External enclosures have always been useful in turning veteran hard drives from old machines back into useful storage mediums but lately they have been making a comeback with more and more focus being placed on mobility and flexibility. Today we take a look at a new form of external enclosure with performance on its mind. The Blizzard series external enclosure from Icy Dock promises to give use the mobility we desire with not swap and plug-n-play functionality with the ability to keep our drives icy cool during operation.

Product Name: Icy Dock Blizzard 3.5” SATA External HDD Enclosure

Review Sample provided by: Icy Dock

Written by: Debo

Pictures by: Debo

Specifications

Model

MB080U3S-1SB

Host Interface

eSATA, USB 3.0, USB 2.0

Data Interface

3.5” SATAI/II, compatible with SATA 6Gb/s

Data Transfer Rate

USB 3.0 up to 5 Gbps

USB 2.0 up to 480Mb/s

eSATA up to 300Mb/s

Hot Swap

Yes

OS Requirements

Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 7

Mac OS 10.208 & higher

Power Supply

12V/2A power adapter

Cooling

80mm fan w/ fan speed control

Dimensions

237.5 x 126 x 149mm (9.4 x 4.9 x 5.9in)

Weight

646g without HDD

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Deb0 replied the topic: #34537 24 Mar 2014 19:28
Start the week off right with some storage storage.

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