Vantec NexStar DX2 USB 3.0 External Enclosure Design for 5.25" Blu-Ray/CD/DVD SATA Drive, Second Generation of DX, No Drivers Needed, Aluminum Alloy (NST-540S3-BK)

Great piece of kit. If you have a suitable optical drive (I had one reclaimed from an old PC), installation is a doddle, and this enclosure is nicely built and works perfectly (on Windows 11 in my case). My main reason for wanting it is to still be able to rip CDs on my new optical drive-less PC, and it works exactly as I expected/hoped. My old drive still rips at high speed (I watched it go up to 37x in my first test). DVDs and Blu-rays play fine with a standard player app. The enclosure comes with USB3.0 cable, screws and screwdriver to secure the drive, and rubber feet. The only frustration is that it comes with a US plug, so you'll need a UK-US plug adapter. UK mains voltage/frequency is fine.

Solidly built from aluminium extrusion. Four nice rubber feet seat it firmly on top of my computer. It is fantastic for bringing back to life an old cdrom, and ripping your cd collection to Flac format. It does require a us to uk plug adaptor but the power brick does work on uk voltage and frequency.

I needed to Blu-Ray/DVD rewriter for my new gaming PC, but did not have a suitable drive bay in my PC case, so I opted to convert an internal Blu-Ray player/DVD rewriter I had from a previous PC to an external drive. On opening the box (see pictures) all the tools, screws and instructions were provided, however the power supply was a USA 2 pin. I already had a US to UK convertor and proceeded to build the unit using my Blu-ray drive. The instructions were very easy to follow and it didn't take much time to finish building the unit. However, on plugging in the drive, the Blu-ray player tray would not function properly and the disk I had inserted was very noisy when spinning. After a bit of trouble shooting I discovered the supplied US power supply must not be providing the correct output for my Blu-ray drive, because when I switched to a UK supply I had from another manufacturer the drive functions perfectly correctly. I would have scored 5* but the US power supply not working correctly and having to source a UK power supply instead, added extra cost and inconvenience to the project.

Great bluray enclosure, working very well

Got this up and running with the SATA drive from an old PC within an hour. Easy install, easy to use.

Extremely well made, very sturdy metal case. Fits together with extreme accuracy. Well designed connectivity and plenty of room for even the largest drive. Only downside is that UK users will need to provide a UK standard 12v DC 3 amp power supply.

It's a great enclosure easy to install the drive, well built. Comes with screws and a cute little screwdriver should you need it. My problem and if you're going to sell on Amazon UK it's a serious one - the power brick has a USA style plug. No UK adaptor even. So I can't use the thing until I get either an equivalent UK AC power brick or a US->UK converter. Either way it's more money, more waiting, and really annoying. Would otherwise be a 5* product, but this is really disappointing.

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