Icy Dock ‘Black Vortex’ MB074SP-B 3.5� ?= 4-in-3 Cage Review

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ete

 

<http://www.eteknix.com>

 

Icy Dock ‘Black Vortex’ MB074SP-B 3.5†4-in-3 Cage Review

 

Over the last couple of years I've reviewed a fair selection of

products from the Icy Dock catalogue, ranging from external drive

enclosures such as theBlizzard

<http://www.eteknix.com/icy-dock-mb080u3s-1sb-blizzard-3-5-sata-external-hard-drive-enclosure-review/>

 and the MB559U3S SuperSpeed

<http://www.eteknix.com/icy-dock-mb559u3s-superspeed-external-3-5-sata-hard-drive-enclosure-review/>

 to a variety of SATA backplanes and drive bay adaptors including

the FatCage MB155SP-B

<http://www.eteknix.com/icy-dock-fatcage-mb155sp-b-sata-backplane-module-review/>

, MB971SP-B

<http://www.eteknix.com/icy-dock-mb971sp-b-5-25-hot-swap-sata-caddy-review/>

and MB994SP-4SB-1 Quad 2.5″ Backplane. 

<http://www.eteknix.com/icy-dock-mb994sp-4sb-1-full-metal-quad-bay-2-5-sata-6gbps-backplane-review/>

Overall it's a fair statement to say that they have a wide variety of

angles covered and the tastes of many users fulfilled with their

products, whether it be through the design or the functional

capability. With so many items on offer, we are a little amazed to see

that Icy Dock have once again come up with a new product and this time

round the product is in principle a cooled multi-bay drive adaptor.

Taking up three optical drive bays, the Black Vortex MB074SP-B is able

to house four 3.5″ hard drives in an open air frame design, offering

a quick and simple access to one or more drives whilst offering the

benefit of active cooling through a front mounted 120mm fan.

 

Aside from a traditional 3.5″ hard drive, the Black Vortex is also

compatible with a number of Icy Dock's own 2.5″ to 3.5″  EZ-Dock

and EZ-Adapter product ranges, allowing more than just a hard drive to

be installed into the chassis. With so many drive bay adaptors and

mounting solutions now available on the market from a number of

vendors, the question stands to ask if we have enough options already

available to cater every persons need, or does this unit really offer

up the functionality that some users are after to mount and keep their

drives cool.

 

Like any other Icy Dock product, the packaging is very informative

with plenty of information about the cage on hand; detailing the units

specifications, features and design. Inside the box things are a

little more concise with a simple user installation guide and two sets

of screws for fitting the brackets to each of the four drives and

securing the framework into your chassis.

 

URL -

http://www.eteknix.com/icy-dock-black-vortex-mb074sp-b-3-5-4-3-cage-review/

 

 

 

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