Antec MX-1 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure Review

jmke · 17th May 2007, 21:45

This external hard drive enclosure from Antec promises a good balance between cooling and noise, with vibration damping installed inside; the hard drive can be accessed over USB 2.0 or eSATA and the MX-1 comes with the needed gear to get everything set up.

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=559

Rutar · 17th May 2007, 22:03

I think the Icy Box beats it because it looks better with a full alu case and if vibration was an issue, I'd sure notice that with a Samsung inside.

Any test for a large backup operation? 45MB sustained copy speed are to beat =P

jmke · 17th May 2007, 22:47

55mb/s with eSATA

Rutar · 18th May 2007, 08:25

that is average read, I mean actually taking a big folder and time the copy to the external HD with a stopwatch

Kougar · 18th May 2007, 09:02

Interesting! Definitely the Bad Axe 2 or possibly software at fault on the eSATA tests.

Gigabyte 965P-DS3 Rev 1 & (same?) Seagate 320gb 16mb cache drive:
MX1: 136.1MB/s Burst | Avg Read 63.8 MB/s
Inside Case: 136.3 MB/s Burst | Avg Read 66.5 MB/s

Using ICH8 SATA controller, I disabled the Jmicron controller/ports.

jmke · 18th May 2007, 10:32

I tested on 4 different machines, all similar results, bios issue other similar, but burst speed is not that vital in my humble opinion for an external hard drive, primary function is sustained reading/writing, right?

Kougar · 18th May 2007, 13:33

Right

17th May 2007, 21:45	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,420	Antec MX-1 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure Review This external hard drive enclosure from Antec promises a good balance between cooling and noise, with vibration damping installed inside; the hard drive can be accessed over USB 2.0 or eSATA and the MX-1 comes with the needed gear to get everything set up. http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=559 __________________

17th May 2007, 22:47	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,420	55mb/s with eSATA __________________

18th May 2007, 10:32	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,420	I tested on 4 different machines, all similar results, bios issue other similar, but burst speed is not that vital in my humble opinion for an external hard drive, primary function is sustained reading/writing, right? __________________

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Rutar Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,243	I think the Icy Box beats it because it looks better with a full alu case and if vibration was an issue, I'd sure notice that with a Samsung inside. Any test for a large backup operation? 45MB sustained copy speed are to beat =P

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Kougar Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,639	Interesting! Definitely the Bad Axe 2 or possibly software at fault on the eSATA tests. Gigabyte 965P-DS3 Rev 1 & (same?) Seagate 320gb 16mb cache drive: MX1: 136.1MB/s Burst \| Avg Read 63.8 MB/s Inside Case: 136.3 MB/s Burst \| Avg Read 66.5 MB/s Using ICH8 SATA controller, I disabled the Jmicron controller/ports.

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