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Originally Posted by crea78 beach-hobo, which enclosure do you think is better: Kingwin or Plumax? I've been reading this thread very carefully & the member 'NScythe' appears to know which enclosures are good & bad. Should I go with his 1st recommendation - the Kingwin (USB2 has Cypress chipset & FW has Oxford 911 chipset) or the Plumax which you say is really good as well. The Plumax was NScythe's 2nd recommendation.
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Crea78,
I can only give you my experences over the past 9 months. First off, you can't go by Brand Name, you have to go by what ChipSet is on the BridgeBoard and in addition insure you can return for full refund if it doesn't work correctly.
Plumax:
From my knowledge the Plumax case can be either Oxford/Cypress or Prolific. Most places don't tell you which. Dealsonic list both with different pricing on each. As you know Oxford cost more.
Kinwin:
From looking at their WEB site the combo unit uses the Oxford/Cypress. Does it support 16X ?, only trial and error will prove that !!!! I don't know. As far as Cypress for USB2 support, it s**ks. I had three different cases with Oxford/Cypress and the USB2 part would only run at 7MB/s. Ali as the USB2 support will run at approximately 19MB/s (12X).
To sum up:
1. Prolific PL-3507 work at 16X with the latest firmware.
2. Cypress (USB) only runs at 7MB/s.
3. Some Oxford 911s work - some don't.
4. Ali (USB) runs at 19MB/s.
5. In addition, your system has a great deal to do with it also. Do you have Firewire on your motherboard or via PCMCIA and how loaded is your PCI bus.
16X is not as easy as everyone thinks.
Good Luck,
Regards,