Vantec NexStar 3 Drive Enclosure Review

To this point many external SATA enclosures haven’t caught our attention; there have been quite a few mediocre enclosures we have laid our eyes on, but nothing that we felt was a godsend. However, recently the Vantec NexStar 3 managed to peak our interest so we decided to look at this enclosure, which supports 3.5" SATA 2.0 hard drives and an external interface of either eSATA or USB 2.0.

..When it comes to the build quality and the overall package of the NexStar 3, it’s definitely a 3.5" SATA HDD enclosure that we love. Under Linux we had run into no problems with the enclosure and were very fond of its design, respectable transfer rates for USB 2.0, and the NST-360U2-BL selling retail for less than $30 USD. If you are in the market for such a drive enclosure, the Vantec NexStar 3 is definitely worth checking out. Editor’s Choice Award

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