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3.5 " USB 2.0 Hairline HDD External Case w/ blue color Fan; Silver color
Manufacturer: MAPOWER
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Product Description
This is an aluminum, silver enclosure for an IDE hard drive to USB 2.0. The strong, streamlined constructions provides excellent hard drive protection and heat dissipation with the large blue 8cm fan. The compact design provides space-saving on your computer desk. Share your photos, videos and other data with your friends by simply plugging it into their computer. USB 2.0 provides hot swapping and plug and play functions, high-speed data transfers and compatibility with almost any system (MAC or Windows). The enclosure is also lightweight for easy portability and has no limitation to hard drive size/capacity.

Product Details
  • Sturdy 3.5" IDE Hard Drive enclosure to USB 2.0 with plug & play simplicity
  • Large 8cm cooling fan with full aluminum construction for excellent heat dissipation and hard drive protection
  • Cold-blue LED and elaborated hairline surface design

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From Metal Gear to Silver Cool
 
Review Date: April 3, 2008
Reviewer: Jason Czaplicki, Illinois
After having my Metal Gear Substance 3.5" external HDD enclosure go up in smoke after only a year of use, I thought for sure my HDD had went up in smoke with it. As it turns out, the flashing blue highlights on the Metal Gear enclosure only meant that the enclosure had fried. Needing a new enclosure for my drive, I decided to go with the Mapower enclosure, as it had the same ice-blue highlights as the Metal Gear enclosure, plus I liked the unique highlighted fan. While this enclosure was a bit more expensive, the benefits of this enclosure seemed to justify the price.

Having received the enclosure, I'm happy to say that it is everything I thought it would be and more. Looking at the picture on Amazon, the enclosure seemed a bit big, but as it turns out it is rather small and takes up less surface space than my old Metal Gear enclosure. I'm also happy to report that the fan is not only cool, but rather quiet. Don't get me wrong, you can hear it and will notice it, but it's not so loud that it sounds like a jet engine is sitting on your desk. I'd say its no louder than the fan on a laptop. When the drive churns, it can be a bit loud as well, although the inconspicuous(it took me a bit to figure out what they were and why they were there) adhesive feet that come with the drive help to control the sound, especially if you have the enclosure sitting on a solid surface such as a desk.

Nice asthetics, nice functionality.
 
Review Date: August 18, 2008
Reviewer: C. Zach,
Pros: For a external drive enclosure this thing is sure cool to look at. The LEDs light up the front and the fan brilliantly. The USB connection gets the job done too.

Neutrals: Moderately difficult to get your drive inside the thing, but things like this are usually a pain to do.

Cons: The LEDs can be too bright, more just at night really. Still cool though. No firewire, though the USB is fine for me.
Great enclosure!
 
Review Date: September 4, 2008
Reviewer: M. Soultanian, Long Beach, CA United States
This is a great unit. I have gone through a few other crappy enclosures and I wanted something that was actively cooled (with a big fan) and not falling apart when I pulled it out of the box. This one fulfilled all my expectations (which are pretty high, even for a $40 unit). Plus, it has a neat blue fan which is way l33t.

What I also liked is that the unit has no designated top or bottom - it's just a rectangle box. This means that most any side can be down (except for the fan side). The reason that this is important is that it means I can position the drive in such a way that the power switch is at the top of the backing plate, not at the bottom which becomes nearly inaccessible when you have a few drives next to each other.

I will definitely be purchasing another one... because of the nifty blue fan, of course ;)
Buuuhhhh
 
Review Date: October 17, 2009
Reviewer: Clayton Ehman, California
Didnt notice in the add it says IDE, when it didnt say IDE in the title i assumed it was sata cause it looked nice and new but no so beware.. Also, I have an old 80gb IDE drive that I put in it just to see if it would work and it barely fit, i really had to stuff it in there, looks nice but not a quality product i feel....

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