Can a Regular 2.5 Mechanical hard drive work in the external enclosure that comes with the SSD?
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Hi Collin, Short answer is Yes! The external enclosure that comes with the drive in the upgrade bundle package is a fairly basic pass-through USB to SATA device. So, it should work with pretty much any SATA 2.5-inch drive. Thank you for using the HyperX 3K! -Jewel @ HyperX Technical Support
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I have a K450 and this one works: (Old Model) Seagate Backup Plus 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (Black)(STBU1000100)You also have other options. This enclosure should work with any 2.5" SATA drive:StarTech.com 2.5" SATA USM Enclosure for S2510U33RUSM USM Bay with External USB 3.0 Adapter Supporting UASP - External SSD / HDD Storage
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A usb enclosure has nothing to do w disk size. You could put any 2.5" SATA hard drive in there and ir will work. I use it for a 1 TB hdd also
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Sure is - any 2.5" Sata HDD will do the trick. I do recommend upgrading to the WD Black rather than Bare. They're built better and have faster read/write speeds.
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I recommend this one "Generic 2.5" USB 2.0 SATA Aluminum HDD Enclosure case Hard Drive Disc External"
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Please disregard as I have found that it DOES WORK with a regular 2.5 inch non flash based hard drive. Your hard drive should work fine in it as long as it's a 2.5 inch drive. Sorry for the mis-understanding.
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Nobody supplies such interfaces, you need to buy a 2.5" USB disk enclosure for it - they are inexpensive. You will be able to use it for your old HDD as a backup, thus it is a reasonable investment. Here is an example of such enclosure: Sabrent USB 3.0 To 2.5-Inch Sata Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure Case (for 2.5-Inch SATA-I, SATA-II, SATA-III HDD and SSD) Black (EC-ABYM)
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No it will not work with Crucial m4 SSD 2.5 512GB SATA 6Gb/s. It is designed to work with mSATA drives. 2.5" Drives are for laptops / Desktops, this is a much smaller form factor. You need something like this, http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Aluminum-Enclosure-EC-TB4P/dp/B005EIGUD4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394405082&sr=8-1&keywords=2.5+ssd+enclosure Hope this helps.
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The sata connection should be the same but you will need adapter to hold the 2.5 drive in place.
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yes, put the hard drive in an external enclosure to convert it into an external hard drive
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Yes You can use this with an extern disk,Myself used it with an ssd harddisk
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this one claims to have both but I have not purchased it: MiniPro&trade; 2.5-in SATA to USB 3.0 & eSATA 6Gbps External Hard Drive / SSD Enclosure (up to 15mm, UASP)
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I have returned the enclosure because it does not even work with my regular hdd.
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probably not, it's slightly thicker than a normal 2.5" HDD. I wouldn't suggest buying one anyway. I had 2 fail on me virtually out of the box.
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Yes. There is no need to purchase any cables to install 1 internal 2.5" drive. I used a Samsung SSD and it works perfectly (with no additional cables required).
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This should be compatible with it. Any 2.5 HDDs I have used have been compatible with it.
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If your external drive will fit into a slot designed for a 2.5 SATA HDD then yes. I seriously doubt that you will be able to use an external drive with this device since it only has one USB port.