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From: Greg Buchner on 26 Jul 2010 14:16
I'm looking for some recommendations on a Firewire Enclosure.

I'd like it to be Firewire 800, have a good power supply (I currently
have a FW400 case that doesn't provide enough power to the drive I had
in it), and be at least relatively quiet as this is going to be hooked
up to the Mac Mini that's connected to my HDTV.

Thank you...

Greg Buchner

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From: Fred Moore on 26 Jul 2010 16:43
In article <null-D90C3D.13164826072010(a)free.teranews.net>,
Greg Buchner <null(a)none.invalid> wrote:

> I'm looking for some recommendations on a Firewire Enclosure.
>
> I'd like it to be Firewire 800, have a good power supply (I currently
> have a FW400 case that doesn't provide enough power to the drive I had
> in it), and be at least relatively quiet as this is going to be hooked
> up to the Mac Mini that's connected to my HDTV.

If reliability is of prime importance, because you are perhaps keeping
backup on it as well as video, I highly recommend the enclosures from
Wiebetech. Here is one suggestion
<http://www.wiebetech.com/products/toughtech.php>. They are fanless so
very quiet, multiple interface, and highly reliable. Reliability has a
price, of course. I usually buy an empty case and install an Hitachi
DeskStar Enterprise drive in it myself.

OWC also has well regarded, less expensive enclosures.
<http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/>
From: Nick Naym on 27 Jul 2010 02:01
In article null-D90C3D.13164826072010(a)free.teranews.net, Greg Buchner at
null(a)none.invalid wrote on 7/26/10 2:16 PM:

> I'm looking for some recommendations on a Firewire Enclosure.
>
> I'd like it to be Firewire 800, have a good power supply (I currently
> have a FW400 case that doesn't provide enough power to the drive I had
> in it), and be at least relatively quiet as this is going to be hooked
> up to the Mac Mini that's connected to my HDTV.
>
> Thank you...
>
> Greg Buchner

http://www.icydock.com/

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From: Greg Buchner on 27 Jul 2010 16:23
In article <fmoore-5A09A9.16430526072010(a)mx01.eternal-september.org>,
Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote:

> If reliability is of prime importance, because you are perhaps keeping
> backup on it as well as video, I highly recommend the enclosures from
> Wiebetech. Here is one suggestion
> <http://www.wiebetech.com/products/toughtech.php>. They are fanless so
> very quiet, multiple interface, and highly reliable. Reliability has a
> price, of course. I usually buy an empty case and install an Hitachi
> DeskStar Enterprise drive in it myself.

$120 for a FW800 enclosure? Dang, that's expensive. Not worth it for
what I'm doing.

> OWC also has well regarded, less expensive enclosures.
> <http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/>

Definitely cheaper, but still too much of a jump in price just to get
FW800.

FWIW, I already have one of these put into a 5.25" full height SCSI case:
> <http://www.datoptic.com/dual-sata-to-usb-1394a-b-with-oxuf934dsb-chipset.html>
with two 2TB drives in it for my backup. If I had another old SCSI case,
I'd just buy one of these and I'd be set for a little bit more expansion
in the future.

Thank you,

Greg B.

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From: thepixelfreak on 27 Jul 2010 16:27
On 2010-07-26 11:16:48 -0700, Greg Buchner <null(a)none.invalid> said:

> I'm looking for some recommendations on a Firewire Enclosure.
>
> I'd like it to be Firewire 800, have a good power supply (I currently
> have a FW400 case that doesn't provide enough power to the drive I had
> in it), and be at least relatively quiet as this is going to be hooked
> up to the Mac Mini that's connected to my HDTV.
>
> Thank you...
>
> Greg Buchner

Just picked up one of these

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW934FWU2K/

for 47 bucks. that and a 1TB hitachi DeskStar that Fry's had for like
60 bucks was quite the deal for a TB of FW disk.
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thepixelfreak

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