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Effective, but noisy
- Pros: Works effectively for the purpose of adding a few hot swap bays to a case.
- Cons: The latch mechanism for the trays leaves a bit to be desired. It's entirely too easy to pop the tray out while trying to lock it in place - you have to hold the latch in place so it doesn't accidentally pop loose.
Also, it is VERY noisy. Just the noise of its one fan dwarfs the combined noise of my hard drives, the CPU cooler, and the case fans. Don't use it if you're wanting the computer to be left on in your bedroom.
decent cage, noisy fan, questionable cooling
- Pros: This cage has great mechanical design. Drive bays fit snugly. Solid feel with inserting/removing bays.
Nice SATA cables included.
It does have a cooling fan but it doesn't seem to do a lot of good. At the low-speed setting the HD temps are less than 5 degrees C lower than before with no fan. But it's better than no fan at all I guess.
Points taken off for a design that doesn't seem to lend itself to good cooling and noisy fan.
- Cons: Cable layout could be improved. It can be hard to insert power connectors because of their location. Fan is very noisy. Solid sounding, just loud. You don't want this fan in a media center PC. There are none of the shock mounting grommets we're so used to seeing these days.
The documentation included in the box is next to useless. They never tell you anywhere for example that you have to push on the LEDs to power up the drives. But that's what reviews are for I guess.
- Other Thoughts: Beware of cases that use rails for installing drives. My Antec P180 case has no provisions for screwing in the cage. I had to use drive rails. It works but it's not as snug as if it could be mounted with screws. I prefer screws for things that will never be removed.
Overall it seems like one of the better cages of it's type.
I'm not sure yet if I'll be keeping or returning it. I'm thinking that a normal 1-hotswap-drive-per-bay will better for cooling/airflow.
Not bad but...
- Pros: Nice and clean. Solid construction
- Cons: This arrived with one of the lock buttons broken. An RMA was approved. The one thing I don't like is that you can not lock the drive without releasing the latch. You have to hold the latch in while turning the lock "dial" to lock. Poor design.
- Other Thoughts: The amber power LED in the front is VERY bright. So if you are going to use this with a Home Theather PC you will probably want to put some black electrical tape on it. It would have been AWESOME if it was blue instead of Amber.
| Model |
| Brand |
iStarUSA |
| Model |
BPU-340SATA |
| Type |
| Type |
Pedestal Chassis |
| Spec |
| Specifications |
Interface:SATA 2.0 Hot-Swap Capable
Cooling:1 x 80mm
Material:All Aluminum Design with Conductive Dissipation Grooves
Color:Black
Weight:10 lbs. |
| Features |
| Features |
Plug & Play
Support Hot-Swap, RAID0/1/5
All Aluminum Design with Conductive Dissipation Grooves
The Safety Tri-angle Lock Safeguards the Hard Drives
Super Air Ventilation & Heat Sink with 80mm Fan
Patent Balance Handle - No Skew In/Out
Power Control, Sensor & Alarm |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
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Reviewed By: Hock on 10/16/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
