekin]

If your case is too cool, your harddrive shouldn't be under 30C or over 45~C. If it is outside of the boundaries, it could lower the life of the drive. Most harddrives are designed to operate around those temperatures so saying your case is cool enough could mean anything, 35C could be the ambient temperature in saudi arabia and the drives would require more cooling to keep it cool. If your in canada with a ambient of 18C, you would want to keep it with minimal cooling on the drive

[nelizmastr]

I was talking about the harddrive temperature, whuch is mostly between 30-35C, the room temperature is around 20-25C, outside varies on the season, right now, its -1C outside.

[MhAcK02]

does it need a power supply in order to function??

[goguda55]

@MhAcK02 Yes. He said that.

[yamaguchiyo]

What is this for?

[m2uk550]

external Hard Drive or external storage drive are expensive..a good option is Hard Drive Enclosure which are cheap...all this thing are use to backup your important data..

[y35n00b5]

with all the work that you put into it...i rather put the hard drive inside the computer case itself

[nirvan5a]

what is purpose of enclosure?

[arcticf0x8]

I believe it's so you can easily install a HDD without opening your case up, and it's portable, and it's cooled.

[nirvan5a]

tnx.

[Lytesson]

would it be cheaper to do this vs buying a regular external hd?

[shirke01]

Another great video.

[OneCompHelp]

Can you use Everest to tell me what the running temp?

[PCWizKid]

@OneCompHelp, yes I wil do that and post it on the article review.

[OneCompHelp]

@PCWizKid, ok thanks! I want to compare my laCie 500 Gig with no fan with that.

[ChrisTheSpiritOfGods]

take out the looong screww :dD

[jewlouds]

so this could run an operating system on eSata pretty well?

[CMDProductionsTM]

yeah, probably not windows vista, but it could run a light windows 7 or ubuntu pretty well

[85foxbod]

yeah its as fast as an internal

[daleskill1]

thought it said santa hard drive lmao!

[ChristyTV]

7,400 RPM drive don't need active cooling!

[OneCompHelp]

@ChristyTV Yeah, just take the top off and mount a fan blade.

[ElDavid0212]

cool!!

[hamburglerz77]

I have had this enclosure for a while now. Its good to work with.

[Xtclilium]

is this video thing u do ur job or a hobby?

[IBeCeRTiiFieD]

"proof is in the pudding :D"

[up0]

awesome review. i like the concept since most external hd runs way too hot... installation is a little too complicated for average users, though.

[Mindhunt44]

Isnt it carbon fiber and not carbon glass? 0.0 excuse me if i'm wrong :P

[Brian1454]

i read "antex M1-1 SANTA drive" xD

[kidowner]

lol XD

[chivasgeek741]

I shall make him a new INTRO :)

[GuitarGhost123]

g-luck ;)

[iplusk]

@chivasgeek741 NO

[zainuintel]

Awesome ANOTHER great vid by PCWizKid

[diazguzman2021]

good!

[xXiam1nsaneXx]

or maybe not XD

[Rivahratt95]

I still do not like that intro.

[Fowtowsjop]

its his intro man, he likes it, just stfu

[vissmelt2]

Yeeh first view :D Good vid btw.

[xXiam1nsaneXx]

how prowd are you? even though ur 18th

[vissmelt2]

when i wathed the vid it was at 0 views and i dont care if im first ,it was just funny ;p

[xXiam1nsaneXx]

it is tho! ;p