External Case Recc'n For 3.5" 500GB SATAII internal HDD> USB2/eSATA MP/PC/PVR

[gamefan]

External Case Recc'n For 3.5" 500GB SATAII internal HDD> USB2/eSATA MP/PC/PVR

I need a recommendation for a quiet external HDD case with both a USB2.0 and eSATA (Firewire only an extra bonus) interface to view video files on a 3.5” Seagate 7200.12 500GB 16MB cache SATAII OEM internal HDD to supply a Media Player (e.g. WD TV HD). eSATA is for possible PVR use. I have tried a Mediasource HM3-SU2TV Media Storage Player with its little 1+” fan but it’s noisy (no point in having a quiet pc at all when it’s on), These cases can be had for $20 or less and money is definitely important. I don’t even want to know how hot it is, as long as it lasts like it should normally. Quiet is what I want. I am unsure about a power switch. If it is possible to combine the convenience of an on/off button and green spin down etc. for both pc and PVR use in the future please explain.

Wanted: recommendations (of Cheapest) please.

If possible it would be nice if it came from this store’s stock (+good value too):

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProdList&cmd=pl&id=516
to get a WD HD TV

 

[xtkxhom3r]

iv never used it but iv always liked this enclosure http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173042

 

[sHape oF gReY]

Tt BlackX - http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=018514&cid=516

I've got two of these puppies, been running for almost two years now, not problems at all. Plus they are dead quiet, have an external power switch and can handle both 3.5 and 2.5 HDDs.

 

[gamefan]

Tt BlackX - http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=018514&cid=516

"....Plus they are dead quiet, have an external power switch ....

Is there any fan at all anywhere on it? I am usure if a HDD just in the open air is cooling enough, and how much noise is in trade-off. One good thing about HDD cases is that internal HDDs are cheap (one HDD purchase usually covers the difference in price b/t int & ext and buys a case). And at any time you can use these HDD for insisde a pc Thermaltake's website says it can handle up to 2TB.

But its all about the money (lack of it). ideally I would just fix (/exchange for another) or try new firmware for the Ms MP I just got. I'd have a HDD and MP w/ interface paid for already. If I paid for (some waiting) the WD TV HD MP upgrade exchange the price difference will be $50. Then a case ($50), then the optional HDD upgrade (better/larger) about $50. With tax, $200. All that, just because of a potential quirk in an otherwise good product?

So far that TT case price makes it unlikely. So I'll probably end up with the HDD I have already just got for $58.99cdn (SG500). But I do like the idea of getting the WD anyhow. So, to do that can anybody reccomend a case thats half the TT price (ideally $15, $20, $25). The only particular requirement is that its really quite quiet. I'd love links to any case reviews for baseline(s) too. Actually, part of this suggest/review is just to make sure a $$21 product isn't made from bubblegum in the first place (I'd loosen the noise requirment a tad for the piece of mind).