Freecom increases fetishist’s heat dispelling glove
FREECOM HAS just upped the capacity of its fan-less external hard drives from a very average 2.5-inches to a now rather large 3.5-inches.
Last year when the INQ brought you news of Freecom's 2.5 inch hard drive, we referred to the case on the XXS as "fitting like a heat-dispensing fetishist's glove." Well, good news, the new XS works in much the same way.
The 860gram rubber body cover dispels all the heat of an operational 3.5-inch HDD through the casing's material *sans fan*, but only up to a 1TB capacity. This currently leaves the 1.5TB and 2TB variants out in the cold, just in case you are one of those for whom size does matter.
The kinky wonderment is claiming to be the world's smallest external hard drive casing, at 180 x 112.5 x 30mm with the original S&M glove coming in at just 109.8 x 79.5 x 13.5 mm. So, it could very well be the smallest case in the world.
Other external HDDs from the myriad of usual suspects like Iomega and WD don't size up in any way, shape or form.
We're assuming Freecom has stuck with a USB 2.0 connector to provide power to the drive, although if that's the only method, we'll be slightly disappointed, as one would expect the firm to have moved to - or at least included -the likes of an eSATA port by now. Then again, no product shots or detailed specs have been made available, so Freecom may yet surprise us.
Where pricing is concerned, we've heard the XXS should cost just a measly 79 Euros for the 500GB version and 109 Euros for the 1TB flavour.
Freecom must be down on its knees praying fetishists world over will want their drives hard and in a much larger size. µ
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Enough of PR stunts, do HDD's need any sort of cooling? I've my drives stacked on top of each other for 2+ years, where's the problem? The above claim of 1.5TB and 2TB drives not compatibile with the glove is totally bogus. You know nothing about HDD's or heat transfer. The only real heat producing source in a HDD is the motor, which is no larger or smaller in a drive of much bigger capacity. And btw, Freecom who?
Am I missing something? A rubber case able to dissipate heat effectively?
Must be some special rubber. Most rubber I've dealt with in past has had poor thermal conductivity.
I'm still waiting for someone to offer a case that can be filled with an electrically non-conductive, but thermally conductive liquid, a la the Cray 4.