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(More customer reviews)Though pricey, you get what you pay for in this enclosure. The all aluminum construction means the enclosure has a nice heft and rigid feel to it that cheaper plastic enclosures can't compare to. Heat dissipation is great because of the all aluminum construction, which means your hard drive will last longer. The Oxford 934 chipset means that connections are reliable and transfer speeds are very quick, especially utilizing one of the two Firewire 800 ports. The hard drive is secured to the enclosure by 4 screws and makes it feel like one solid piece of kit. You get 1 Firewire 400, 2 Firewire 800 and one mini USB 2.0 port, plus a useful on/off toggle switch and a power input.
The enclosure does not come with a power supply (which as this price, it should). It does come with a power cable that connects to two USB ports if you need the extra juice as well as a similar cable that connects from the mini USB enclosure port to two USB ports on your computer. What impressed me, though, were the included Firewire 400 and 800 cables that are thick heavy duty quality cables. I have had no issues powering my drive on any Mac just using the Firewire bus. Another great feature of the enclosure is that it accepts standard 9.5mm drives as well as the higher capacity 12.5mm drives that so far go up to 1TB. I'm not sure if the higher capacity drives require more juice and cannot be driven by a standard USB bus, but the having the option is great to future proof the enclosure.
All in all, a quality enclosure that I would happily purchase again.
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