I don't think this enclosure is worth even $23. I bought one last year for $35 at Fry's, and it's really a piece of garbage. The power cord was insecure at best, so I had to stash this thing where nobody would ever even think about almost coming close to thinking about breathing on it, otherwise, it'd lose power and drop whatever files I was copying.

Poorly made.

Nice goin' #1. The impact of your post just killed your drive.

#1 should know better than to buy pieces of garbage, they're ususally considered garbage for a reason

I've got the Firewire/USB version. It's OK, I don't have power cord problems, but it gets hot, hot, hot.

yeah, i thought it'd get hot. with all the unnecessary lights. doesn't have a fan either, huh? i almost got it.

come on, how can an enclosure that says "Awesome" on it possibly be bad???

but seriously, i bought an enclosure about 6 months ago that looks just like this (without the tacky lights and 'awesome'). ben just listed it again a few days ago - it's blue and says "PT" on the side. It's not so bad for $20 - I'd buy another if I needed another enclosure. My drive get's only slightly warm in the enclosure. Granted I don't access the drive very much and it's in an air conditioned room, but I've had no problems at all even without the fan. It probably helps that the side ventilation grids aren't obstructed by those stupid lights. I've also seen similar enclosures with solid sides instead of these grids - I'd stay away from those.

http://bensbargains.net/deal/8971/

I guess it's black now - but looks like the same thing.