good external hardrive enclosure

[jakol]

hi,
i'm looking for a good external hardrive enclosure, any suggestion is much appreciated...thanks

did a search and someone suggest neweeg.com, is this good site to buy?any brand or model i should look for? thank you again.

[redwudz]

I can't suggest a particular model. I have a no-name unit that works well. What I would suggest is a combo Firewire/USB2 unit. Even if you don't have an inexpensive Firewire card right now, you will have a case that will be almost guaranteed to work with any computer or drive. It's worth the few extra dollars. USB2 is OK, but Firewire is much better. IMHO

[jakol]

thanks for the reply red.
i was browsing newegg.com for the enclosures i thought its gonna be a lot cheaper than getting a PCI IDE host controller, the reason is i have an extra hardrive from my old PC, I upgraded (traded my PC) for another model and this one comes with SATA hardrives connected directly to the Mobo, and only comes with one IDE channel which the DVD-rom and DVD burner is currently using.
Is it better if i just get a PCI controller card? anyway i have no intention of using the hardrive as a portable. i just thought i could save money this way or maybe not.
cheers.