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Craig M.

Craig M.

Joined on 05/08/05

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Most Favorable Review

Seagate still gets my vote!

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: No problems with this drive. Pretty quiet. 1TB!!!!

Cons: None so far. A bit pricey, but all the 1TB drives are.

Overall Review: Had serious problems with several WestDig drives losing sectors after a couple of weeks, then failing completely. Finally instead of RMA, I just started throwing them away! My first Seagate has been running for months with no problems. This is my second Seagate.

11/21/2007

Craig-O buys another Seagate

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive (Perpendicular Recording) Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive (Perpendicular Recording) Bare Drive

Pros: Never had a failure.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I run the living CRzP out of these drives. The way I use my system, Western Digital drives last about 3 weeks. I finally gave up and threw away under-warranty WD drives because it's not worth the hassle if the replacement fails after 2-3 weeks. Seagate drives @ >1 year and still going strong! I am sold!

Asus is my 1st choice for Mobo.

ASUS P5E3 WS PRO LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P5E3 WS PRO LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This Mobo is VERY stable. If you have a bunch of drives to hook up read the book carefully before assembling. Pay attention to what you are doing and you will be rewarded with a system that works great!

Cons: I do not like the location of the SATA connectors. I have a Thermaltake Swing chassis and connecting the SATA cables is tricky, perhaps maddening is a better word. If I could go back in time I would remove the drive cage, connect all the SATA cables, then reinstall the cage.

Overall Review: Had an Asus mobo before. It also was very stable. Then I tried an Abit, but it would occasionally BSOD until I replaced the Linksys modem. Linksys driver not compatible, tech support no help at all. I have had the best luck with Asus!

No Problems! Read This...

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe
LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe

Pros: I now have 2 of this model in my new system, and 1 EIDE model in my old system. I have never had a single problem with any of these drives!

Cons: None

Overall Review: Would buy another without hesitation, but with 3 dvd burners I am pretty well set LOL!

Good Product

Antec 77148 4.25 in. Serial ATA Power Adapter
Antec 77148 4.25 in. Serial ATA Power Adapter

Pros: Does the job.

Cons: Some play between pins and housing on molex side. Takes a bit of jiggling to mate connectors.

Overall Review: Have been using these for about a year with no problems. This is my second purchase.

11/21/2007

Love my Thermaltake Stuff!

Thermaltake N0012US Aluminum & Plastic 3.5" Silver SATA USB 2.0 & eSATA External Enclosure
Thermaltake N0012US Aluminum & Plastic 3.5" Silver SATA USB 2.0 & eSATA External Enclosure

Pros: Everything needed to add an eSATA hard drive to your computer (except the drive itself). In this case I am running a Seagate 1TB!!!

Cons: I would have given this item a 5 except for one thing...the fan was noisy. I thought it might get better, but it got worse. I spent about 20 minutes removing material from the rear of 2 of the fan blades. Now it is quiet!

Overall Review: I am glad I bought an enclosure designed for eSata because, in Win XP, the drive is always detected when powered up. There also is a safe remove feature. The drive is always treated as a removable device, which is what I wanted. This, I feel, is due to additional circuitry inside the enclosure. This circuitry has little or no effect on drive speed.

11/21/2007