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Aleksey T.

Aleksey T.

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Most Favorable Review

Great card

Rosewill RC-209-EX PCI 2.3, 32bit, 33/66Mhz SATA Controller Card
Rosewill RC-209-EX PCI 2.3, 32bit, 33/66Mhz SATA Controller Card

Pros: Works great in WinXP SP2 environment. Smooth installation. Allows to connect up to 4 HDD's. Manufacturing quality looks solid as well.

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: I saw many complaints about user manual printing quality - I got perfectly printed one: I could set all jumpers without opening PDF from CD. (just feel lucky...) By the way: product description doesn't say that all 6 channels should work at the same time - this card allows to select 4 (out of 6) channels, in any configuration.

Most Critical Review

50/50

Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 - Sleeve Bearing 120mm Blue LED Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators
Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 - Sleeve Bearing 120mm Blue LED Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators

Pros: Fairly quiet; Nice blue lights; 3 to 4 pin adapter included

Cons: Some units may have noticeable vibration

Overall Review: Purchased 2 of these fans. Connected to power supply and turned both of them at the same time, just to test their functionality. One runs smooth and is fairly quiet. Another one is louder and vibrates, not worth of installing, since it will not live long. Would not buy this model again.

Good sound, mediocre durability

Sennheiser HD239 On-Ear Headphones
Sennheiser HD239 On-Ear Headphones

Pros: Good sound with a strong bass. I really like so called Open-Aire acoustic system. This is my favorite Headphone at a moment. I paid only $40 during Black Friday sale and can say that the sound worth every penny I spent on it.

Cons: I wouldn't pay the full price, despite the sound quality. I was very careful with these phones and never moved them away from my desk; used not more than for 50 hours total. Tonight the left driver suddenly died in the middle of song. Had to disassemble the left side and to solder wire which simply fell off from a little PCB. This wire goes from PCB to speaker and should never be under any stress, except a vibration. Soldering quality is just ridiculous. That's why I knocked-off two stars

Overall Review: The cord is short, but it might be considered as a benefit. With the bass going strong, at times it feels like equalizer's help is needed to raise up some high frequencies. Ear pads are soft and comfy, but not perfect. The overall value is great. Just don't know when solder joints will fail on the right side. Honestly, I wouldn't write this review if not the soldering quality. I assume there will be others frustrated with the same issue. The disassembling wasn't that hard. Just slightly squeeze ear pad and pull it out. They are exchangeable and therefore it shouldn't be hard to take them off. Next step will be to remove 3 screws and carefully pull the plastic grille with attached speaker out of housing. All wires and solder joints are accessible. Otherwise, contact the manufacturer and enjoy your 2-years warranty :)

Good power supply, bad power cable

RAIDMAX RX-450K Continuous 450 watts ATX 12V v2.3/EPS 12V Power Supply
RAIDMAX RX-450K Continuous 450 watts ATX 12V v2.3/EPS 12V Power Supply

Pros: Works as it should. Seems to be a good product.

Cons: Power cable is really cheap - just compare its connector against most of other power cables and you will know why I complain. It was working for few days, until I decided to burn CD - PC simply died in a middle of process.

Overall Review: PSU looks unusual with external fan, but that should be OK in most PC cases. Wires are not as good, as on old HP 300W PSU. Only one power connector for SATA drive - good thing I had a handful of adapters. Power cable (AC) should be replaced with a good one.

Disappointed

Rosewill RX35-AT-IU SLV Aluminum 3.5" Silver IDE USB 2.0 External Enclosure
Rosewill RX35-AT-IU SLV Aluminum 3.5" Silver IDE USB 2.0 External Enclosure

Pros: Easy to assemble, great design, works with some drives, purchased from the store with great customer support. Tested with low-capacity drives – works as it should.

Cons: I happened to become one more disappointed owner of Maxtor drive, since it doesn't work with this enclosure. My 200GB Diamond Max10 simply cannot spin up. This might be the reason why enclosure becomes not recognizable by WinXp

Overall Review: I tried to power-up hard drive directly from other power source - it works great through enclosure' USB output. However, better power adapter doesn't help when connected to enclosure's power connector. I cannot blame on hard drive, since it works great inside of PC and was tested in other external enclosure as well. This cannot be a driver issue, since drive simply cannot spin-up

11/29/2008

Great tool

GWC AN2210 Black USB 2.0 Host to Host Link Adapter
GWC AN2210 Black USB 2.0 Host to Host Link Adapter

Pros: Easy to use. Perfect way to transfer large amount of data from one PC to another. I used it to backup 30GB of data from laptop HDD before reinstalling Windows.

Cons: It's impossible to perform virus scan via this adapter. But I guess I want too much for $15 I paid.

Overall Review: Transfer speed averaged 15 Mb/s, but I am not sure if that was a limit, since Toshiba laptop with 1.5GHz Celeron isn't a fast runner...

11/17/2008