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Has anyone experience with 1.0TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro??

I use one. The speeds are fine on FW800. The drive is a little noisier than i would like when the fan is running, but overall I'm very satisfied with the unit.
 
taylorwilsdon said:
OWC makes comparatively low quality enclosures.

Try the WD Studio Edition 1TB. It has firewire 800 and e-sata (much faster)

http://www.provantage.com/western-digital-wdh1q10000n~7WNDG2JN.htm

And it appears to be cheaper... thats a win win.
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Why do you say its lower quality and "faster"? The OWC has FW 800 and eSata as well. I was looking in to the Western Digital first but notice it has a fairly high failure rate based on user reviews.

What hard drive brand is in the OWC, does anyone know?
 
wildmilne said:
Why do you say its lower quality and "faster"? The OWC has FW 800 and eSata as well. I was looking in to the Western Digital first but notice it has a fairly high failure rate based on user reviews.

What hard drive brand is in the OWC, does anyone know?
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That was mostly directed at the OP, as he indicated he would use it at Firewire 800 as opposed to esata. I see that they both have the option.
 
I just ordered the enclosure from OWC and ordered a seagate 1tb drive to install into it. :D
 
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