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PC Stats has posted a Vantec Removable HDD Rack review



I've had varrying amounts of luck with removable hard drive racks; some worked, some created bad bits, and others just sat there grinning back at me as I brought down the hammer. I guess you could say it goes like this; cheap hard drive rack work most of the time but break easily, mid-level hard drive racks work well but cost too much for what they do, and brand name hard drive racks just don't exist. Or that was the case until Vantec entered into the market with their EZ-Swap removable (but not hot swapable) IDE hard drive racks. The frame and caddy system is pretty much identical, but these little guys (MRK103F without the LCD display, and MRK102FD with the LCD) offer a few perks. The best of which are the LCD display, thermal sensor, and fan alarm. The MRK102FD will set off a rather annoying, and rather loud beep if ever the rear 40mm cooling fan stops, or jams. A small thermal diode at the back of the caddy also takes temperature measurements and displays that information along with a few other things on the back lit green LCD panel.
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