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John C.

John C.

Joined on 12/24/04

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Good Cooler

Thermaltake Massive TM 17" Laptop Cooling Pad with Dual 120mm Fans and Temperature Sensors CL-N002-PL12BL-A
Thermaltake Massive TM 17" Laptop Cooling Pad with Dual 120mm Fans and Temperature Sensors CL-N002-PL12BL-A

Pros: temperature sensors, 2-speed fans, fits 17" laptops.

Cons: The extended feet don't have anti-slip pads. When you elevate the cooler to help airflow, the set up, the laptop and the cooler, slides on the surface.

Overall Review: I would still buy it again, since buying anti-slip tape or rubber feet for it isn't horrible.

Decent

SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SAT-O ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1150 DDR3 1600/1333/1066
SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SAT-O ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1150 DDR3 1600/1333/1066

Pros: Nice board. Thunderbolt port. 4 USB 3.0 ports.

Cons: Was not able to get Linux installed on it.

Overall Review: Linux wasn't a deal breaker as I did have a Windows 7 Pro key. I think if I would have dug deeper I could have found my issue and had Linux working fine, but didn't have the time to get it working.

Good Box

SANS DIGITAL TowerRAID TR5M6G 5-Bay eSATA 6G Port Multiplier RAID Tower w/ 6G PCIe x4 Card
SANS DIGITAL TowerRAID TR5M6G 5-Bay eSATA 6G Port Multiplier RAID Tower w/ 6G PCIe x4 Card

Pros: Nice box, 6G speed. Takes 4 TB drives.

Cons: The highpoint card that comes with it wouldn't boot with the hard drives configured in a RAID (I tried RAID 5 and RAID 0). There is a firmware "upgrade" workaround that was a little difficult to find.

Overall Review: Once I got the workaround working, everything is fine. There is a slightly longer boot time as, i think it is the card, has to initialize all 5 drives. With the card that comes with it, i was able to also attach a Vantec HX4 that I had to it and put that into a different RAID.

Works as intended

Rosewill RX-C525 5.25" SATA Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack for 3.5" SATA I / II / III HDDs
Rosewill RX-C525 5.25" SATA Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack for 3.5" SATA I / II / III HDDs

Pros: Simple to install and once installed easy to swap out drives. Each drive has its own light.

Cons: None

Too tall

Western Digital Green WD20NPVT 2TB IntelliPower 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Green WD20NPVT 2TB IntelliPower 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: 2TB in a 2.5" drive.

Cons: To get those 2TB they had to make the drive bigger.

Overall Review: This Drive will not fit in most laptops, if any.