Joined on 11/06/04
Great for a low powered server
Pros: Quiet and quick enough for a low powered NAS server.
Cons: Wish it had a few more SATA ports, but five is pretty convenient already.
Pretty good case
Pros: Your basic mid-tower case for a decent price, it looks pretty good with the black and silver. Power supply on top if you like that.
Cons: One front USB port broke so USB devices just sort of hang in there, nothing but their angle keeping them in. The other port is also really loose. The front headphone jack is really awful at establishing a connection when it's set to disable the rear speaker jack when headphones are plugged in. Takes me at least three minutes every time I plug headphones in to get them _just_ right. Little in terms of built in air-flow. Cable management is basically zero.
Great case for the price
Pros: Bought two of these for completely different builds and have had wonderful success with them. The four built in fans were a huge selling point and there is a ton of airflow in this mid-tower. Power supply mount is on the bottom which I like, and the front-side USB and audio is on the top of the case, which I also appreciate. Hard drives install incredibly easily and the airflow of the two front fans over them is awesome (one of my builds is a FreeNAS box with four hard drives). The case comes with tons of extra screws and ties, though nothing fancy.
Cons: While the fans are awesome, each one has FOUR bright blue LEDs on it. This case lights up a room, not something I like, so I'm going to have to cover them up or something.
Great drive
Comments: This is my first DVD Writer and it was easy to install and use. I couldn't find any new drivers or firmware for it online but it works great either way, plug and play for me!