Where to buy 3.5" SATA HDD USB 3.0 Docking Station

Sysmod

Hi, I have a 3.5" WD HDD that I want to use as an external backup device over USB. Where would you recommend I get it? Currys have one for €40. I don't trust ebay.

FanadMan

Sysmod wrote: »

Hi, I have a 3.5" WD HDD that I want to use as an external backup device over USB. Where would you recommend I get it? Currys have one for €40. I don't trust ebay.

Do you really need a docking station? Will you be swapping external drives regularly? PC World do drive enclosures which means the drive will be better protected. And the enclosures are cheaper than the docking station.

I use a docking station regularly as I do a lot of computer repair so they are handy for backing up data. But use enclosures if the drive is just going to be used as external backup.

Sysmod

Thanks Fanadman, yes, a drive enclosure will do just as well.
That's this one at 30 euro:
https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing-accessories/components-upgrades/hard-drive-enclosures/dynamode-3-5-usb-3-0-sata-hard-drive-enclosure-17563634-pdt.html

FanadMan

Sysmod wrote: »

Thanks Fanadman, yes, a drive enclosure will do just as well.
That's this one at 30 euro:
https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing-accessories/components-upgrades/hard-drive-enclosures/dynamode-3-5-usb-3-0-sata-hard-drive-enclosure-17563634-pdt.html

That's the ones I use regularly. Only problem I've found is in the power - uses a din socket rather than a standard barrel socket......just kinda awkward. Mind you, if you have a lot of cables on your desk, it's very easy to identify