I've been looking for a 4-5 bay enclosure for a little while now and ran
across this deal. Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816411002
I added the enclosure to my cart and the HDD was added(and price subtracted)
automatically
Cavalry 4-Bay RAID 0/1/10/5/JBOD Enclosure normally $139.99 - $30.00 = 109.
99 FS
HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.C 0F10383 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
Hard Drive -Bare Drive Normally $59.99 - $59.99 = FREE
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145304
I will not be using the RAID capabilities so the negative reviews about that
do not bother me.
It's not stated in either Newegg or Cavalry's description(or the manual)
that the included pcie card supports port multiplying, but the manual says
it uses the sil3132 chipset, which does support port multiplying. Link: http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?pid=32
Without the free hard drive this would probably be a lukewarm deal at best,
but with it I had no problem taking a chance on the budget entry of a brand
I've never tried.
