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  1. 23rd April 2009, 09:37 AM #1
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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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    I've got a Western Digital MyBook Pro, USB/FW400/FW800, 500GB, 7200RPM, 8.9ms

    Purchased July '07 for $299

    Still going but apparently WD have reliability issues
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  3. 23rd April 2009, 11:03 AM #3
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    MIght want to look in Clockworks thread.
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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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    went for a mybook studio 1tb. picking up tonight.
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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.

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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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