RSHTECH Hard Drive Enclosure Upgraded Version 3.5" Aluminum USB C to SATA External Hard Drive Dock Case for 3.5 inch HDD & SSD up to 24TB, with 2-in-1 USB Cable, Support UASP

RSHTech USB 3.0 to SATA, RSH-339(C) We have purchased two of the Amazon Basics (AB) 3.5-inch drive enclosures and now one of these from RSHTech (RSH). The computer system is brand new, homebuilt, Windows 10, using an AMD Ryzen 3950X 16-core CPU and an ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII motherboard w PCIe 4.0. Here is what I like about the RSHTech box attached to that system: 1. It is well built. The aluminum enclosure is not cheaply made, as some reviews have stated. It's plenty solid, far more so than the plastic AB box. I haven't done it, but I think I could stand on it. 2. One of the AB boxes actually failed during continuous file transfer on two occasions. It happened during backup, at night, when no one was around. Happily, after being powered off in the morning, the box recovered each time. I believe that the box got too hot, even though it was resting flat on a copper plate intended to draw heat away. The AB box is rated for a 40 degree C (104 F) max ambient temp. The RSH box, by contrast, is rated for 55 degrees C (131 F). 3. Further, the RSH box runs cooler, perhaps because of its heat-conducting aluminum case. Using the same drive, resting on the same copper plate, and being hammered continuously (read and write) by RoboCopy in the same script, the RSH box tops out at 48 degrees C (115 F), whereas the AB box reached 53 degrees C. Temps are reported by the drive, actually, courtesy of CrystalDiskInfo.exe. 4. Note: The maximum allowable ambient temp for both boxes is meant to be the temperature OUTSIDE the box, not the temp of the drive inside the box. In our use, the temp outside the box is "room temp" at the top of a wooden desk, ranging up to maybe 25 C (77 F) on a warm day. The failures did occur on a warm day. The 4TB WD Gold drive is rated for a 60 degree C (140 F) max operating temperature, so it's unlikely that the failures were caused by the drive. They were caused by the enclosure or its power supply. 5. There is no significant difference between the boxes in data-transfer speed when copying to and from another rotating disk, according to CrystalDiskMark.exe and according to my more extensive tests with large files. On my system the speed tends to be about 1.7Gb/s when transferring to other WD Gold drives in the computer case. CrystalDiskMark shows about 1.8Gb/s. Everything is USB 3.0 and SATA III, so maximum theoretical would be 6Gb/s. 6. There is also no significant difference in data transfer speed when copying to and from an SSD drive. The speed is higher, of course, maybe 2.2Gb/s and it depends a little on the transfer direction. It varies - this is Windows 10 after all. 7. Other features of the RSH enclosure: (A) A supplied bracket makes it easy to orient the drive vertically on an edge or down flat on a side; (B) Vents on the back allow for some air circulation, as a drive would get in a desktop PC; (C) The box uses four screws for mounting the drive into a tray and securing the tray in the enclosure. A screwdriver is provided. The result is a very solid device; (D) The manual states that the enclosure supports rotating drives and SSDs up to 16TB in capacity; (E) The manual includes a tutorial for connecting a brand new unformatted drive to a PC or a Mac; (F) It supports the UASP protocol, though I think the AB enclosure does too, because the transfer speeds seem the same.

I had an older WD 1 TB 3.5" drive that came out of an exploded pc. It had a LOT of data on it that was valuable. Not in the sense of needed it right away, urgently valuable. But older records, tax info, pics, files, etc that I needed for personal and business reasons. I'd been using a UGreen 3.0 to SATA adapter to access the drive whenever I need to get to some data, and that worked. However, I really needed to upgrade that temporary solution to be a little more efficient and permanent. This enclosure is just ideal! I ordered it for a great price, it was delivered in a day or so, it took me all of 3 minutes to install, and now it sits next to my pc, looks great and works perfectly. Nice job, RSHTech. I know it just a simple piece of equipment, but you did a great job all around, and I am very happy with it. I would certainly buy another one if I need it, and would certainly buy from this company again. Thanks.

My only use for spinning rust drives these days is bulk cold data storage using server-grade (Enterprise) drives. These are very reliable but get HOT. So when choosing an enclosure, heat dissipation is a major shopping criterion. All-metal with fan is the best; a plastic or metal/plastic enclosure with fan is second, metal with thermal coupling between the drive and the shell is next, metal/plastic with no thermal coupling is the worse. This RSHTECH falls somewhere in the last few categories. The shell is solid aluminum but deceivingly the drive is mounted in a grey plastic internal frame which, does not allow direct heat transfer between the drive or the aluminum shell. It LOOKS like metal in the photos owing to the color, but it actually is rather soft ABS plastic. Per my summary above, you can enclosures having more metal/coupling here for about US$10 less (e.g. the gunmetal-colored rounded-edge GODO enclosure). When assembling, I also add a layer of metal (such as aluminum foil) in between the top cover of the drive and the inside surface of the metal shell, it also reduces the chance of rattle. In the case of this enclosure, that works fine with Seagate EXOS-series data center drives. This enclosure comes with a single exterior mounting screw that does mate with the drive frame, and a nice-looking USB C-to-C, C-to-A (adaptor) cable. So far in limited testing HOT Enterprise drive temps get into the mid 40'sC which is well within the acceptable range, USB3x transfer rates are about what you would expect from the drive specs themselves.

We're downsizing and I'm working on eliminating a ten year old box running Windows Server 2012. I've moved a couple of things over to my adjoining workstation and want to move all data over to an external drive. For $25 this looked like a good investment to replace the current 3.0 enclosure, since the RSHTECH supports the faster UASP. It goes together easily and is noticeably faster than my old enclosure. I'm using a 4 TB WD Purple. One caution is to use a good quality cable. I initially used the cable that came with the device, but wanted to move it into a rack mount enclosure nearby. The cable was a bit short, so I popped on an extension. That was a mistake. Windows Explorer quickly went into a loop and froze up my desktop. I disconnected the USB, moved the device back, and all was well again. Have an 8 foot USB on order that's rated for USB 3.1 Gen 2. Hopefully that will allow me to relocate the RSHTECH. All and all, I'm pleased with the purchase.

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C'est mon 2ème boitier que j'achète. J'ai testé avec un 24tb de Seagate (21tb en vrai après que le système est prit ce qui faut pour le tampon mémoire ) . Je l'ai fais viré pendant des jours. J'ai transféré 10 tb sans coupure. Donc, le commentaire ci-bas qui dit que le boitier coupe pendant un film, je dirais que cela vient de son appareil ou du disque dur.

Hasta ahora bien, ha sido muy fácil instalar y respaldar imágenes, vídeos y archivos importantes pero de uso poco frecuente. No lo transporto fuera de casa por lo que no puedo emitir una opinión sobre si es unas buena opción de movilidad extrema.

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