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Brian F.

Brian F.

Joined on 02/08/05

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Most Favorable Review

Solid case

Rosewill - Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Case - 2 x Front Fans Included, Fan Controller, Front USB 2.0 & USB 3.0 Ports, Removable Top and Lower-Front Filter Panels - R5
Rosewill - Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Case - 2 x Front Fans Included, Fan Controller, Front USB 2.0 & USB 3.0 Ports, Removable Top and Lower-Front Filter Panels - R5

Pros: Solid construction Plenty of room Grommets for cable routing Plenty of screws and hardware for mounting everything

Cons: Flimsy HD sleds Cheesy LED lights on the fans

Overall Review: Fans are a solid meh -- they're certainly not the worst fans to ship with a case, but you can do better Also, as others have noted, the fan control knob is an odd and unnecessary feature

Most Critical Review

50% failure

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Drives offers tons of storage, fast access times, and relatively quiet operation.

Cons: One of two drives suffered an almost immediate 'clicking noise' death. I'm waiting on Newegg for a replacement. Also, why the drive ships with a jumper engaged that cripples throughput is beyond me (and the jumper is one of the tiniest, hardest to remove SOBs I've encountered in 10 years of system building). Finally, last time I checked, 1 TB = 2^40 bytes, not 10^12. Lame.

Overall Review: Both drives are of firmware revision SD15, manufactured in Thailand.

UPDATE: 67% Failure Rate

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: 1 of 3 drives works.

Cons: Only 1 of 3 drives works.

Overall Review: Bought two of these drives for a RAID 1, and one of the two was DOA. Returned to Newegg for replacement, and now the replacement is DOA. All are firmware revision SD15, manufactured in Thailand. Caveat Emptor.