I plan to build my own external hard drive for my new gaming PC. I will use the external hard drive to store backups of documents, photos, music, videos, and games. I have settled on a 4TB 5400 RPM Seagate Barracuda for the HDD, but I am uncertain on whether I should purchase an enclosure with or without a built-in cooling fan. Now I am not not located in a hot or surface-of-the-sun location. I may access Word and Excel documents from and maybe play a little music or videos off of the external drive. Right now, I am leaning toward the Inateck 3.5 Hard Drive Enclosure, Aluminum USB 3.0 Sata HDD Enclosure, FE3001 since that case was recommend from multiple review and ranking sources, but would I be better off with a case with a cooling fan such as the FIDECO External Hard Drive Enclosure with Fan for 3.5/2.5 Inch SATA Hard Drive, 3.5/2.5 Inch HDD Enclosure or Rosewill RX-358 U3C BLK Aluminum / Plastic 3.5" Black USB3.0 & eSATA External Enclosure? I am also open to suggestion on other reliable external hard drive enclosures.
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