Docking stations for SATA drives

[Daniel Prince]

I have a 2tb SATA drive in a Minevox (formerly DVICO) TViX-HD M6620N
Dual Tuner Media Player. This drive just slides into a slot on the
side of the unit. It has a clip to hold it in place.

I want to get some type of docking station for my computer so that I
can connect it to my computer without having to open up my computer.
My computer has usb 2.0 but not usb 3.0. I might upgrade my
computer with a new motherboard with usb 3.0 fairly soon.

Can anyone recommend a good docking station? Are there any I should
avoid?

The ones I see on eBay have the drive connector down into the bay
with most of the drive sticking up into the air. Can I assume that
a drive operated that way would stay very cool?

 

[Rod Speed]

I have a 2tb SATA drive in a Minevox (formerly DVICO) TViX-HD
M6620N Dual Tuner Media Player. This drive just slides into a
slot on the side of the unit. It has a clip to hold it in place.

I want to get some type of docking station for my computer so that
I can connect it to my computer without having to open up my
computer. My computer has usb 2.0 but not usb 3.0. I might upgrade
my computer with a new motherboard with usb 3.0 fairly soon.

Can anyone recommend a good docking station?

Those red and black ones on ebay with various brand work fine.

Are there any I should avoid?

The power supplys on some of them don't last that long.

The ones I see on eBay have the drive connector down
into the bay with most of the drive sticking up into the air.

That's the way most of the docking stations do it.

Can I assume that a drive operated that way would stay very cool?

Certainly with the green samsungs they do.

 

[Frank Williams]

I have a 2tb SATA drive in a Minevox (formerly DVICO) TViX-HD M6620N
Dual Tuner Media Player. This drive just slides into a slot on the
side of the unit. It has a clip to hold it in place.

I want to get some type of docking station for my computer so that I
can connect it to my computer without having to open up my computer.
My computer has usb 2.0 but not usb 3.0. I might upgrade my
computer with a new motherboard with usb 3.0 fairly soon.

Can anyone recommend a good docking station? Are there any I should
avoid?

The ones I see on eBay have the drive connector down into the bay
with most of the drive sticking up into the air. Can I assume that
a drive operated that way would stay very cool?

Modern MoBo's has eSATA ports no need to go to a Slow USB system.

Or just this item

http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=390391

http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=358894



Or may be a eSata PCI card

http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=386524

Like this but its a 4 port one or a PCIe card

http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=352509

 

[Rod Speed]

Modern MoBo's has eSATA ports no need to go to a Slow USB system.

USB 3 aint slow.

Or just this item


Or may be a eSata PCI card

Like this but its a 4 port one or a PCIe card

http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=352509

All rather pointless if he is going to end up with a new motherboard soon.

Makes more sense to just get a hard drive dock that can do USB3 and esata,