Recommend me a EXTERNAL FireWire case.

[SharkyTM]

Well folks, its been a LONG time since I've been on anandtech, but i need a recommendation, and this is the place to go.
I need a firewire case for both my Mac and my PCs. I have a 400GB drive I need to install, and my current case doesn't support 48-bit LBA.
Here are my absolute requirements:
1. AC input. I despise power bricks; they break, get lost, and are a general nuisance. I know having a PSU in the case makes it bigger, heavier, etc etc. I don't care.
2. Firewire chipset capable of 48-bit LBA, and working on a Mac (OSX). I'd much prefer an Oxford 911+, 912, or 922 instead of the Proliant, but if I have to, I'll take a Proliant.
3. 5.25". I need to be able to put a dvd-r drive in it, or a HDD. This means that the case must support both 3.5" and 5.25" drives. No Vantec NexStarII, as it wont support the 3.5".
I'd also like it to:
4. USB 2.0 Support. I dont use it, but one of my PCs doesn't have firewire. If it doesn't have usb2, i'll be fine.
5. non-ugly. I dont much like flashing lights and weird graphics. I've got a plain jane dual drive firewire enclosure now, its worked just fine, and blends in.

Thanks.
Here are the places I've looked:
newegg
TigerDirect
fwdepot (they have a dual drive 3.5" Case that takes AC, but its 110$, and shipping is $17... and I couldn't use a 5.25" drive in it.


Enlighten me!

 

[letdown427]

2. Firewire chipset capable of 48-bit LBA, and working on a Mac (OSX). I'd much prefer an Oxford 911+, 912, or 922 instead of the Proliant, but if I have to, I'll take a Proliant.

Dno what that has to do with a case? Or really what it means lol :s

Either way, it sounds like what you've described fits pretty much any case on the market?

Pretty much all of them have 5.25 slots (between 2 and 4) and 3.5" slots (1 -2 ) and then internal 3.5 bays (prob about 5) and pretty much all have/use a PSU?

I've probably just misinterpreted what you said, but it seems that all cases have these things? Most have firewire/usb2 ports on the front for ease of access, and then you just plug the wires onto the relevant pins on your motherboard.

Sorry if I'm going in completely the wrong direction....

 

[SharkyTM]

Oh crap, i never mentioned the most important thing.
I'm looking for an EXTERNAL ENCLOSURE.
God, I must be really tired today, I just finished freaking out about having no gear oil in my race car's tranny, and like an idiot, i had pulled the fill plug, not the drain plug.

Yeah... I use a Mac, so i'm not looking for a case in that sense. I need an external to mount my drives in...

 

[pdo]

These fit your description. I think paid $29 or $39 when it was on sale at Fry's

 

[SharkyTM]

It says it uses an external power supply. Is that true. Can you also tell me what chipset the FW uses?

 

[pdo]

It uses an internal powersupply and it's an Oxford 811+ chipset...

 

[SharkyTM]

Awesome. I'll keep an eye on it, and if it doesn't go on sale sometime soon, I might buy a cheaper case for the time being.

 

[SharkyTM]

I just emailed them, and it uses an external power brick. I guess they changed the models around, because I've seen lots of reviews, about half of them have internal, half have external PSU's.

So... unless you want to sell yours, I'm still looking.