Is it possible to buy an external casing into which a backplane ready hard

Is it possible to buy an external casing into which a backplane ready hard drive will slot?
After I set up a RAID 0 array, I will have a spare 640GB hard drive ( the original Apple one), and I was wondering whether it is possible to purchase an empty external casing which would house it.
Just a thought!
Or am I living in dreamland?

Many thanks for the advice.
Unfortunately, the range of ancillary products available to Mac users in the UK is very limited compared to the States.
I was unable to track down any UK resellers of FirmTek enclosures, and I am reluctant to import from abroad, because it would be too much hassle to return products in the event of a fault.
After a lot of googling I thought I had found the ideal solution when I came across a Macally Voyager Q Dock review in a back issue of MacWorld UK. However, although some Macally products are sold by UK resellers, I could only find the Voyager Q available from OWC.
I came across lots of external hard drive cases, enclosures and docks, but invariably they were USB2.0 and/or eSATA, with a few also having FW400 ports.
Eventually I tracked down one case and one dock, stocked by Storage Depot Co. UK, which had FW400, FW800, eSATA, and USB2.0 connectivity. I decided that the single bay case was the best option for me, and I have placed an order for one.
If any UK Mac users are looking for either a single bay case, or dock, for SATA drives, with FW800 connectivity, these are the respective links for the case and the dock:
http://www.storagedepot.co.uk/Hard-Drive-Cases/sc884/p1332.aspx
http://www.storagedepot.co.uk/External-Hard-Drives/Hard-Drive-Cradles/sc883/p877 .aspx

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