Hard Drive Enclosures: Just Wondering

[Phantomile]

So being a novice in the whole computer building realm, i was just wanting to know exactly what a hard drive enclosure does or if it really is just a waste of money in which i percieve

 

[PohTayToez]

So being a novice in the whole computer building realm, i was just wanting to know exactly what a hard drive enclosure does or if it really is just a waste of money in which i percieve

A hard drive enclosure is used when you want to make your own external hard drive. It's simply a device that can connect to hard drive, power it, and allow you to transfer data without having the hard drive actually installed inside your system.