nMEDIAPC ZE-C198 All-in-one USB Card Reader with USB 3.0/IEEE 1394/e-SATA Port/HD Audio Ports

Pros: Absolutely none.

Cons: Unbelievable, absolute and total waste of plastic and a breadboard. Too many flaws to go into. AVOID AT ALL costs. If anyone buys this and keeps it then they don't like functional accessories.

Other Thoughts: It makes me wretch to have to give to one star. I guess I'll have to live with the guilt.

Pros: The card readers, USB 2.0 slot, eSATA all work fine

Cons: Did not fit the 5.25" standard cutout (it was just a little large).

Other Thoughts: The USB 3.0 are pass-throughs - I purchased a motherboard to USB 3.0 adaptor to connect. I sanded the bezel to fit - had to remove about 1/32" from top and about 1/16" from side.

Pros: Good price.
Lots of inputs.
USB 3.0 pass thru. (Good if you don't have a header on your mobo, like me)
Transfer speeds aren't terrible.
Install wasn't too hard.

Cons: A lot of cables.
Looks like card reader runs off USB 2.0 connection.
The eSATA port on mine is broken. :(

Other Thoughts: All-in-all, a good budget media reader.
There's a good mess of cables that can get messy. Get some zip ties to tame that beast.
My mobo doesn't have a USB 3.0 header, so I wanted a reader with pass-thru connections.
The card reader works fine. It's USB 2.0 speed, which is fine for me. I don't normally transfer huge amounts of data from my memory cards.
Although I've had this about 3 months, I never tried the eSATA connection till last night, only to discover it doesn't work. I noticed when installing this that inside is just a regular SATA connection with a SATA cable hot glued in place. Maybe the cable just came loose. TBH, I don't plan on RMAing this even if the eSATA is defective. It's really not that important to me. I mostly bought this because I needed a card reader, and that part works fine. Everything else is just a bonus.

Pros: great product lots of features for the price. now i have front audio, my case has front ac 97 AUDIO Bbuts its off to the side, makeing not use to get to , this makes it easy to get to

Cons: wishes the usb 3.0 was headers and not pass througgh cables

Pros: - USB3.0 uses reach through cables instead of mobo header - nice option for mobos with no USB3.0 header
- Recognizes all SD card formats
- Cable length is sufficient for large tower cases
- HD audio
- 5.25" form factor

Cons: - Mounting screw hole locations for drive bay - final mount result not flush with PC exterior
- Slightly recessed inputs for USB
- Price

Other Thoughts: Bought 2 of these for PC builds where I needed a front panel USB3.0 input. A good option for motherboards with no USB3.0 header (only reear panel) or PC cases limited to USB2.0 inputs. The HD audio inputs are a bonus for headset use. No problems recognizing all media inputs (using Win7 64-bit). My main complaint with the unit is that the faceplate does not sit flush with the PC exterior due to the locations of the pre-drilled mounting holes (at least for my case).

Pros: Great use of a 5.25" drive bay, looks nice, full feature set.

Cons: Bought this for use with a GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 in December of 2011. Never have been able to get it to work properly with the flash cards. I only have SD, SDHC, and CF. Much of the time, it would "ping" at me in Windows 7 64Bit as Windows would recognize (found new hardware) and un-recognize it about every 20-30 seconds. Usually I would tell Windows to ignore it and therefore couldn't use the card readers. Sometimes, it would recognize fine but the speeds of reading flash cards was horrible. Never used the eSATA, firewire, or even the one USB 2.0 port, so I can't comment on those, even though they were plugged in. Audio headers worked good. I tried all the different usb headers on my mobo... nada. Finally yanked it and got a super cheap Rosewill $10 reader with a 5.25" adapter and boom! The Rosewill works like a charm and fast! Overall 1.5 eggs.

Other Thoughts: I will eventually try this in another system to see if it was simply a compatibility issue with my motherboard. For now, it's on the shelf - I should have RMA'd it the first month but was too lazy to do so. Having to stretch USB 3.0 cables all the way to the back of the motherboard is annoying... but I suppose there must not be an internal pin standard yet (?).

Pros: looks nice in my case

Cons: causes my PC to crash. i have yet to actually power up my machine with it hooked up, as it blue screens every single time. also, it was a real pain to put in. i agree with other posters who complain about the faceplate being too big, as well as the mounting screw holes not lining up well. ive been building pc's since i was in high school (32 now) and i dont think ive ever had this much trouble installing something.

Other Thoughts: ...

i cant say i recommend this product. i see that it has worked out for others, but the failure rate seems waaaay too high, and the design is seriously flawed.

Pros: It works and its cheap.

Cons: Requires too many USB ports. Don't see why they can all be linked, rare are people that will use them all at the same time!

Can't be placed easily and isn't flush with the casing.

Also annoying to see a bunch of unused devices in Explorer.

Pros: Cases with the combination of drive bays and front ports that I want are basically impossible to find, so I opted for a case with no front ports, and I put one of these in a spare drive bay. Works great; gives me USB 3.0, memory card slots, Firewire, eSATA, and front panel HD audio all in one convenient package.

Cons: The faceplate is too wide. I measured it and it's about 2mm wider than the other 5.25" drives I have installed. I had to jam it into get it to fit. I plan to remove it again and sand-down the edges to make it fit better, but that shouldn't be necessary in the first place. Subtract 1 egg for that.

Other Thoughts: Why is it so hard to find a case with 3-4 external 5.25" bays, 2-3 external 3.5" bays, and a good assortment of ports? Either give me a good range of features or just give me a case with a bunch of holes in it, and I'll put the stuff I want into it myself. This device, ill-fitting as it is, made it possible for me to build exactly the computer I want. Yay!

Pros: This is an update to my earlier review: "Not working for me." nMediaPC provides great service and support. After inspecting the card reader board I identified some weak solder joints. I emailed nMediaPC with a pic of the weak joints and they mailed me a new card reader PC board. Put it in and everything works as it should now.

Cons: Obviously the QC sticker on the board is meaningless. You take a chance when you buy one of these, but the company will make it right.

Other Thoughts: For the price, the quality control should have been better, but I really appreciate nMediaPC responding quickly.