Safe to have OWC add eSATA port to 2010 iMac??

Hey Everybody!! OWC is currently running a promotion called the "OWC Turnkey eSATA Add-On/Upgrade Program for iMac 27" '2010'" I love my iMac but because I use it in a music studio I could REALLLY use the extra eSATA port. For $169 (excluding shipping), that's a pretty darn good deal.
I've never heard of an upgrade-port option like this for iMacs. Is it safe for me to pay OWC to do this or is it a risky move for my machine? I trust OWC a great deal but obviously it's not like I'd be having Apple install the port themselves. Any opinions, fact or references you can share with me about this one, please do.
Thank you so much for your time!

OWC is a reputable company that much I can say. While I know they warrant their work I am not sure how Apple would feel about it from a product warranty point of view. This is a question I think you should ask OWC and if the say Apple OK's it you should ask for that in writing.
Going forward while iMacs are great machines and are very capable if they don't have the feature set you need I would recommend looking at the Mac Pro line.
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