Metal Gear Box Substance (USB HD Enclosure)

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well let me first start off by saying AWSOME, now i know usb 2.0 isnt as fast as internal specially when ur doing it hd wise.. but i must say this is pretty damn fast to me, i slapped a 250GB WD 8mb 7200 into it with stuff already on it (mp3) and all i had to do was go into disk management and re-active the disk and boom everything is back, installing the drive its self was a breeze connect 2 cables and screw down the top, if wanted u can secure the drive inside the enclosure but i skipped that step because the drive is snug in there ne ways. another nice/annoying (sometimes) feature is the led light its blue and light blue, well when there is activity it blinks, so its like a strobe if there alot of activity ex.. raring a file or unraring, but normal mp3 useage (what im using it for) it blinks like once every 15secs or so, u can also turn that blink feature off it you would like to, one problem however did find was the way it sits is on 4 little studs that are metal, they tend to have no grip and slide all over, but if u do like i did in the pics, a few peices of grip material will do the trick, the cost is also very decent i got it for $29.99 with 2day shipping from ebay.

so b4 the pics lets go over pros/cons

pros:

easy setup

mesh grill that allows air to cool the hd (its been running 24hrs+ now and its just a lil warn.. not as hot as it would be in the cas)

its portable!

the blue light is a nice lil feature i guess..

its metal and looks cool

cons:

the 4 metal posts it rests on (tends to slide without griping material)

the blue led blinks when activity

i would recommend this because it does support upto 300gb and ive read places saying they tried the new 400gb drive it in and it worked

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i dont think they have ne more @ the 30.00 price but there are other sellers with a little more cost tho :p

yes it was 29.99 including 2day shipping from cali, and its a brushed aluminum texture, and they are also stackable, i have 3 more on the way :p

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How exactly did the makers of this HDD case get the name past Konami??

"Metal Gear Box Substance" vs. "Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance"

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I can't be the only one who's made this connection...Hell, even the fonts are nearly identical.

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