Should I buy an external enclosure or drive dock for the Seagate Barracuda LP 2 TB 5900RPM SATA 3 GB/s 32 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive ST32000542AS-Bare Drive: What is the best solution: an external enclosure or drive dock?
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In my opinion, enclosure is a better option if you plan to "set it and forget it"
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I am not sure, but here is where you should be able to find out: http://www.seagate.com/support/external-hard-drives/
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It will work with any sata drives. I assume that the barracuda is a sata drive. So if this is true, it will work.
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I'm going to disagree with Robert Robinson. His link describes connecting an external hard drive via USB. This drive is an internal drive with an IDE/PATA interface. It may be possible to put this drive into an external enclosure that exposes a USB interface but I don't think that's what you're asking (and it would require an additional purchase of said enclosure).https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/362The above link indicates that the PS3 uses a 2.5" internal SATA (Serial ATA) drive. It specifically states that PATA (Parallel ATA) is not supported. I'm going to disagree with Robert Robinson. His link describes connecting an external hard drive via USB. This drive is an internal drive with an IDE/PATA interface. It may be possible to put this drive into an external enclosure that exposes a USB interface but I don't think that's what you're asking (and it would require an additional purchase of said enclosure).https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/362The above link indicates that the PS3 uses a 2.5" internal SATA (Serial ATA) drive. It specifically states that PATA (Parallel ATA) is... » Read More I'm going to disagree with Robert Robinson. His link describes connecting an external hard drive via USB. This drive is an internal drive with an IDE/PATA interface. It may be possible to put this drive into an external enclosure that exposes a USB interface but I don't think that's what you're asking (and it would require an additional purchase of said enclosure).https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/362The above link indicates that the PS3 uses a 2.5" internal SATA (Serial ATA) drive. It specifically states that PATA (Parallel ATA) is not supported. « Show Less
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This device converts from an internal 2.5" SATA drive to an internal 3.5" SATA drive, so if you want to use it to build an external laptop HD you'd need an external 3.5" SATA HDD enclosure with USB interface, to plug the already loaded Icy Dock EZ Convert 2.5" to 3.5" SATA HDD/SSD converter into it. An example of this kind of enclosure is the ICY DOCK ICYBento MB559U3S-1SB Enterprise USB 3.0 & eSATA External 3.5" SATA HDD Enclosure - Black . This has the advantage of letting you use the same external enclosure for both 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives. This device converts from an internal 2.5" SATA drive to an internal 3.5" SATA drive, so if you want to use it to build an external laptop HD you'd need an external 3.5" SATA HDD enclosure with USB interface, to plug the already loaded Icy Dock EZ Convert 2.5" to 3.5" SATA HDD/SSD converter into it. An example of this kind of enclosure is the ICY DOCK ICYBento MB559U3S-1SB Enterprise USB 3.0 & eSATA External 3.5" SATA HDD Enclosure - Black . This has the advantage of letting you use the same external... » Read More This device converts from an internal 2.5" SATA drive to an internal 3.5" SATA drive, so if you want to use it to build an external laptop HD you'd need an external 3.5" SATA HDD enclosure with USB interface, to plug the already loaded Icy Dock EZ Convert 2.5" to 3.5" SATA HDD/SSD converter into it. An example of this kind of enclosure is the ICY DOCK ICYBento MB559U3S-1SB Enterprise USB 3.0 & eSATA External 3.5" SATA HDD Enclosure - Black . This has the advantage of letting you use the same external enclosure for both 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives. « Show Less
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The connections to the drive cages are plain SATA and a Molex power connector to power the cage, so you could put 12x2TB, 12x3TB, 12x4TB and so on. As long as the drives are standard SATA drives like (http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM001/dp/B005T3GRLY/) you will not have any issues. I currently have 12x3TB in mine with no issues.
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This works with any hard drive with a SATA interface. It should work with the Seagate Barracuda UltraATA drive.
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for asking! No, our dock only takes SATA hard drives. Your drive is not compatible as it uses a different connection, commonly referred to as IDE/PATA.
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Everything you need is included with regards to power. They won't leave you out in the cold.As for the SATA cable - none needed. The hard disk (as with all of these) plugs directly into a small control board inside of the enclosure. So, if you have a hard disk, they'll provide all the rest for you to have a working external drive.
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I bought a Seagate 1tB about two years ago. I've had to have it replaces twice already and I'm looking for a third replacement. I still have a 150Gb WD drive that I bought nearly a decade ago. In my experience, I would go with the WD... I'm about to buy this one.
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It looks like there are slots for SATA 1.0 and SATA 2.0 with one being used by the currently installed hard drive. So there is an available slot to plug one in but I seriously doubt another internal hard drive would physically fit in the case. I would just add an external drive. I have two hooked up to mine :).
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I just put a 3TB Seagate drive in one of these and it worked. One of my laptops had a weird issue, but other machines did not. TDMSERVICE.EXE consumed massive amounts of RAM (3+GB) a few times before it acted normal. A different laptop of the same make/model did not have the same problem. That first laptop has issues adding hardware anyways, so I don't think it's a combination of the enclosure and drive.
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I am using this dock with my Seagate BackUp Plus 3TB unit. I took my 3TB hard drive from the "Back Up Plus's" base and directly plugged it to the Home Base NAS Dock and it fitted correctly. I was using my BackUp Plus connected to my Asus RT-AC66U Router's USB port and can easily access to it via internet anywhere inthe world, and now I can do the same with connecting it to my lovely Asus Router's WAN/LAN port. This way you can setup a new Seagate GoFlex Access account and secure your files while they are all accessible via internet. Nice job with the interchangeable docks and drives Seagate.. well done. I am using this dock with my Seagate BackUp Plus 3TB unit. I took my 3TB hard drive from the "Back Up Plus's" base and directly plugged it to the Home Base NAS Dock and it fitted correctly. I was using my BackUp Plus connected to my Asus RT-AC66U Router's USB port and can easily access to it via internet anywhere inthe world, and now I can do the same with connecting it to my lovely Asus Router's WAN/LAN port. This way you can setup a new Seagate GoFlex Access account and secure your files while they are all accessible via internet. Nice job with the interchangeable docks and... » Read More I am using this dock with my Seagate BackUp Plus 3TB unit. I took my 3TB hard drive from the "Back Up Plus's" base and directly plugged it to the Home Base NAS Dock and it fitted correctly. I was using my BackUp Plus connected to my Asus RT-AC66U Router's USB port and can easily access to it via internet anywhere inthe world, and now I can do the same with connecting it to my lovely Asus Router's WAN/LAN port. This way you can setup a new Seagate GoFlex Access account and secure your files while they are all accessible via internet. Nice job with the interchangeable docks and drives Seagate.. well done. « Show Less
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The model for sale is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160812AS 160GB Firmware 3.AHH. We hope this helps!
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The external enclosure comes with 1 IDE ribbon cable and 1 power supply connector 4 pins Molex (I am not sure if this is the 4 round pin power connector your refer to). I have used the enclosure with older PATA/IDE hard drives and the newer SATA hard drives and have not found any hard drives that the enclosure will not adapt to. I think it would be a safe bet. If nothing else you can use it with any SATA hard drives in the future.
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I have used Seagate and Western Digital 3.5" SATA Hard Drives in this enclosure. It should not matter what make drive it is, so long as your OS supports the size you plan to install (i.e. 2TB or 3TB)
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I use four Seagate Barracuda 3 TB HDDs which can be found here: Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001) . It has been running non-stop for nearly a year with no issues.