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Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review

Published on: 26 October 2009 Section PC Hardware, Hard Drives
Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review


BestPCReviews is happy to present to you a newly designed with unique look external harddrive enclosure made by Sunbeam Tech. Read full review…



We’ll start with what SunbeamTech says about their product:

The “Airbox” 3.5” eSATA and USB external enclosure is constructed with an all aluminum housing, and combined with the 8cm LED fan that blows cool air directly onto the hard drive inside, your hard drive is well protected from over heat and instability. Supporting up to 1.5TB in hard drive capacity, this tech-chic external enclosure comes with cool blue LED with and a control button to turn ON and OFF the LED fan’s light to suit your mood. Where performance, stability, and looks matters, the “Airbox” external enclosure is the best choice for you.

Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review

Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review


Part number EN-AIR-ES3-BK
Color: Black
Interface USB 2.0 & eSATA
Supported drive size 3.5” SATA I/II
Material Aluminum (except the front / back panels and thermal relief holes)
Maximum transfer rate eSATA: 3Gbps USB 2.0: 480Mbps
Fan Speed 1600RPM +/- 10%
Front Indicator Light
Power On: steady blue light
Disk Access: flashing blue light
Power Supply 100V-240V
Dimensions 203(L) x 126(W) x 44(H) mm
Weight: 435g
Supported OS
Windows 2000(SP4)/ME (SP2)/XP/VISTA
Linux 2.4.1.0 or higher
MAC OS 8.6 or higher

Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review


Package Contents
1. Airbox and Mounting stand x 1
2. USB cable x 1
3. eSATA cable x 1
4. Power adapter x 1
5. Accessory pack x 1 (screws and screws driver)

The external enclosure comes with everything needed to install the hard drive. It can be connected to computer through USB or eSATA connection. Installation was very easy and fun, the only problem was with package I received is that the wire for fan was getting on the blades, but I fixed it up with screwdriver.

Since the package said that it will work with hard drives up to 1.5 TB, I brought SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD154UI 1.5TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0GB/s 3.5".

When I hooked everything up, I was amazing how beautiful this enclosure is. I thought that it will be loud though, like my other two external enclosures. But when I turned it on, it seemed like it’s not working because it was really quiet. In the back there is switch to turn the blue led on the fan on and off. It is really good function for people that may leave their computer run at night and don’t want any unneeded lights. It also runs faster than my other external enclosures. I just checked on newegg and it goes for only $35. Get it and you won’t be sorry!

Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review

Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review

Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review

Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review

Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review

Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review


The product gets Editors Choice title because it’s great at everything!

Airbox 3.5” eSATA / USB External Enclosure Review


Pros:
Quiet
Performance
Nice looking
Price

Cons:
None

Thanks for the supplied external enclosure to the manufacturer!
Official Product's Website


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