The Orico 2.5-inch USB SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure is a small plastic drive box with a USB 3.0 connection. The enclosure is a clever recreation of a vintage 1970's cassette tape, and comes ...

Orico's basic 2.5-inch USB 3 hard drive enclosure is a low-cost basic way to connect a hard drive or SSD to your Mac.It's a standard USB 3 enclosure for around $7 to $8, but there is also a USB-C ...

Talk about clever. StarTech’s 35SAT225S3R (available for $60 on Amazon) looks just like a 3.5-inch hard drive, but is actually a two-bay RAID enclosure for 2.5-inch drives. Those drives can be ...

As we replace and/or upgrade older computers, many of us tend to save the hard drives, until we’ve amassed quite a collection. For example, I’ve collected quite a few 2.5-in. and 3.5-in. SATA ...

When connecting to the computer, most external enclosures for 2.5-inch hard drives make do with USB 3.2 Gen1 (formerly USB 3.0). The theoretical transfer speed here is a maximum of 5Gbps.

ThinkComputers. Vantec NexStar MX Dual 2.5-inch Hard Drive Enclosure Unboxing & Overview. Posted: May 19, 2025 | Last updated: May 19, 2025. Vantec NexStar MX Dual 2. ...

The largest difference between 2.5 and 3.5 inch hard drives is their size. Two and a half inch hard drives aren't just narrower. They're also shorter and thinner, which makes them popular for laptop c ...

If you want your old hard drive to function as a more versatile device, you can fashion an external drive out of it.

A hard drive is best for files and applications that don’t really need much speed, so keep your PC games on your SSD. ALSO SEE: PS5 SSD deals on WD, XPG, Seagate, and Samsung SSDs .