04-17-2009, 02:57 AM
It appears that the prices for 1TB drives are trending down as the 1.5TB units become more prevalent. I'm looking for a 3.5" FW external single-drive storage solution.
-The old Seagate Freeagent enclosures are reputed to have flaky touch-sensitive power switches. Are the new ones better?
-The WD Mybooks supposedly have marginal power supplies.
I believe that WD uses Oxford bridge boards, but that's the only one I've heard about.
Anybody else stand out among SimpleTech, Iomega, Verbatim, G-Tech, LaCie or others? I've ready that LaCies can also have substandard power supplies.
I looked into rolling my own, but that's a game of Russian Roulette with Chinese ODM quality control, no matter who's branding and selling the case.
Spending more to get a better quality case like one of the OWC Elites negates the cost advantage and yields only a one year warranty, so there is the disparity of having the case only covered for one year, versus having both covered for a longer term, however crappy the enclosure may be. I still haven't ruled it out, though.
-The old Seagate Freeagent enclosures are reputed to have flaky touch-sensitive power switches. Are the new ones better?
-The WD Mybooks supposedly have marginal power supplies.
I believe that WD uses Oxford bridge boards, but that's the only one I've heard about.
Anybody else stand out among SimpleTech, Iomega, Verbatim, G-Tech, LaCie or others? I've ready that LaCies can also have substandard power supplies.
I looked into rolling my own, but that's a game of Russian Roulette with Chinese ODM quality control, no matter who's branding and selling the case.
Spending more to get a better quality case like one of the OWC Elites negates the cost advantage and yields only a one year warranty, so there is the disparity of having the case only covered for one year, versus having both covered for a longer term, however crappy the enclosure may be. I still haven't ruled it out, though.