Firewire HD Enclosures; What/where to buy?

gman1234

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I have an IBM Deskstar 120GXP (80Gig) ATA-100/ATA-6 drive that I want to make into an external firewire 800 drive for my Mac. I don't want to spend a ton of money to do this, so I'd love some advice on places on the web to find good prices on quality enclosures. I'm hoping to keep it under $100, but I'm not sure if that's realistic. I know I'm looking for an enclosure with an Oxford chipset, but I'm a little unclear on what other specs I should pay attention to, what is essential and what features I can compromise on depending on my needs for the drive.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

-G

Powerbook G4, 1.67GHz, 1GB Ram, OSX 10.4.1
(Still not as cool as my old 512K, though!)
 
I agree with Bob...the Mercury cases are great. Make sure you take any jumpers off of the drive. I've got 4 internal drives in my old G4, and 3 firewire 400 drives in Mercury cases. They work like a charm. 1.4 TB.

Does the PB G4 support 1394B?

Pish
 
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