Buying your own FireWire cases and drives and putting them together is going to be cheaper, use the same parts (the bridge is the most important, the power supply merely needs to be adequate to the drive you're running), and be basically just as reliable. I don't know that I'd spend any extra money for "name brand" external FireWire drives. You're paying extra for a fancy case, which is the least important part, really.
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