3.5" HDD External Case USB2.0 from SVP?

[Kashinoda]

Was thinking of getting a 3.5" HDD External case for my laptop, and sticking a 160GB Seagate in it.

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/Peripheral_Section.html (5th product down)

Hard Disk:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=52158

Any one purchased one of these external cases? I heard some wont accept HDD's over 130GB and only ATA100.??

Thanks
Kashinoda

[Lazza]

My advice?

Buy a 5.25 external case and stick the HD in a cooler if I was you, the modern 7,200 rpm drives get very hot and good cooling is essential.

[Kashinoda]

the 5.25 external case's are ugly (one on svp any way), whilst the 3.5 ones are click and small ^_^.

Know any other 5.25 drives?

[Van Nugent]

When you buy external cases for HDs, you need to check the specs of the external cases carefully. All will tell you what the max HD capacity they can handle.