I decided to go quality on this and ended up going with the Rosewill RX30-U2FAB enclosure found here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817173014.
Thanks for the pointer on the chipsets. In case anyone is interested, I came across this fairly informative write-up on fatwallet.com on external enclosures: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?start=0&catid=28&threadid=49 6281 Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jin-Wei Tioh Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 10:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] External USB 2.0 enclosure recommendations. At 09:06 PM 2/4/2006, you wrote: I'll need to check up further to get specific brands but what you want to look for is a fanless aluminum 3.5" case that makes snug contact with the drive and you pretty much want the Cypress chipset for USB2.0 or Oxford for Firewire. HTH -- JW
