Housing external eSATA drives - Alternative to Icy Dock

[neptunefix]

I was looking to having an external case to house my SATA hard drives, and so far the best solution I can find is the Icy Dock eSATA MB561S. However, the drawback is that the fan that is built into it's internal power supply is NOISY. This seems to be a common problem with these prebuilt ready-to-go units.


My question is:

What do you guys think about getting a case or CD/DVD duplicator case with multiple 5.25 bays to use with removable eSATA trays? Are there any good budget ones in which I could add any standard size 3rd party power supply? This would give me control over the power supply, connections, and fans. I could route the eSATA cables manually. I hope this makes sense.

Currently I'm using multiple computers, each configured to do different things. With eSATA I could use my best computer for anything, by simply swapping hard drives. (I use 3 HDDs for the audio setup.) Any thoughts?

Here's two external cases I'm interested in.

http://www.copystars.com/exter...cator_case_56_prd1.htm
http://www.censuspc.com/Mapowe...5041-01-98-pr-640.html

Here's the Icy Dock:
http://www.sysopt.com/features...ge/article.php/3669831



Thanks.

 

[neptunefix]

Oh yea, and I plan on putting the Icy Dock MB453SPF removable drive enclosure inside whatever external drive bay case I get. It only has a rear fan, which can be replaced. Further more, it's only around $80.