Looking for good harddrive enclosure - Is this any good?

[basketkase543]

I'm going for the enclosure+internal drive route and trying to figure out which enclosure would work the best. This one seems to be decent and is about $40 on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Adaptec-ACS-100-ENCLOSURE-KIT-2177400/dp/B0007M3PGC/sr=8-1/qid=1159660075/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5877745-3083930?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

It may have a heat issue but I primarily want to use it for monthly backups, and not as an everyday drive.

Does anybody know if this is a worthwhile enclosure? Any other recommendations? Thanks in advance.

[Battousai1002]

I got the Vantec Nexstar 3. It got pretty good reviews, and I haven't had any problems with it that were its fault. I dropped it once and screwed through the LED cord, but it survived the drop and works fine without the LED. It costs $40 at Newegg including shipping. The case does get warm, but it's supposed to do that.

black (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145131)
blue (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145132)
red (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145133)

[basketkase543]

That looks like a nice one. I'm trying to get one as quickly as possible so the shipping time concerns me a bit. I think this is the one at Fry's:

http://shop3.outpost.com/%7BYvashXHHVDEbXMDdzHE1rA**.node3%7D/product/4416686;jsessionid=YvashXHHVDEbXMDdzHE1rA**.node3? site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Any other suggestions? Anyone tried the adaptec one?

[vietgurl]

My newest enclosure is this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145161

I've had the drive on 24/7 for the last 4 or 5 days and it's still cool to the touch.

[Graystone]

I have this one it works fine.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817186106

it was cheaper when I bought it ($20 I think). But now I wished I would of sprang for a vantec.