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Today we are looking at an enclosure by ICY Dock, the Blizzard (MB080U3S-1SB), a creatively designed single 3.5″ bay featuring both USB 3.0 and eSATA connectivity.ICY Dock have built this new enclosure from the ground-up to have an elegant appearanc...
Features both USB 3.0 and eSATA connectivity, well designed, 3 Fan speeds, Looks good with blue/red LED...
Only fits 3.5″ drives (without buying an adapter), Not the fastest read/write speeds, Fan isn't particularly quiet, Not the cheapest, Kitguru says: Another solid bit of kit from ICY DOCK, but there are many alternatives available on the market today, Rati...
The performance of the ICY Dock Blizzard MB080U3S-1SB is reasonably good however the speeds are not close to class leading. With the Kingston HyperX drive plugged in the device was limited to around 160 MB/s. We know this particular drive is capable of ne...
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With the amount of data being moved each day, everyone needs to have some sort of external storage for their needs. Whether it be a small thumb drive or a larger capacity hard drive, at one point your needs will require something to move data while yo...
Fast transfers close to internal SATA speeds, Supports SATA I, II, and III drives 3TB, USB 3.0 and eSATA connections for speed up to 5Gbps, USB 2.0 compatible for older boards, Blizzard offers high efficiency cooling, Swapable trays for the Ultra Slim...
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It was a real joy testing the Icy Dock MB080U3S-1SB Blizzard and MB559U3S-1S Ultra Slim Enclosures. They are very well made and durable, which means that you will not have to worry about small thin plastic pieces breaking off accidently. Surprisingly...
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Having looked at a number of external storage options recently, it would be safe to say that on the most part, all of these options take a conservative and refined approach to their design with slim builds, clean lines and stylish looks that will fit into...
There are a number of products on the market that I really like the look of, but its sad to say that this is not one of them. This is only a personal matter as the stark fan positioning on the front to me is a bit over the top. I will however look at it f...
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The Icy Dock MB080U3S-1SB Blizzard is an easy to use tool-less 3.5" external enclosure that is designed for professional media, IT users and computer enthusiast, who require max cooling performance for their external devices. The enclosure supports an 80m...
Incredibly Easy Tool Free Installation, Active Cooling With 80mm Fan, Over-Temperature Indication, USB 3.0 and eSATA...
2.5" drives require adapters, which are not included...
The Icy Dock Blizzard does what is it designed to do, which is to keep your external hard drive cool under the most aggressive usage or for your everyday backup drive. Very heavy users of their external drives can certainly benefit from the easy to use de...
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hitechlegion.com Updated: 2014-01-30 01:29:20
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I never really understood Virginia Slims' “you've come a long way, baby” campaign. A long way to what, exactly? A long way to having tobacco companies see you as a target market? You certainly don't have to go a very long way for that since just about any...
I place a lot of importance on build quality and functionality, even in small, seemingly simple, peripherals. The pieces I have come into contact with from Icy Dock have been very, very impressive in this regard, and the Blizzard is certainly no excepti...
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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 lo...
Most external enclosures choose to focus on smaller, space saving designs but with the Blizzard, Icy Dock has chosen to instead focus on a solution with superior cooling potential. The addition of an 80mm fan where you would normally see a 40mm fan is no...
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techreaction.net Updated: 2014-04-10 04:48:23
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TechREACTION would like to thank Icy Dock for providing this rather unusual (but stylish) external enclosure – for our scrutiny. Being a major player in the storage enclosure market (from internal 2.5″ to 3.5″ drive adapters all the way up to external rai...
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