netdog Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hi There, I am trying to find a good storage solution for my music collection and plan to get two external drives and mirror them. People seem very unhappy with the reliability of the all-in-one external drives, so I thought I would just get two good enclosures and two good 3.5" drives. Can anyone tell me if an external enclosure such such as the SATA-cases by Icy Box will work with my Intel-based iMac? Can anyone recommend any other cases? Are SATA boxes compatible with ATA and S-ATA drives? I will be connecting to the box via USB. Also what drives or enclosures do you recommend? I like the Icy Box because, by all accounts, it cools the drive well without a fan, and I do want to keep noise to a minimum. A friend has advised not to go above 250GB per drive for reliability, though I would like to go higher. Any differing thoughts? I would prefer 400 or 500GB drives. As for the current raid 1 options, I have had bad luck with Lacie reliability and the others seem very expensive. Your thoughts? Thanks in advance for your help! Thomas Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11352-icy-box-sata-external-usb-enclosure-works-with-intel-imac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
msrdjan Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Yes, it works! I have ICYBOX Enclosure with 200GB PATA HDD. But I've only tried to connect it via USB 2.0. Hope this will help. Regards, msrdjan Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11352-icy-box-sata-external-usb-enclosure-works-with-intel-imac/#findComment-75509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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