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Old 23rd April 2009, 09:37 AM
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Default FW800 external drive recommendations??
My external drive (hopefully the enclosure and not the drive itself has carked it.. And I need a new one! Any there you folks swear by and recommend? MUST have FW800 as well!

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Old 23rd April 2009, 10:53 AM
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I've got a Western Digital MyBook Pro, USB/FW400/FW800, 500GB, 7200RPM, 8.9ms

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Still going but apparently WD have reliability issues
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MIght want to look in Clockworks thread.
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Old 23rd April 2009, 02:55 PM
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Macpower Icecube series. Best stand-alone enclosures you can get (solid construction and Oxford chips throughout), and the higher-end models sport FW800.
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Mechcon were you after an external case or the whole drive??
If you want to put your existing drive into a case it certainly won't go into the WD (easily).
Have a read of clockworks thread for some great casings.
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Plonks in the link.

Drive enclosures designed by MacPower.
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I have a couple of these - IceCube II Pleiades Super Combo - and they are great. Very expensive, but excellent in every way.
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