Good USB 3.0 housing

- The packaging is a fairly ordinary screwdriver in with which you can assemble everything
- The drive tray is sturdy plastic housing is matt metal
- The electronic components are mounted thoughtfully. Nothing disturbs or threatens to cancel
Reinschieben no squashed cables in -
- The fan sort for a long service life of the plate

Commissioning went smoothly.

Respect what many do not know: USB 3.0 is quite sensitive. I get USB 3.0 only with decent speed without attending - and logoff madness when the external retrofit housing is connected directly to the motherboard, so the back of the computer. Therefore, the USB 3.0 cables are also so short, so there is no loss of performance. Also a problem: At ports of USB 3.0 PC housings I get personally tidy only really bought USB 3.0 drives to run (Hitachi Tuoro 4TB WD My Book Essential 3TB). Perhaps the manufacturer genuine external HD`s use besssere USB 3.0 chips.
The problem with external enclosures which may occur (also the Icy Box), which is the plate often unmotivated and logs. But that is the way of the cable were the the USB 3 ports connecting the casing to the motherboard and what turn the drive to the UBS depends 3 cable. That's too long for "cheap" USB 3 chips. I did this with 3 different "real" USB 3 hard drives tested were purchased and retrofitted with 2 USB enclosures (Sharkoon and IcyBox: Both Top!) And the poor above Fantec. The external housing to make "lay" zicken Because all. What probably is due to the mentioned low as USB chips have been installed (conjecture). If the case be operated on the motherboard, then all of mine tested external Nachrüstegehäuse smoothly function (Except for the Fantec).
This erfarung can give me some Bastelfreunde also confirm that do not have many USB tested and bought 3.0 installation housing. Gradually, all end up in the IcyBox housings, especially when this one, or at the Sharkoon housing.

But it is important always (under Windows 7) which are installed the latest USB driver of the board manufacturer.

The IcyBox housing is subject to the above conditions, ie connection directly behind the motherboard very quickly. For large files I create a continuous throughput of 100-105 MB / sec, with small files it commutes 89-95 MB / sec which I find very quickly. The purchased USB 3 drives are a tiny bit slower. But: These can be operated 3 port of the PC case without much loss of speed in my experience easily to USB.

A tip when the rate should fluctuate (gillt for all USB 3 HD`s) is the write cache (googled how to do it) to activate. I habs just made on a plate because the SEC permanently fluctuated between 15 and 100 MB /.

Conclusion: Housing is top processed very quiet, fast and is hardly zukriegen small even when merhfachen plate changing. The HD retains its head and molecules can so age gracefully. The only downer is the in my opinion, still not fully developed USB 3.0 connection. But since IcyBox can nix for.