Galaxy METAL GEAR Metal Gear Box 3500SAP-SESIL Aluminum 3.5" Silver USB 2.0 External Enclosure - Retail

Decent enclosure

Reviewed By: Blake on 3/17/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: A sturdy enclosure at a low price. Some say that it is a tight fit, but hugging against the HDD and being solid metal makes it act as a heatsink as well keeping the HDD temp low. The LED can be annoying I guess but all ya gotta do is disconnect the power to that. Thumb screws on the case make swapping HDDs easy and fast.

Cons: None that I can think of.

Other Thoughts: Buy it.

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Reviewed By: on 3/1/2008

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Works with XP and Vista. Quiet. Fast. Cool blue light all the way around.

Cons: Enclosure a little tight. Problems with fingerprints.

Other Thoughts: I would buy this product again. I used it with XP and Vista. No problems. Computer recognized it instantly.

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Reviewed By: TGP 1994 on 3/1/2008

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: - Very cool blue LED lights that flicker when the drive is beeing accessed
- Easy entry
- No need to install any drivers, worked right away

Cons: - The blue lights tend to be a little annoying if you're in a dark room
- Installing the drive was difficult; the enclosure of the LED lights stuck out, and scraped my HD.
- Power cord came out easily
- Cannot boot from drive when it's external
- Driver CD does not support Windows XP, hard drive doesn't really have a website

Other Thoughts: Ok, so maybe things like booting from an external hard drive exist with all of them. I'm not sure. On the box is said it was still patenting, which kind of makes me think that they're new to the game. My reccomendation: Keep looking.

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