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Originally Posted by Eclypz
Are you sure about that?
Most of the USB powered enclosures i've seen are only for 2.5" drives (laptop drives).
Laptop drives are dog slow, and expensive compared to the 3.5" drives.
3.5" drives require 12V, and I'm pretty sure a USB port cannot provide that kind of power....maybe 5V max?
Either way, I have yet to come across a USB powered 3.5" drive enclosure.
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Oops..i was thinking of a 2.5" cause he said a "smaller" HDD...i guess he meant in capacity. D'oh!
Yeah i think USB only supports 5V...i didnt know 2.5" was a lot slower than 3.5"...even if they have same spec for cache and rpm?