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Review on πŸ“ ICY DOCK FatCage MB155SP-B: 5-Bay EZ-Tray 3.5 Inch SATA Hard Drive Hot-Swap Backplane Cage in Triple 5.25 Bay by Heather Nelson

Revainrating 4 out of 5

IcyDock 5-in-3 - Where have you been all your life?

What's not to like about this thing. If your system has three 5.25" drive bays (even if that means removing the DVD drive and using an external one) and has 5 available SATA ports on your motherboard, then your tower needs this thing! No more opening up the system to add/remove/replace your drives, it's that simple. Does your board support onboard raids? Well hello what are you waiting for. Want to play around with different operating systems but don't want to play around with partition issues or load it? Well problem solved. How about your own backup solution? Hello, 5 hot swappable drive bays right in front of your install. Yes, it is - the list goes on. supports both 3.5" and 2.5" drives (with Icy Dock EZConvert - or you can do it yourself like me). It requires three SATA power connectors and accepts up to five SATA interface connections - one SATA connection for each of the five bays. SATA is natively hot-swappable, so once you install this thing and move your drives into this bay, you'll never have to open the case again -- at least not to work with your storage. Just bought my second unit for a new facility I'm building - I don't know how it took me all these years to find this thing, but I won't build a new tower without one like this from now on - no chance no way. Seriously - 5 drives in 3 bays, instant hot swap access to your storage, has a fan on the back to keep things cool - just buy it already! Jokes aside, it's amazing, it makes storing your rig incredibly easy, and it just works!

Pros
  • Elegant design
Cons
  • Expensive insurance