Docking stations for SATA drives

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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?
 
Daniel Prince said:
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.
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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.
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Can anyone recommend a good docking station?
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Those red and black ones on ebay with various brand work fine.
Are there any I should avoid?
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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.
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That's the way most of the docking stations do it.
Can I assume that a drive operated that way would stay very cool?
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Certainly with the green samsungs they do.
 
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?
Click to expand...



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
 
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