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Coolmax Gemini CD-309-U2 3.5" External HDD Enclosure

Company: Coolmax
Product: CD-309-U2 3.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure
Street Price: ~$35 USD
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2004
Reviewed By: Daniel Swords aka rds0811
Supplied By: Crazy PC
Rating: (4/5)

Introduction:

This is one of those cool products that many people sitting at their computer one day happen to dream up as an interesting product, not realizing that it is already on the market. I'd always thought it would be nice to be able to take my hard drive with me to a lot of places so I'd be able to access all my data, but knew that it was impractical for an internal hard drive. Not anymore, this product makes it extremely simple to take your internal 3.5" hard drive, put it in a strong and attractive housing, and use it with any computer that has a USB  interface. This enclosure was provided by the always great to work with people at Crazy PC.

 

Specifications:

These are the manufacturers specifications for the enclosure:

Features:
- Compatible with 3.5" Hard Drive
- Interface: USB / FIREWIRE / COMBO
- Work with both PC and Mac
- Easy plug and play.
- Interface Transfer Rate: USBV2.0: 480Mbit / Sec
- Power Adaptor: PS2 Power (External Power is Optional)

Support:
- COS Support Win 98 / SE / ME / 2000 / XP
- Mac OS 8.6 / 9.X / 10.X or above

 


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Page Navigation
Page 1:  — Introduction, Specifications
Page 2:  A First Look at the Enclosure
Page 3:  Assembling the Enclosure
Page 4:  Using the External Drive, Benchmarking the Enclosure
Page 5:  Conclusions

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