3.5" HDD casing

[crs_cwiz]

I want to buy a 3.5" HDD casing for ~500 gb wd hard disk. the casing should have an esata port. i narrowed down to two options:

Vantec nexstar 3
Coolermaster Xcraft 350

the dealer (prime abgb in lamington road) was quoting 3500 for the vantec one (2nd hand, used only for a few months). he didnt have a new piece. and he didnt seem to have any info abt the coolermaster one. can anyone tell me the price of these two cases, and where i can get them, if possible? thanks.

 

[shadow2get]

I think you might want to have a look here:

Apical Impex Product Website: *www.apical.in/vantec/VantecNexStar3ExternalSATAHardDriveEnclosureNST360SUBK.html

You can contact them from their website for the prices.

Regarding the CoolerMaster one, I contacted a CM dealer in Bangalore. He said that the SATA HDD enclosures have not yet come to him. He only has 2.5" & 3.5" normal IDE USB2.0 enclosures. And he said he will be getting it in the 1st Week of Feb 2k8. Prices of that are not known to him.

@@@ Offtopic:
BTW, I have the Vantec NexStar 3 HDD enclosure which I got it from my friend from US 15 days back. I got it for $43.66 (i.e. 34.9 + 8.67 shipping).
Regarding performance, its very good with e-SATA as well as USB 2.0.
This is where I got it from:
*www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145167


I don't know much about the CoolerMaster ones. But I recommend you to have a look at these if u r buying this:
CoolerMaster X Craft 350 eSATA (RX-3SB-LAB1-GP)
*www.coolermaster.com/products/product.php?act=detail&tbcate=183&id=2557

Review:
*techgage.com/print/cooler_master_x-craft_350_hd_enclosure
*www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3731

 

[crs_cwiz]

thanx. i'm not much in a hurry, i may buy even after 3 months. will see the situation then.

thanx once again.