04-10-2008, 06:28 AM
Hi,
Someone is going to purchase a Seritek 2 Bay enclosure and card for me to use now so we can use the same drives on two systems to colaborate on a project we are working on together so I am holding off on the purchase (will use the borrowed Seritek while I have it) for now.
When the time comes it will probably be the Icydock model with FW800 or the Weibetech RTX100-Q or RTX100H-Q.
This is the Icydock with FW800:
http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/firewire/MB559.php
or for less here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817198006
Original Price: $ $99.99 - You Save: $45.00
($79.99 after $20.00 Mail-In
This is the Weibetech (RTX100-Q or RTX100H-Q):
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/RTX100.php
Upgrade to RTX100H-Q and get the All-Metal Bay!
The RTX100-Q is available for around $170 (Google). Not sure if the All-Metal Bay is necessary. Since I will need three trays for the Icydock at about $20 per tray the cost difference is not that much.
I think the decision boils down to I prefer the trayless system (Weibetech). On the other hand if it will run cool enough I would prefer quiet of the fanless unit (Icydock). Since it is mainly for Time Machine backups, which should be short intermittent use the fanless will probably be OK in terms of coolness. So quiet or fanless is the decision.
[quote laarree]I'm getting a Wiebetech RTX100H-Q-0 delivered on Tuesday--will give a report here.
I did it so I could swap SATA drives easily for offsite backups (among other purposes).
Also will be getting some of their handy-dandy Driveboxes at the same time. http://www.wiebetech.com/products/cases.php
Laarree, please do post back. I am particularly interested in how noisy the fan is. Also how you like the Driveboxes.
Thanks Everyone!
Mitch
Someone is going to purchase a Seritek 2 Bay enclosure and card for me to use now so we can use the same drives on two systems to colaborate on a project we are working on together so I am holding off on the purchase (will use the borrowed Seritek while I have it) for now.
When the time comes it will probably be the Icydock model with FW800 or the Weibetech RTX100-Q or RTX100H-Q.
This is the Icydock with FW800:
http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/firewire/MB559.php
or for less here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817198006
Original Price: $ $99.99 - You Save: $45.00
($79.99 after $20.00 Mail-In
This is the Weibetech (RTX100-Q or RTX100H-Q):
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/RTX100.php
Upgrade to RTX100H-Q and get the All-Metal Bay!
The RTX100-Q is available for around $170 (Google). Not sure if the All-Metal Bay is necessary. Since I will need three trays for the Icydock at about $20 per tray the cost difference is not that much.
I think the decision boils down to I prefer the trayless system (Weibetech). On the other hand if it will run cool enough I would prefer quiet of the fanless unit (Icydock). Since it is mainly for Time Machine backups, which should be short intermittent use the fanless will probably be OK in terms of coolness. So quiet or fanless is the decision.
[quote laarree]I'm getting a Wiebetech RTX100H-Q-0 delivered on Tuesday--will give a report here.
I did it so I could swap SATA drives easily for offsite backups (among other purposes).
Also will be getting some of their handy-dandy Driveboxes at the same time. http://www.wiebetech.com/products/cases.php
Laarree, please do post back. I am particularly interested in how noisy the fan is. Also how you like the Driveboxes.
Thanks Everyone!
Mitch