Although DHL delivered to the wrong address, I received my new enclosure and PCIe card yesterday. DHL notified me via SMS that my package had been delivered at 4:30pm EST yesterday. However, upon arriving at 5:30 – nothing was there. Nothing at my in-law’s (one neighbor) and nothing on the doorstep at my other neighbor’s (DHL notes stated it was left at the front door and, as far as I knew, my neighbor was at work all day – so it should have been there). I called DHL and they said they would contact me within 2 hours. Not long afterwards, my wife asks me if I’m blind and tells me there’s a box on the front porch. I also noticed my neighbor was now home – coincedence? Nope.

Anyway, I unpacked and inspected everything and it all looks as expected – very nice construction and quality products from PC-Pitstop.  The enclosure is pretty much the same as my first 4-bay enclosure, except that it includes a 5-in-3 hotswap cage, as opposed to the 4-in-3.  Here a couple of shots of the enclosure:

The PCI-e card is pretty standard and smaller than I expected, but I can’t really say what I was expecting otherwise.  It’s an unboxed/unbranded item based on the Sil3132 chipset, which is required for operation with the Sil3726 port multiplier in the enclosure.

Other than that, PC-Pitstop did include an eSATA cable (3ft or 6ft…I haven’t really looked yet) which is nice and a standard power cable was also included.

I’ve been really busy the past few weeks so I’m hoping I can get this stuff going by the weekend.  Hopefully I’ll find a little time each day to complete a few of the tasks needed (I still need to take the drives out of my old server – blah).

More to come, so check back often!