“One drawback to the design is the exhaust fan positioned on the bottom of the unit really cuts the airflow down for no good reason. I would like to see future attempts with a smarter placement of the exhaust fan. Now let’s get into the numbers. The Thermaltake Vi-on beat a lot of the other scores by quite a bit and fell behind on a couple but still did very well in the long run. If the decision comes down to looks and performance when it comes time to spend your hard earned dollars, usually performance is the winner; consider this, the Thermaltake VI-ON has both looks and performance. I would recommend the Thermaltake Vi-on for anyone in need of a quality hard drive enclosure. Able to use hard drives up to one terabyte in size, it matches up well with some of the actual external hard drives in storage capacity.”Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Thermaltake BlacX Hard Drive Docking Station @ Legit Reviews
- Tagan Icy Box IB-3218 Enclosure Review @ NGOHQ
- Sans Digital Mobilestor MS2UT+(B) Two Bay External Raid USB2.0/eSATA Hard Drive Enclosure Review @ Tweaknews
- QNAP 509 Pro NAS System Review @ DriverHeaven
- A-DATA EeePC 8GB SDHC and Turbo 266X 8GB Compact Flash @ Futurelooks
- SuperTalent 8GB USB Flash Drive Review @ Rbmods
- iStarUSA xAGE HDD Docking Station @ techPowerUp
- Intel’s X25-M Solid State Drive Examined @ hardwarezone
Fast and flexible removable storage

The Thermaltake Vi-on will attract a lot of fans thanks to it’s ability to transfer via USB and e-SATA, especially when you see the benchmarked speeds. It can handle any drive up to 1TB, and has an exhaust fan to keep your drive cool. Overclockers Club has the full rundown on this handy place to keep your backed up data.