GODO USB 3.0 to 3.5 Inch Hard Drive Enclosure, Vertical External Hard Drive Docking with Stand for 3.5 inch SATA HDD SSD, Aluminum Alloy Drive Case Support Up to 18TB with UASP,Power Adapter

The quality of the enclosure is very good. Installing the hard drive and assembling the enclosure was simple, easy, and intuitive. The drive powered up and connected to my PC without issue.Good value for the money.

Works great! I use it for my raspberry pi but I noticed it wouldn't auto mount (fstab) after reboot. Simple fix Google JMicro 578 Firmware, it'll be a GitHub page. Download the project, plug in the drive and update the firmware. I used JMS578_Hardkernel_v173.01.00.01.bin. and now it automatically mounts after reboot. Back up FW just in case

I had a little bit of trouble installing the hard drive into the enclosure, the plastic was a little flimsy but nothing terrible. getting the guide plastic to slide into thew housing seemed a little difficult, possibly due to clearance issues, but it did eventually fit together. once installed it works as designed. the power/activity light is not annoyingly bright and is mounted on the back of the housing which is nice when you want to use it in a bedroom. connectivity is quick. unit does not have any cooling system so it won't make any more noise than what the hard drive would have made. unit has a power switch so it can be shut off if you need to. BE SURE TO HAVE THE DRIVE ON BEFORE POWERING ON THE COMPUTER!! this is NOT a hot-swap drive and the computer will not see the drive unless it is present on POST.

This product is a great value, and it works great too. The plastic rails can be a little tricky, but not an issue.

I needed a case that could change my 3.5" 500 GB internal HDD to an external one, and I came across this product. I wasn't familiar with this type of accessory/gadget, so I did some research. Sure enough, this was the case I needed. It was simple to use. Just put the external HDD into the case, and it fits perfectly, close it up then use the two screws that they came with the case to secure the case. Plug in the cables accordingly, and voila! Instant external drive! Now I was able to format the drive and erase all the sensitive data that it contained. No issues with compatibility. Plus, the price ain't too bad either compared to some of the cases out there. This is a good find!

I had this item sent overseas, so when it arrived defective, instead of returning it I decided to "fix" it. The fan inside was not spinning. Apparently the fan header that supplies 12v was dead, so I hot wired it to the 12v voltage switch. The enclosure was still hot to the touch, so I used some power tools and cut holes in the front and back of the unit so the fan can push better air flow. There is a black plastic sticker film inside that separates the drives area from the electronics, and the fan. So what point is that to have a fan but the air can't flow past the hard drives. I removed that too.So now, the fan spins fine, there is adequate ventilation to push through the hard drives. It's still a little hot but not so bad. The functionality isn't the best. You can't format a drive IN the enclosure and then remove it and expect it to work solo in the PC, because it uses virtual block sizes or something with the crappy Jmicron chipset. There are ways to get THAT to work but it's very complicated.The other thing I didn't like was it's constantly powering down (and up) every 10 minutes or so, with no way to turn it off. The firmware is stuck on power saving mode after 10 mins. Does not matter USB power saving settings. I got around it by creating a cron job in linux (which it was connected to) to touch a file every 5 minutes. If you like it powering down every 10 minutes more power to you, but I find that something will poll the USB bus, or poll the attached hard drives, especially in Windows and constantly spin up down up down up down the drives in the enclosure and that creates a lot of wear on the drives, so be sure they have a good warranty and you're using RAID 1.I'm a little harsh on my 1 star review but to be fair I DID have to open it, mod the fan to make it work, mod the case to make it vent air, and use tricks in the OS to keep it from powering down. It's not worth any more than $30, and that's mostly for the cost of the aluminum LOL.

I have purchased a number of these. The latest were populated with 16TB IronWolf Pro drives and have had no issues.One thing I like is that the outer shell is metal to help conduct and dissipate heat.The drive does include little plastic sliders / rails. I do not use these as I don't want the plastic to insulate the case from the case of the drive. The 3.5" drives fit fine without the rails but to make it a tag snugger, I bought some aluminum strips and use them with some heat sink compound to further help conduct the heat away.Finally, I still drill a few holes in the case at the top and bottom of on the electronics side for a bit of convection cooling. In addition, I have a small USB-powered fan to create some air circulation around the drives.So, all in all, these are keepers.BT approved

Works just fine. It was easy to assemble.