Support for 3.5" disk
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:45 pm
What I wish for is support for connecting a 3.5" HDD.
Currently, I use an old ASUS WL-700ge at one place and a fit-pc2 with external USB enclosure at another, but the WL-700ge is terribly underpowered, and the external enclosure has severe limitations: the USB enclosures don't give full access to smart data, nor do they allow controlling things like power-management and spin-down. Furthermore, they are terribly power-hungry (it consumes more watts than my fit-pc2, even when the disk is not spinning!).
The esata port on the fit-pc3 is a step in the right direction, but I'd still like to see something like:
- a large fit-pc with a 3.5" internal slot (to make it useful to more people, it might be made to also serve as dual-2.5" slots).
- a fit-pc with a powered esata connector.
- some recommendation for a power-efficient external enclosure.
Currently, I use an old ASUS WL-700ge at one place and a fit-pc2 with external USB enclosure at another, but the WL-700ge is terribly underpowered, and the external enclosure has severe limitations: the USB enclosures don't give full access to smart data, nor do they allow controlling things like power-management and spin-down. Furthermore, they are terribly power-hungry (it consumes more watts than my fit-pc2, even when the disk is not spinning!).
The esata port on the fit-pc3 is a step in the right direction, but I'd still like to see something like:
- a large fit-pc with a 3.5" internal slot (to make it useful to more people, it might be made to also serve as dual-2.5" slots).
- a fit-pc with a powered esata connector.
- some recommendation for a power-efficient external enclosure.