But as long as you ask, there are two considerations.
Get USB-2 and a fan. Period. Your choice on vendor. Don't over-analyze. I bought my two in about 30 seconds. Bytecc. Aluminum case for heat dissipation and a fan. External power. USB-2. One contains a HD and the other contains a DVD burner. Works perfectly on my three desktops and two laptops.
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Please do not go off topic. These questions is about hard drive enclosures, not computer case.
I have a new Western Digital Caviar SE16 3.5'' , 7200RPM, 250GB, SATA II, 16MB Cache. I will be leaving the drive on for about 2 hours at a time to do video editing on a powerful video editing software.
I've done alot of research and narrowed the enclosures down to the three shown below. Please suggest one. My main concern is heat. I've provided links to the sites of each enclosures that has the specifications and also I've included a site that has the user guide so that you can see what the enclosure looks like inside. I am mostly wantin the Addonics or the Macally.
ADDONICS (AE5SACSUF):
Release date: 2 years ago.
Chipset for USB 2.0: Cypress
Has a fan on the back. Also built for 5.25 inch drive so there is extra space on the top of the drive.
http://www.addonics.com/products/enclosures/ae5idecsu2f.asp
http://www.addonics.com/support/user_guides/exdrive/AE5IDECSUF.pdf
MACALLY (PHR-100SU):
Release date: 6 to 8 months ago.
Chipset for USB 2.0: JMicron
No fan. Has quality aluminum case. Has anti shock mounting screws.
http://www.macally.com/spec/usb/storage_device/phr_100su.html
http://www.macally.com/techsupport/manual/phr100su_manual.pdf
KINGWIN (TL-35USBS)
Chipset: JMicro
Has fan on the bottom corner.
http://www.kingwin.com/pdut_detail.asp?LineID=&CateID=52&ID=265

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