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Looking to buy a 3.5" HDD USB dock

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Hey fellas !
So I have been looking at one of those desk docking stations for a 3.5" HDD.
I need it to backup my main drives with offline 3.5" drives that sit in different locations.

Is there something in the 30-50$ range that is very well made and works with 4TB drives ? Some metal in the design would be nice... Ie not a toy.

I'll get whatever you say works, it's just that are so many so I have to ask !

Thanks !
 
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In my experience i have just used plastic ones. They work perfectly fine. A decent USB 3.0 dock would be the way to go. I bought one a little while back for like $60.
 
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