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Vantec NexStar TX 2.5-Inch SATA to USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure

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Aluminum Casing Cools Down Your Hard Drive
Easily Add Storage to Any System with USB
Hot-Swappable: Plug & Play Without Rebooting
Supports SATA I and II
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Style:NexStar TX - USB 2.0

Vantec NexStar TX 2.5" SATA to USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure

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Style:NexStar TX - USB 2.0

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Hard Drive

1.5 TB External

Number of USB 2.0 Ports

Other Technical Details

Brand Name

Vantec

Item model number

NST-210S2-BK

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Mac OS 8.6

Item Weight

3.2 ounces

Product Dimensions

5 x 1 x 3 inches

Item Dimensions L x W x H

5 x 1 x 3 inches

Color

Black

Additional Information

ASIN

B002JQNXZC

Customer Reviews

2,635 customer reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#520 in Computers & Accessories > Data Storage > External Hard Drives

Shipping Weight

6.4 ounces

Date First Available

April 2, 2004

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Astonishingly good value

ByCorey Whiteon September 27, 2010

Style: NexStar TX - USB 2.0Verified Purchase

When you buy something like a hard drive enclosure from a second-tier manufacturer for such a low price, there are certain expectations: shoddy workmanship, poorly translated manual, baffling packaging, poor design, etc. I'll confess I had those expectations, but I didn't expect it to matter -- I wanted this enclosure for one-time use, to clone my Macbook's current drive onto a new (higher capacity) drive before installing it.

However, the enclosure I received couldn't be more different than what I expected. It came beautifully packaged in a box with a nice little manual (with pictures and clear English), a carrying pouch, USB cable, installation screws, and even a screwdriver! As other reviews have mentioned, the included cable is a y-cable to allow a high-speed drive to draw power from 2 USB ports if necessary. This is the kind of thoughtful packaging you expect from high-end consumer electronics, not a cheap one-time-use drive enclosure. The enclosure itself is solid aluminum and just barely bigger than the 2.5" drives it's designed for. It has a sleek, simple design and flawless construction -- there's no flex to it at all and not a single rough edge.

After (easily) installing the drive within the enclosure, there's still no feel of flexing, and shaking the apparatus gently produces no noise or sense of movement. All seems very snug and secure (there's a padded foam cushion inside one end of the enclosure to help with this).

When I turned it on, the drive loaded up flawlessly. There was a small vibration noise, but considerably less than you would expect from (for example) a hard drive fan in a PC case. The enclosure became warm to the touch over time, but not hot, which I took as a sign that the aluminum was conducting heat away as desired.

All in all, I couldn't be more pleased with this enclosure, especially given the low price. I don't remember the last time I was so pleasantly surprised by an electronics purchase.

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Works as advertised

ByT Wuon May 12, 2014

Style: NexStar 6G - USB 3.0(Silver)Verified Purchase

I bought this to 1) facilitate migrating from an HDD to an SSD, and 2) to use as an external drive with my old HDD. It's doing pretty well in the handful of weeks I've had it. The internals are a hard plastic and the external aluminum shell looks and feels quite nice (not HTC One nice, but good enough).

Points to watch out for: If your drive runs hot, I wouldn't expect the aluminum shell to do much heat transfer, because the HDD inside does NOT touch the aluminum shell anywhere--on one side, the plastic internal bracket holds the HDD and there is an air space on the the other side between the HDD and the aluminum shell. The USB cable is not terribly flexible and somewhat short (as are most other similar cables out there these days, unfortunately), and the fixture of the USB3.0 port on the enclosure controller board might not be the most durable--just be gentle.

Otherwise, it works at USB3.0 speeds and appears to comfortably exceed the performance of a 2-3 year old 5400 rpm SATA3.0 drive. In other words, it's nice enough, works as advertised, and is very reasonably priced.

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So easy to use.

ByH.H. Eccluuson August 17, 2016

Style: NexStar TX - USB 2.0Verified Purchase

Great little device. I have a bunch of old dead laptops stuffed in closets but never want to get rid of them in case there was some file on there that I might need some day. Ok, I'm a bit obsessive. So, I found this little device and watched a youtube about how to use it and it looked too easy. So, I purchased. It is super simple to use. You simply remove the hard drive from the dead laptop and insert it into the new case. Easy. Screw the thing closed and plug in the USB. Then plug it into your (good) computer. It is powered by the USB so there is no other cable necessary. It even comes with a magnetized mini-screwdriver. Your laptop will "see" the new drive and show it in Windows Explorer. Bingo, you now have a great external drive, you can get to those "missing" files and, best of all, you can recycle the rest of the dead laptop. I am ordering 2 more.

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Good, but 7200rpm needs more power.

ByCGon October 7, 2016

Style: NexStar 6G - USB 3.0(Silver)Verified Purchase

Please note - this case is not suited for 7200rpm 2.5" drives. If you do want to use a 7200rpm drive, you will need to purchase a Dual USB to Micro USB adapter to power the drive. I ended up purchasing the Whizzotech® W1041 from Amazon:
Whizzotech® W1041 New USB 3.0 Dual Power Y Shape 2 X Type A to Micro B SuperSpeed Cable External Hard Drives for Seagate/Toshiba/WD/Hitachi/Samsung, USB 3.0 Y Cable 1.5ft/0.5m, Black

The Case itself is ok. Somewhat flimsy, but you get what you pay for. The other thing to note is the drive installation. It almost feels like you snap your drive SATA connector off when you pop it in the enclosure. It's meant to be a tight fit but I wish they would have left a little bit more room for the SATA connector.

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Better than the other brands, but.....

ByKen01on July 4, 2015

Style: NexStar 6G - USB 3.0(Silver)Verified Purchase

Well, the jury is still out on this. This item is MUCH better than the other brands I have tried, but after having it for a few months, I am finding a small (so far) issue with the item: AGAIN, as with all the other brands, the plug connector that connects to the item/drive holder itself is not long enough to keep a firm connection after a couple of months of using this. If the metal plug was a tad longer, and the connector that held it was a tad longer, it would likely hold firmer.

That being said, different from the others I have tried, it continues to work, IF you jiggle the plug a bit (where the other brands did not work after a couple of months). If only it was direct wired to the case = that would be the ultimate design. But sadly I can't find one like that. So this is the best alternative so far.

I use it as an external drive = it holds a 512 Gig SSD, and works great when it connects!