A-DATA's NH92 is "world's slimmest" portable HDD

Unfortunately for mankind, we can't say we've kept a running tally of dimensions for portable hard drives. Thus, it's hard for us to actually prove or refute A-DATA's claims that its NH92 is indeed the slimmest portable HDD this world has ever seen. Still, with a case that's just 12 millimeters thick and 5.36 ounces, we'd wager that this one won't be weighing you down. The all-aluminum chassis contains a single 2.5-inch drive ranging from 250GB to 500GB in size, comes in the delightful array of colors you see pictured above and sports heretofore undisclosed prices.

[idlemind1999 Posted Jun 8th 2009 9:19AM]

Would be nice if the promo photos showed how thin it was...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 8th 2009 9:22AM]

Sorry Adata, but the china alu case with a 1.8" hdd is slimmer (10 mm) and lighter.

[Bublik25 Posted Jun 8th 2009 9:52AM]

yeah but this is faster, and I think they ment to say the slimmest 2,5 - incher...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 8th 2009 11:18AM]

"yeah but this is faster"

It is the same speed as my 1.8" drive.... as the USB 2.0 bus is the limiting factor (33Mb/s)

"and I think they ment to say the slimmest 2,5 - incher..."

However they stated "the world’s slimmest Portable Hard Disk Drive" .... which is untrue

[jitters333 Posted Jun 8th 2009 12:30PM]

God BuzzKillington.. >_>

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 8th 2009 9:31AM]

I bought a couple of Vantec Nexstar-CX cases from Micro Center for under $10 each; they measure exactly 12mm thick, and, with 320G drive installed, weigh 6.5 oz. With the dropping cost of internal 2.5" drives, this would seem the way to go.

[tylersmyler Posted Jun 8th 2009 11:15AM]

No TB? boo.

1TB is the new 500GB

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 8th 2009 11:16AM]

me want

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 8th 2009 11:17AM]

This isn't very hard to achieve. It is still too thick considering it is a notebook hard drive.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 8th 2009 11:59AM]

I mistrust anything from A-Data that's advertised as "thin and light" because it would probably fall apart in the first few minutes. A-Data's SD cards are notorious for this -- they're thinner than other brands, but they also fall apart quickly -- literally. I had a camera's SD slot stop working because an A-Data card left bits of plastic inside when I pulled the card out. Buyer beware.

[sncameron Posted Jun 8th 2009 1:26PM]

My trusty Trancend aluminium case is 11mm thick and holds a 2.5" SATA drive. Not exactly cutting edge.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 8th 2009 1:58PM]

A-data is great. Their stuff has never fallen apart on me, and their flash memory is dirt cheap. I'm sure that they don't make these hard drives though, just the cases.