- All
- New
- Pre-owned
5stars
28ratings4stars
4ratings3stars
0rating2stars
0rating1star
1rating
28 reviews
DirecTV Genie External Drive
I purchased this drive to use the esata connection for creating an external drive to expand the capacity of my DirecTV Genie DVR. I used a 4TB Western Digital Purple Drive (24/7 Surveillance Drive) with this unit. I unplugged my Genie, hooked it up with my Genie with the included esata cable, powered up this unit first then plugged my genie back into power. After starting up it saw this drive and formatted it right away for external use. This allowed me to increase my DVR storage from 1TB of the internal drive to 4TB with the external drive. I love the ability to monitor the temperature and HDD speed on the front panel.
I will definitely purchase more of these in the future. I am looking into external drives for my computer. The ability to have the status on the displays greatly makes it worth the cost of building my own external units.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: newegg
Easy to setup, easy to use.
Bought this external drive enclosure to house a 4TB hard disk. I have experience several external drive failures - which I think is caused by overheating due to inadequate ventilation/cooling.
I have encountered no problems at all setting it up and it's simple to use. I'm buying more of this.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: newegg
Well Built, Decent Transfer Speeds
I owned one of these for many years, it performed consistently and never gave me problems so I bought a second for a new bulk storage drive. The enclosure is sturdy, the stand holds well, and temps are reasonable though not super given the integral cooling fan. But the enclosure is never hot to the touch. Having the LED is a useful touch as I can monitor temp and drive activity status without using a monitoring tool. This enclosure does well for me on smaller files sizes, about 120 MB/S on USB and 225 on esata. On larger files, 10's of gigabytes, the esata doesn't do as well and I usually go back to USB for larger file sizes. Maybe this is expected, I am no expert on these data protocols! If I needed another one, I would look for the same Rosewill model.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: rosewill_inc
Great enclosure. Works very well.
I bought this for several reasons. One, it has a fan that helps keep the hard drive cool. Two, it's eSATA which is fast and dependable. USB is there as well but have not used it. Three, it has a display so I can see temps and that the fan is working. It also claims to have a alarm as well but I haven't heard it but suspect it would work.
This thing is faster and certainly more dependable than using USB. I have several other USB enclosures that don't work as good as this. I've been using it a while and it works very well. I haven't had a single problem yet.
If you are looking for a enclosure that can handle a 8TB hard drive, this one will. I have a 8TB drive in mine as I type. It works just fine. Also, I'm a Linux user so it works fine with Linux as well. So far, I can't find anything I don't like except that I wish the power switch was at the top instead of the bottom. It would be much easier to get to when reaching over to turn it on. That's the only thing I wish were different.
Great enclosure. For the price, it is really great.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: newegg
Excellent solution for failed NAD with good drive.
Bought this as a solution to a failed Network Attached Drive unit. The drive was good, the board had failed. The 4TB drive was easily mounted, then formatted XFAT by our MacMini so it could be accessed by both Windows and OS X machines. The enclosure was the perfect way to create an external USB-3 storage unit. In operation, the thermally controlled fan runs as slow or fast as needed. The displayed temperature reads between 85F & 95F (at home in Phoenix AZ). When Idle, the drive sleeps, and there is a red lite to indicate IO activity. There is some noise during operation when sitting atop a wooden file cabinet. A mouse pad takes care of that. I would buy this product again in a heartbeat.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: newegg
Well designed case and easy install
I've had a few cases now and they are usually junk, this one is nice on the eyes and well built. Works good and keeps your drive cool. It comes well packaged in a sturdy box with all tools. I would recommend good product. It is nice and quit and it's nice to see rpm to keep track of HDD performance.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: newegg
Really great value, simple to set up and use
It's really great. I store all my videos and video games on it. I bought a 1tb harddrive to install in it to test and so far works great. Saving up to get a 4tb harddrive to install later on. I imagine it'll work just as well. Shipment was fast. Very happy with this purchase.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: newegg
Very useful for certain projects
Well, this is an older model enclosure that is very useful for some purposes as is it has separate data and power connections to the drive, most Sata connections are one piece slide in. Also has fan. Also has temperature monitor. And an ESata port. And solid build. Not easy to find for those who need this specific model.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: buynsave2018
Enclosure is good, but...
This is a great enclosure. Don't get me wrong, but the problem I have with this is the price. I would think that in a factory setting, these would not cost too much to make, so it would seem to me that this item has a large profit margin. But other than that, I like the enclosure.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: newegg
Good unit and looks well designed.
I bought this to replace an enclosure that died after 3 years. The option of esata and USB 3.0 makes this unit quite fast and very flexible for backups. Takes about 15 minutes to put a hard drive in this and get started backing up stuff. Also came with an esata adapter and cord plus the USB cord. Makes this a good deal.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: newegg