help me find the perfect hd enclosure

[Anarchy99]

i looked at the COOLMAX 15436 and liked it
it has SATA & IDE connecters and for external ports usb2,0, firewire and esata
the only problem is lots of people have had problems with it so i was wondering if there were any alternatives with these features? and if there was one with most except it was only sata could i then attach one of those sata to ide connecters or vise versa if it was ide

thanks

 

[roland.g]

I really like the stuff from cooldrives.com

http://cooldrives.com/firen.html

 

[Anarchy99]

any other sugestions

 

[JHacker]

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/MEFW912AL2/

 

[Anarchy99]

the cooldrives'
USB 2.0 + Firewire + eSATA Output 3.5'' Aluminum Native SATA or IDE HDD Enclosure
HD35-KSDFT
is the same as the one ive hear of being crappy quality with problems from coolmax the CD-311-SATA COMBO
anyone have first hand experience with this enclosure because it the only one with the specs i want

 

[Andrew D.]

Have you checked out newegg.com? There is a few there methinks. Good luck!

 

[Anarchy99]

checked newegg and im still unsure
5-38%
4-24%
3-8%
2-20%
1-10%
so overall its good what do you guys think i should do should i bite the bullet and hope im not in the 30%+ that think its below average

 

[PCMacUser]

There's also the MacPower Pleiades Super-S Combo drive:

http://www.macpower.com.tw/products/hdd3/pleiades/pd_scombo

Features e-SATA, Firewire 400, Firewire 800, USB 2.0, USB 1.1 compatible.

Passive cooling (no fans), all aluminium construction.

And they're very very nice to look at

 

[synth3tik]

I like those "cooldrive" ones, but check out macsales.com or some inexpensive ones.

 

[eldino]

i vote for the MacPower Pleiades.... i have one enclosure (fw400+usb) by this brand and it R_E_A_L_L_Y rocks. I rate it 10/10.