This is perfect! I've been waiting for an enclosure like this for some time now, since I got a deal on a large drive, through these forums of course.

gemsurf said:For those of you that own a pair or more of these, do they stack nicely one over another? Hard to tell by the pics and it's a make or break thing for me!

TIA

The feet on these are VERY short, as in just standard rubber feet... Thickness of a nickel coin, maybe.
To stack these, I've bought some half-inch height 3M Bumpon rubber feet (SJ-5018)blister pack from Amazon with Amazon Prime... It was around $8, free shipping with AP, and I don't remember exactly, but I think the blister pack is like 80 rubber feet in matrix = a LOT of rubber feet to go through...

With the rubber feet attached to them, these hdd cases do stack quite nicely.

If you want a pic of three stacking up, here's a link to a pic I've taken.
Picture

They have very short legs but they do stack together. Most importantly, the intake air comes from the front edge, go inside, and make a U turn at the back and comes back out. What I am saying is stacking will not negatively impact the airflow.

gemsurf said:For those of you that own a pair or more of these, do they stack nicely one over another? Hard to tell by the pics and it's a make or break thing for me!

TIA

can anyone recommend a good, cheap SATA PCI Host Card?

jlppimb said:lochness said:after reading the forum at silentpc,
i think my mx-100 that spins down might be better, with no noise and all.
just have to decide how important eSATA is.

Anyone else have an opinion on whether the MX-100 is better than the MX-1? Or just an opinion even would be nice. I'm debating between the 2. TIA
The speed of USB 2.0 usually caps off around 30MB/s, while eSATA gets you around 60MB/s, depending on your drive speed (most recent drives should be able to exceed 60MB/s). I can see why MX-1 doesn't support spin-down for the max. compatibility with most SATA controllers. So if you care more about power saving/hard drive shelf life, go with mx-100. If you process a lot of photo/video stuff or intend to use this enclosure for massive back-ups, go with mx-1. Just my 0.02.

Just ordered one. I got one back this Jan for the same price after MIR. It's very very quiet. It comes with a eSATA bracket (good for my Dell i530). When I checked out, there is a mysterious $10 promo code. No clue where it comes from?

Hey thanks for the great explanation! And the idea to use the bumpers for stacking! My mind is racing with other possibilities in this messy office!

SGinWL said:gemsurf said:For those of you that own a pair or more of these, do they stack nicely one over another? Hard to tell by the pics and it's a make or break thing for me!

TIA

The feet on these are VERY short, as in just standard rubber feet... Thickness of a nickel coin, maybe.
To stack these, I've bought some half-inch height 3M Bumpon rubber feet (SJ-5018)blister pack from Amazon with Amazon Prime... It was around $8, free shipping with AP, and I don't remember exactly, but I think the blister pack is like 80 rubber feet in matrix = a LOT of rubber feet to go through...

With the rubber feet attached to them, these hdd cases do stack quite nicely.

If you want a pic of three stacking up, here's a link to a pic I've taken.
Picture

WhiteBoi said:fpm1703 said:.. I bought an RC-213 ... I'm seeing sustained read data rates of 73 MB/sec from an eSATA connected 320GB Seagate 7200.10 drive (Linux, outer tracks); another PCI Express board using a JMicron 363 controller chip gave less than 60 MB/sec read data rates with the same drive.
That would be native SATA speeds in my book.

Well theoretically, eSATA's really no different than internal SATA in speed, right? The two are 100% compatible (or so they say), and the only difference is the connector. I think you can get a eSATA to SATA cable and just plug in your eSATA case into your internal SATA connector as well.
So native SATA speed indeed.

Great deal on a great enclosure. Paired it with a Western Digital GP drive and have it connected to my Series3 and it's awesome. The fan's not as silent as I had thought, but apparently it's hit or miss.

I go for MX-100,
1, fanless -- the true way to be silent
2, new fan could be quiet, but old one makes a lot of noise.
3, alum shell is way better then plas
4, I use the external HDD to backup daily, don't want to keep it running.
5, spin down is better than fans
6, If you open MX-100, You can find a ESATA connector position. You can mount an esata connector by yourself. Any sata HDD itself can be used as external HDD. Chipsets is needed for USB only.
7, the absent ESATA seems like a market plot. Antec tries to avoid the competition between MX100 and MX-1

jlppimb said:lochness said:after reading the forum at silentpc,
i think my mx-100 that spins down might be better, with no noise and all.
just have to decide how important eSATA is.

Anyone else have an opinion on whether the MX-100 is better than the MX-1? Or just an opinion even would be nice. I'm debating between the 2. TIA