extremetech.com— Review: OWC ships an external hard drive that supports four direct-connect interfaces. Whether you need USB, FireWire or eSATA, OWC has you covered.
Oct 10, 2006View in Crawl 4
This looks like some killer hardware! Every interface one could need, powered by the stable and mature Oxford controller chipset. The fact that it's offered though OWC is simply icing on the cake.
" the pricing is pretty reasonable" "For your $230, you get quite a lot in the box"What bizarre world does this guy live in where $130 ($230 minus $100 for the drive) is a good deal for an enclosure? The only way you will be getting $130 for a hard drive enclosure from me is if it has realistic sucking action.
Actually, OWC is a really good company - I've only bought a few things from them before but had a very good experience with returned RAM. The original message might sound kind of astroturfy but I place a lot of value in being able to buy some cool new thing from a company I've liked in the past... I'm sure enough of us have been burned by other not so great companies to feel geniune relief at being able to buy somewhere that worked out well. Especially so with SATA stuff, where it seems like you still have to buy the more interesting/useful things from smaller companies.On a side note I wish more companies would make these cases with trays to make it easier to swap drives out.
I'd hardly call it obvious spam. OWC is a very reputable company, with a lot of Grade A products and top notch customer support. I've bought a lot of stuff from these guys and they have always been great. Sure you can save a few bucks and buy some generic case that has a 50/50 chance of death or you can get a decent product at a decent price. For some the gamble of horrific generic hardware is fine, even fun to build their own stuff, I'll take a premade product like this with the support of the retailer any day.
command_tabOct 10, 2006
This looks like some killer hardware! Every interface one could need, powered by the stable and mature Oxford controller chipset. The fact that it's offered though OWC is simply icing on the cake.
vuke69Oct 10, 2006
" the pricing is pretty reasonable" "For your $230, you get quite a lot in the box"What bizarre world does this guy live in where $130 ($230 minus $100 for the drive) is a good deal for an enclosure? The only way you will be getting $130 for a hard drive enclosure from me is if it has realistic sucking action.
superkendallOct 10, 2006
Actually, OWC is a really good company - I've only bought a few things from them before but had a very good experience with returned RAM. The original message might sound kind of astroturfy but I place a lot of value in being able to buy some cool new thing from a company I've liked in the past... I'm sure enough of us have been burned by other not so great companies to feel geniune relief at being able to buy somewhere that worked out well. Especially so with SATA stuff, where it seems like you still have to buy the more interesting/useful things from smaller companies.On a side note I wish more companies would make these cases with trays to make it easier to swap drives out.
trypnoticOct 10, 2006
Obvious spam.Besides, I can get a NAS drive for that price. I'd much rather have that.
macdude22Oct 10, 2006
I'd hardly call it obvious spam. OWC is a very reputable company, with a lot of Grade A products and top notch customer support. I've bought a lot of stuff from these guys and they have always been great. Sure you can save a few bucks and buy some generic case that has a 50/50 chance of death or you can get a decent product at a decent price. For some the gamble of horrific generic hardware is fine, even fun to build their own stuff, I'll take a premade product like this with the support of the retailer any day.
palmerOct 11, 2006
Too bad USB sucks compared to FireWire.
mscripOct 11, 2006
Here is an enclosure with a BUILT-IN power supply:<a class="user" href="http://www.cooldrives.com/aluminum-hard-drive-enclosure-built-in-power-oxford-912-firewire-800.html">http://www.cooldrives.com/aluminum-hard-drive-enclosure-built-in-power-oxford-912-firewire-800.html</a>It has an Oxford chipset too! It's bigger than most, but the ability to grab and go would be worth it!I wish there were more enclosures like this.