Anyone have a 2TB 2.5" SATA drive?

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Lew Zealand wrote: I've thought about doing the same thing for the FW800 advantage (no USB3 here yet, either) but I just don't know if these 15mm drives will fit in the OWC enclosures. The 1.5TB 12.5mm high units fit in the OWC cases as they sell these already installed but I don't know if the cases have that extra 2.5mm of clearance for these tall boys.

I can confirm that the OWC Elite Pro Mini was NOT designed to accomodate 15mm drives. That didn't stop me from trying though I took a 1.5TB drive from a Seagate Expansion enclosure and was able to get it into the OWC enclosure, but I really had to force the tray into the body. It resulted in the enclosure getting scraped pretty good on the inside from the screws holding the drive in. Also, it caused the enclosure to bulge a little bit and because of the lack of any headroom, it got very hot to the touch. It still worked 100% fine and you couldn't really tell at first glance there was a 15mm drive in there.

The reason I would not recommend this is because when I tried to take the drive out, I literally had to destroy the OWC enclosure in the process. The two pieces were forced together so tight, it took a good ten minutes just to get them separated and by that point, I had done too much damage to use the enclosure again. (Stupidly, I thought I could fit the 15mm drive inside the killer Oyen Digital MiniPro enclosure, but was mistaken.) So don't make the same mistake I did!

If you're looking to accomodate a 15mm drive externally, I found an enclosure that seems to do the trick - it's not very pretty, but it will get the job done. Here's the link: http://delock.tragant.com.tw/index.php?p=3&prono=42492