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Abstract: Almost all of us have spare drive bays on the front of our PCs and a fair number of us have either got spare parts kicking about or have run out of space inside our system for hard drives. Icy dock are looking to solve several problems such as these wi...
Abstract: Today we're taking a quick look at a pair of drive enclosures sent to us by ICY DOCK.To the left is the ToughArmor MB996SP-6SB , which is a 5.25
If you need more storage but space it at a premium, the ToughArmor 6x2.5" SATA HDD rack from Icy Dock is certainly a good alternative. I can't really see a use for it in most home systems with mid and full towers already coming stacked with more HDD supp...
Published: 2013-09-09, Author: Patrick , review by: servethehome.com
Solid feeling metal design with easy to use latches, The unit is overall very compact which makes it easy to fit in smaller chassis where larger units can run into spacing issues
Having locks on the drive bays would be a great upgrade to a future revision
Overall the ICY DOCK MB996SP-6SB is a very strong contender. It is not the first 6-in-1 hot swap cage we have looked at. Previously, we looked at the ThermalTake MAX-1562. As a comparison, the ICY DOCK MB996SP-6SB ToughArmor uses more metal components and...
The Icy Dock MB996SP-6SB "ToughArmor" 6-in-1 SATA Backplane Module performed as expected and matched the read rates of the drive in three benchmarks (HDTune, AIDA64 and Crystal Mark). The main function of this backplane is to allow for high density stor...
The MB996SP-6SB's is a handy product that gives people the ability to use a generous number of 2.5" storage products, making it both a unique and attractive option to enthusiasts. It also gives new life users' old storage devices, allowing them to be used...
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Published: 2012-08-19, Author: Terry , review by: wegotserved.com
The caddies in the Icy Dock MB996SP-6SB are identical to the MB992SK-B I took a look at here. As with the MB992SK-B, as long as the height of your 2.5” drives are less than 9.5mm, the MB996SP-6SB works great. If you need a caddy to work with the taller...
Before we sign off on the Icy Dock MB996SP-6SB we need to verify its use doesn't impede the performance of our very fast SSD. In the test above we used AIDA64 to measure read latency of a Monster Digital Daytona 240GB SSD. The top result was taken wi...
