SUMMARY: Attractive, durable SATA package for mobile storage.
The good guys at Vantec sent over a sample of their EZ-Swap EX internal/external 2.5″ SATA hard drive enclosure to try out. This is a very sleek, aluminum alloy unit for portable storage which slides into a SATA sleeve docking unit that can be installed on your PC (Note: This will work as a hot-swap unit if your hard drive controller supports this feature).
- Mounts into 3.5″ or 5.25″ PC Bays
- Interfaces: Internal SATA, External USB 2.0
- Sizes: External Enclosure: 141 x 73 x 16mm; Sleeve 144 x 100 x 24mm
- Aluminum External Enclosure, Plastic 3.5″ Sleeve
- LEDs for Power and HD Activity
- Parts include USB Cable, SATA Cable, Power Cable, Manual, Carry Case and Mounting Screws
Mounting a 2.5″ SATA HD requires removing two screws from the external enclosure’s back plate – the PCB easily slides out:
The SATA connector:
The back of the PCB shows the controller chip:
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- Vantec EZ-Swap EX
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- Kingwin ATK-25U 2.5″ External HD Case
- Vantec NexStar SX 2.5″ HD Enclosure
Tags: Systems & Components
