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Scorching hot: External SATA/Firewire 400/USB 2.0 3.5" enclosure $50 shipped

CheetahMk2

CheetahMk2

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I found this and it is REALLY hot. These types of enclosures usually go for $65 plus shipping, so for anyone out there willing to part with some money for extra performance, this it out there. It bridges a standard ATA hard drive to SATA and USB/Firewire.

http://www.gameve .com/gve/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?sku=EX-VALUE-001
(Please don't link directly - thanks)

If you hook it up with SATA, you will get full ATA speeds, and no CPU utilization as opposed to USB and Firewire. I just benched a IBM Deskstar 7k250 160GB 2mb cache at 56MB/s on SATA, slightly edging out a 15kRPM SCSI320 with SiSoft Sandra free version. Take that with a grain of salt, but that is damn hot to me.

Comes with a standard-ish round power plug, no on/off switch though. SATA cable is long, but not gigantic, so you may need something like this (~$8 shipped) to make full use of it. You can also get a dual one here for about $10.20 shipped with USPS Priority. If you want to save money, just leave it dangling out the back of your case.

Connectors: 2x6-pin Firewire400 1xUSB 2.0-B 1xRegular SATA connector

These can be safely disconnected on SATA if you remove it first with Device Manager and power cycle it before reconnecting it.
 
Or you could use This and get 1 external and 1 internal ports without taking up any existing sata ports. (I am using my 4 onboard and needed more)
 
There's a "space" between "gameve" and the "." (period/dot) in your link.

I didn't see any mention of which chipsets it use on that page.
 
Hmm..gameve.com has a wonderful return policy.....🙁

this quote off the website:
* There will be an additional $6 deduction after restocking fee for items with "FREE SHIPPING" promotion.

* All REFUNDS, including DEFECTIVE and DOA Merchandise, WILL BE charged a 15% Restocking Fee .

great so if they send you a defective/DOA you have to pay them 15% to take it back plus free shipping will be charged back to you

Nope wont be doing business with these guys..no matter how good a price
 
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