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Thursday, March 29, 2012

ICY DOCK MB559US-1S External 3.5" eSATA/USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure

Pearl White - 5.25" SATA I/II Aluminum External Mobile Rack -

Color: White Brand: Icy Dock Model: MB559US-1S Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 1.68" h x 5.61" w x 7.64" l, 1.10 pounds 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

Most helpful customer reviews 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. VERY COOL! (Literally) By D. Simon 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. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Simple to set up and use By Welles 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. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Awesome HDD Enclosure! By D. Chin I bought this to put my 500gb sata2 seagate 7200rpm hard drive and it rocks. Assembly was a nobrainer without even needing the instructions! Testing the heat i left it on for like 2 days straight and all and the enclosure was barely warm. This is a passive enclosure, no fans and the white light is neat. You can buy replacement cartridges as the enclosure is hotswappable via usb, esata or firewire. See all 13 customer reviews...

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