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Dan S.

Dan S.

Joined on 07/20/01

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Very nice 2.5 inch hot plug bay

StarTech.com SATSASBAY425 Aluminum 2.5" Black 4 x 22 pin SATA DATA and Power Combo Female 4 Drive 2.5in Removable SAS SATA Mobile Rack Backplane
StarTech.com SATSASBAY425 Aluminum 2.5" Black 4 x 22 pin SATA DATA and Power Combo Female 4 Drive 2.5in Removable SAS SATA Mobile Rack Backplane

Pros: Easy to install drives in carriers and bay in case. Nice quiet fans, drives are cool.

Cons: None?

Most Critical Review

decently priced 2tb drive

WL 2 Terabyte (2TB) 32MB Cache 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Destkop Hard Drive (PC/Mac/CCTV DVR)- w/ 1 Year Warranty
WL 2 Terabyte (2TB) 32MB Cache 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Destkop Hard Drive (PC/Mac/CCTV DVR)- w/ 1 Year Warranty

Pros: Good cheap drive for backup raid-1.

Cons: One of them was DOA - would not even spin up. RMA in progress...

A nice open case

DIYPC Alpha-GT3 Black Acrylic and Aluminum ATX Bench Case Bench Computer Case Mining Rig Frame Case for ATX/Micro ATX motherboard - PC components not included
DIYPC Alpha-GT3 Black Acrylic and Aluminum ATX Bench Case Bench Computer Case Mining Rig Frame Case for ATX/Micro ATX motherboard - PC components not included

Pros: Quality parts, runs cool, spiffy looking :)

Cons: The instructions were not clear, but not horrible either. The biggest PITA was peeling the darn coating off.

Good fast SSD

SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC064D/AM 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)  Desktop Upgrade Kit
SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC064D/AM 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Desktop Upgrade Kit

Pros: Good fast performance (500+MB/sec).

Cons: The 830 units have a WWN (world wide number), but Samsung uses the same WWN for all of these, so you can't connect more than one to a SAS HBA without causing confusion.

11/28/2012

Good fast SSD

SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PD128BW
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PD128BW

Pros: Fast unit (sustained reads of 500+MB/sec). Has a WWN so I can connect it to a 6gb/sec HBA.

Cons: Pricey, but that's life.

11/28/2012

Disappointing quality

HEC 7106WW Beige White Steel ATX Desktop Computer Case
HEC 7106WW Beige White Steel ATX Desktop Computer Case

Pros: Cheap. I needed a case for an atx server motherboard. No add-on cards, and two 3.5" HDs. This seemed to fit the bill.

Cons: The sheet metal was not engineered to proper tolerances. I could NOT get the ATX power supply to slide into place - the lip at the edge of the case was a *bit* too tight. I had to bend it up a tad with pliers to slide the PS in, and even then it did not fit all the way in straight, so only 2 of the 4 screws could attach. The HD drive bay did not want to go back on either (only 1 of the 3 screws would fit in afterward).

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Bad start, good ending

Ordered two white box 2TB sata drives. One was DOA (would not even power up), the other did but any attempt to write more than a few GB to it would result in disk errors. These should not have been shipped to me, but they did make good by free replacement with sata enterprise drives.

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