Review by I have been a fan of the NexStar3 harddrive enclosures and own two of them. The only problem is each one requires its own power and USB cable, so before long you are considering USB hubs and powerbars to manage storage. Instead of buying two more enclosures, I tried the NexStar MX Dual enclosure for about the same price as two singles.
It was very easy and quick to setup with two 500GB drives. It has one power brick and a single usb cable to mount both drives in OSX. It's about the size of two NexStar3 enclosures but with one big difference. The MX has a fan. A very loud fan. Loud enough next to a laptop that I'd prefer to leave it off and have decided to only use the enclosure of secondary backups. I'm guessing it is three times as loud as the fan found in the same size dual drive dlink NAS.
My only other complaint is the stand. Unlike the NexStar3 stands that firmly grip the enclosure, the MX stand acts as a padded base that does not attach to the enclosure itself. If you move the enclosure, you'll need to pickup and move the stand as well.
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