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| ICY DOCK MB559US-1S External 3.5" eSATA/USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure |
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List Price: $89.99
Our Price: $61.06
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Manufacturer: Icy Dock
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Icy Dock
Color: Silver
EAN: 0711132861697
Feature: Host : Plug & Play USB 2.0 + eSATA combo
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Label: Icy Dock
Manufacturer: Icy Dock
Material Type: Aluminum
Model: MB559US-1S
Publisher: Icy Dock
Studio: Icy Dock
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Host : Plug & Play USB 2.0 + eSATA combo
Pearl White - 5.25" SATA I/II Aluminum External Mobile Rack - Simple, elegantly designed external st
Drive Fit : Hot Swappable 1 x 3.5" SATA I or II
Multi-drive exchangeability & maintenance capabilities with simple removal of drive tray
Fan-less operation with aluminum body cooling & protection plus fine mirror finish exterior
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Editorial Reviews:
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External 3.5" single bay eSATA+USB2.0 Combo. 5.25" SATA I/II Aluminum External Mobile Rack Pearl white.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: works great
Comment: This hard drive enclosure works great and was so surprizingly easy to install the hard drive, I couldn't believe how easy it was and I don't do installs of hardware on my PC so I don't know much about installing this kind of thing. I also purchased the Western Digital WD3200KSRTL Caviar 320 GB SATA 3.5-Inch Hard Drive to go along with this and they work wonderfully together. Also the usb connection is automatically detected by winXP.
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Summary: Awesome design and function - But price?
Comment: If you're a data monger like myself and store everything under the sun, you'll find that you go through external cases alot. Besides having already 8 terabytes inside the computer, I needed to have a backup of the data, so something external was necessary. Something hot swappable was uber (since sata drives are hot swappable).
Why the ICY Dock? Honestly, I was not looking for hot swappable or anything real technical. Basically, it looked great. I'm tired of many of the external cases looking like a rejected techno part for a real life action Akira. The lines are clean and do not have a huge branding of English words on the side that make no sense.
We're in an age where the function matters as much as the form, so for all the other manufacturers, take a look at Icy Dock. Keep it clean, simple, and working.
My only gripe why I only gave it four stars was due to the price. The other unattractive cases do cost 20% to 40% less but they don't look as good or offer the swappable tray. So if you don't mind paying more, go for this case.
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Summary: VERY COOL! (Literally)
Comment: I was very surprised at how cool my drive stays. It never gets warmer than what a normal person's skin feels to the touch while resting. My biggest concern was heat dissipation since I would be keeping this unit on 24/7.
What makes it even better is the free extra tray that I received via the rebate!
For the price it is a very good value. Easily one of the best looking and best made (materials are top notch) enclosures I've ever seen. Most enclosures are cheap looking and have poor tactile feel, but not this unit.
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Summary: Excellent engineering
Comment: This is an excellent item. Very sleek, slim, precision engineered, and it comes with absolutely everything you need. Definitely worth the extra money.
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Summary: Simple to set up and use
Comment: I purchased this item to use with a Mac Pro after adding the Newer eSATA extender cable which gave me two SATA ports out the back. As a result I have my fastest backup capacity ever...faster than FireWire 800. The ICY DOCK was simple to install, just 6 screws on the tray and slip tie drive in place. A restart is required for the eSATA connector to mount the drive and it operates exactly as an internal drive. On the Mac if you wanted to turn the drive off without shutting down the computer I just use the Disk Utility.app to unmount the drive and turn it off. The USB is hot swappable plug and play. There were no problems or issues encountered in using this drive enclosure. A handy strategy would be to purchase extra drive trays (sleds) and be able to mount different drives. I'd say this is a very good product, cleverly designed and reasonably priced.
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