[iroc409]

i've got a couple big drives in my machine, and they're pissing me off, so i think i'm going to get one of those relatively inexpensive (like 40-50) external firewire/usb2 enclosures. but, i'm concerned about drive heat and whatnot. it should be plenty fast, since i just use these drives for data storage and media files like mp3's and stuff that play all the time. but i figured it'd also be something i could put someplace safe when i got out of town or something so something doesn't happen to my rather irreplacable data.

has anybody used these? is there a concern over heat buildup killing the drive , especially really early? that's really my only concern, is that the heat will wear down the drive quick, they're 7200 rpm wd drives... but, it's cheaper than spending $400 on a maxtor external...