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(106 customer reviews) 71 of 71 people found the following review helpful
A 5 star product, does what it says, and looks beautiful.,
April 6, 2008 Jason (NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antec MX-100 3.5-Inch USB Aluminum Enclosure for SATA Hard Drive (Personal Computers)
I recently went from having several computer workstations, to a single laptop. I did not want to backup everything on disc (I already have things backed up on external drives) and I didn't really want to just sell my drives with my work on them (I have loads of pictures, video, and 3d renders stored over 2-3 TB of space).
I was at circuit city, and seen this case. It is from Antec, a company I trust and like, and it works with internal sata drives. As long as they didn't screw things up, this was going to be a good thing (they did not, and it is).
Assembly is so easy, a caveman can do it (darn you geiko!). You take your sata drive out of your computer, open up the antec case, insert your harddrive, screw in the 4 screws (they fit easily with my Western Digital 500gb drives) then insert the drive (and backing) into the case and plug in the power cord. Once that is closed, you screw in 2 black screws. Very easy, and it looks great too.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
if it wasn't for the screws, would be a 5 star,
March 29, 2008 Jong Lee (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antec MX-100 3.5-Inch USB Aluminum Enclosure for SATA Hard Drive (Personal Computers)
This is the second Antec enclosure I purchased and is a overall a good product. The only problem is that the 4 screws for mounting the HDD to the PCB are too long and do not secure the HDD properly. Am going to have to find some washers at the local hardware store.
pros:
-really small enclosure for a 3.5" (no fan)
-easy to install and good instructions
-good price
cons:
-the wrong screws
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Enclosure made for Batman? Avoid the sunlight.,
August 15, 2008 Kiyo M. - See all my reviews
This review is from: Antec MX-100 3.5-Inch USB Aluminum Enclosure for SATA Hard Drive (Personal Computers)
If Bruce Wayne were to own an enclosure, it would seem like he would own this one; the enclosure is a black brush metal, but most of all, the LED on the front is shaped like a bat. Seriously. It lights up in only white (which is a good thing - who needs flashy rainbow colors?) and flickers when it is reading/writing.
This is a good basic enclosure if you just want to hook up your SATA drive via USB 2. It is very simple to install and sticks in easily (no annoying ribbons like on some IDE enclosure). For beginners, it includes an instruction sheet on how to install in all black & white picture drawings - not a single word on it - so this is good for visual learners.
With this enclosure, when you SAFELY REMOVE THE DEVICE, it will automatically shutdown the hard drive for you (from the sound of my hard drive, it seems to shut it off abruptly). Most enclosures I've used will still have the hard drive running even when you safely remove the device from the computer)...Read more
