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ICY DOCK MB662USEB-2S-1 Dual Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Review

ICY DOCK MB662USEB-2S-1 Dual Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Review

We are back with another hard drive enclosure from ICY DOCK!  This enclosure is a dual bay enclosure so you will not only be able to install 2 hard drives, but also have those hard drives in a RAID configuration.  The external enclosure supports 3 different connections, USB 2.0, eSATA and Firewire so no matter what system you are using this enclosure will be compatible.  Installation in this enclosure takes less than a minute thanks to to tool-less design.  The enclosure I am talking about is the MB662USEB-2S-1 from ICY DOCK.  Read on as we take a look!

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ICY DOCK MB559U3S-1S Ultra Slim USB 3.0 & eSATA External HDD Enclosure Review

ICY DOCK MB559U3S-1S Ultra Slim USB 3.0 & eSATA External HDD Enclosure Review

When it comes to external hard drive enclosures ICY DOCK is a name you should know.  They have been making enclosures for quite some time now.  Their enclosures are always quality-made and have sleek designs so you are not ashamed to have them sitting on your desk.  The enclosure we are taking a look at today is no different.  The MB559U3S-1S is a single-bay enclosure that not only is ultra thin, but also features two of the fastest connections available, USB 3.0 and eSATA.  Read on as we take a look!

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ICY DOCK MB994SP-4S Mobile Rack Review

ICY DOCK MB994SP-4S Mobile Rack Review

On the table today is a 2.5” drive rack by Icy Dock. The MB994SP-4S can hold four 2.5” drives, and fit all of them in a single 5.25” bay in your desktop or server. It can fit any 2.5” drive up to 15mm in height (yes, that includes Western Digital’s extremely popular 2.5” Velociraptor drives!) The chassis of the rack is 100% aluminum, which gives a solid feel and a clean look. It also has dual 40mm exhaust fans to keep the higher-RPM drives cool. Read on to find out more.

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Unboxing the ICY DOCK MB994SP-4S Mobile Rack

Unboxing the ICY DOCK MB994SP-4S Mobile Rack

We have been reviewing ICY DOCK products for quite some time. They specialize in storage solutions, mainly ones that will fit in an open drive bays. Today we are checking out one of their latest products, the MB994SP-4S Mobile Rack. This device allows you to install four hot-swappable 2.5-inch hard drives in a single 5.25-inch bay. The mobile rack as they are calling it is made of heavy metal, supports RAID and SATA 6G drives and has dual 40mm cooling fans. Read on to check out our unboxing and overview video!

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ICY DOCK MB881U3-1SA EZ-Dock Review

ICY DOCK MB881U3-1SA EZ-Dock Review

Transferring files from an old hard drive to your new system can be quite annoying.  You have to open your system up, mount the drive, etc.  If you have an older drive this can take even longer because many new motherboards do not even have IDE connections.  This is where the ICY DOCK MB881U3-1SA EZ-Dock comes in.  It is a neat little USB 3.0 hard drive dock that supports 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch SATA and IDE drives.  Let’s take a look…

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ICY DOCK MB974SP-B Internal 4-bay Enclosure Review

ICY DOCK MB974SP-B Internal 4-bay Enclosure Review

Storage is something we can never have too much of, I myself have over 4TB of space and it is running out!  Most of my storage is external though, so it’s a pain to take with me to LAN parties or other events.  Most cases these days have room for 4-6 hard drives, but for some people that still is not enough.  How many optical drives do you have? I don’t even use them anymore so I have 4 open spots in my case for nothing really.  Well not nothing, ICY DOCK has a great device that will allow me to fit four more hard drives in three 5.25-inch drive bays.  The device is the MB974SP-B, let’s see if it is the perfect device for you to add more storage to your system.

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ICY DOCK Announces the MB982IP-1S Full Metal 2.5″ to 3.5″ SAS & SATA Hard Dirve & SSD Converter

ICY DOCK Announces the MB982IP-1S Full Metal 2.5″ to 3.5″ SAS & SATA Hard Dirve & SSD Converter

Icy Dock has changed the game yet again with the new MB982IP-1S 2.5″ to 3.5″ SATA/SAS SSD & HDD Converter. The MB982 is predicated off the incredibly popular MB882SP-1S-1B device, taking its general concept and improving it tenfold. This product is designed using the dimensions, connection locations, and mounting hole positions of a standard 3.5″ drive, so that it can be used in any internal hard drive bay, as well as with backplane and hot swap modules.

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ICY DOCK MB991IK-B 2.5-inch SATA Bay Enclosure Review

ICY DOCK MB991IK-B 2.5-inch SATA Bay Enclosure Review

The market has been flooded with a lot of 2.5-inch drives.  There are so many different enclosures being released to fit all of our 2.5-inch drive needs for those older cases without the 2.5-inch hard drive mounting brackets for the more current solid state drives (SSD’s).  The Icy Dock MB991IK-B offers a lot of features jammed packed into this little 3.5” front bay enclosure.  So let’s put the Icy Dock MB991IK-B to the test and see how it handles all of our benchmarks.

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ICY DOCK MB561US-4S-1 Quad Bay External Enclosure Review

ICY DOCK MB561US-4S-1 Quad Bay External Enclosure Review

Large volume external storage has also been and will remain to be popular just for the fact that many people do not have room inside their cases for extra hard drives.  Also external storage allows you to easily use that storage on multiple systems with minimal effort.  With the introduction of eSATA external drives can now be just as fast as internal drives so we have seen quite a few eSATA external enclosures released lately.  Today we will be taking a look at the MB561US-4S-1 Quad Bay External Enclosure from ICY DOCK that features an internal port multiplier and both eSATA and USB 2.0 connections.  Let’s take a look…

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ICY DOCK MB672 Internal 3.5-inch SAS / SATA HDD Enclosure Review

ICY DOCK MB672 Internal 3.5-inch SAS / SATA HDD Enclosure Review

Hot-swappable hard drive bays have been around for quite a while now. Many people use them because they need to transfer large files between computers or they need to take hard drives with them from location to location. The thing that was a big pain when it came to hot-swappable devices is that you needed to have the same one installed on each system so that the trays would work on both systems. ICY DOCK who has been making devices like this for a long time has now eliminated the tray design so all you have to do is just slide your drive right in. Let’s take a look at one of their latest internal enclosures the MB672.

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