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Posted at 8:37 AM on Friday 12/12/08 by
Ben
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RadioShack.com has the Thermaltake BlacX USB Docking Station for $30 - $20 rebate [Exp 12/13] + $0 shipping = $10 shipped after rebate. Slam your hard drive into it to make it into a USB external hard drive. Check out this quick look at how it functions.
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    bargainhound - Posted 8:40 am PST 12/12/08 (415 Posts)  Report Spam

    nice. would be better with esata.

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    TM0ney - Posted 8:42 am PST 12/12/08 (624 Posts)  Report Spam

    and without Radio Shack

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    freerefills - Posted 8:49 am PST 12/12/08 (158 Posts)  Report Spam

    i'd like to slam my hard drive into ben's sister.

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    LordDarkHell - Posted 8:55 am PST 12/12/08 (197 Posts)  Report Spam

    In 4 1. Thanks Ben.

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    mklala - Posted 9:06 am PST 12/12/08 (125 Posts)  Report Spam

    good price

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    bgrab88 - Posted 9:31 am PST 12/12/08 (85 Posts)  Report Spam

    real good price got mine for 50 but came with esata..very nice feature

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    gooda4you - Posted 9:32 am PST 12/12/08 (94 Posts)  Report Spam

    just bought this from buy.com for 30+. A nice usb only one.

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    newmark - Posted 9:37 am PST 12/12/08 (120 Posts)  Report Spam

    still a good accessory to have if you're into building computers or work with old computers that have IDE drives lying around all over the place.

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    ikiru71 - Posted 9:48 am PST 12/12/08 (59 Posts)  Report Spam

    I've seen one with both eSATA and IDE, and takes 2.5" & 3.5". I'll wait for that one to come down in price.

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    gooda4you - Posted 9:48 am PST 12/12/08 (94 Posts)  Report Spam

    newmark, This sata I/II only enclosure, no IDE support

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    skydotcom911 - Posted 9:55 am PST 12/12/08 (25 Posts)  Report Spam

    how many ppl actually got the rebate?

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    kingtz - Posted 10:23 am PST 12/12/08 (225 Posts)  Report Spam

    Great deal if rebate works.

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    FishDawg - Posted 10:24 am PST 12/12/08 (311 Posts)  Report Spam

    Is the vertical orientation bad for the hard drive?

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    njb - Posted 11:23 am PST 12/12/08 (2826 Posts)  Report Spam

    i cant stand RADIO SHACK. i dont know how they are still around. there's a store every few miles around here. always empty. at least merge with worst buy or circuit shity and die already.

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    njb - Posted 11:28 am PST 12/12/08 (2826 Posts)  Report Spam

    anyone has any experience with ebay crap "all-in-one" adapters? i don't need a dock, need more options for different sizes and interfaces.

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    BargainsBoy - Posted 11:29 am PST 12/12/08 (62 Posts)  Report Spam

    FishDawg, from Ben's quick look link (review by The Tech Report): Drives sit vertically in the BlacX, and there's no problem running them that way. In fact, the little extra encouragement that gravity provides via this vertical orientation is probably enough to all but eliminate the potential for loose or otherwise incomplete connections between drives and the docking station.

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    troglodite - Posted 11:31 am PST 12/12/08 (493 Posts)  Report Spam

    FishDawg wrote:
    Is the vertical orientation bad for the hard drive?



    no.

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    BargainsBoy - Posted 11:33 am PST 12/12/08 (62 Posts)  Report Spam

    FYI: This is the standard version while the The Tech Report review was the SE. The SE has the usb hub and shroud while the standard does not.

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    dwdrum - Posted 11:47 am PST 12/12/08 (64 Posts)  Report Spam

    * Supports All 2.5" and 3.5" SATA HDDs up to 1TB
    * Hot-swap capability for rapid multi HDD access and exchange
    * Supports USB 2.0 transfer speed up to 480Mbps, Windows & MacOS® compatible
    * Compact docking station design maximizes heat dissipation

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    pcamature - Posted 12:11 pm PST 12/12/08 (827 Posts)  Report Spam

    4 for 1

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