Pros: Really simple to set up. Makes a loud beep when finished copying, so you can do something else in another room and be alerted when it's done. Handles 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives without any special adapters.

Cons: Seemed kinda slow to copy a 2TB drive (3-4 hours?). Drives get pretty hot during the copy, but I suppose there's nothing that can be done about that.

Pros: Cheapest PCI-X SATA II card around. 2 ESATA ports on back plus 2 internal ESATA ports.

Cons: Was looking to enhance an old Dell PowerEdge 600SC server with new SATA drives. The 600SC has 64-bit PCI-X slots. This card looked like a cheap way to go. Unfortunately: 1. Didn't recognize new Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB SATA drive - RAID BIOS says 0 GB. 2. Seems to be unable to operate in non-RAID mode (i.e., can't put 4 separate drives on this thing operating individually as C: D: E: F: 3. Tried flashing with "base" non-RAID BIOS from Silicon Image website, but this controller still did not recognize the 750GB drive 4. Documentation is a joke. Went to their website to download a manual and all they have is a scanned JPG image of the little sheet of paper instructions they included in the box. 5. What's the JP1 jumper for? 6. Syba tech support doesn't answer emails

Overall Review: Same Barracuda drive was recognized instantly by a Promise SATA 300 TX4 controller. I'll be using the Promise instead.

Pros: Installed on a WD 2TB RE4 drive that was running at a too-hot-to-handle 120F inside the case, 105-110F outside the case. After I installed the drive on the heatsink and placed it in the cases 5.25" bay, the temperature dropped to 80-85F. Wow!

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I don't understand the "utterly useless" review -- there are relatively long vertical slots along the side to mount the drive so as to accommodate variable drive heights. It was no problem getting the top of the drive to make firm contact with the heatsink surface. There is no doubt it's working judging by a 20 - 30 degree (F) temperature drop.

Pros: Plugged this card into a Dell PowerEdge T320 PCIe X1 slot. Connected the card's SATA power connector to the computer's internal SATA power port. Windows Server 2012 installed drivers automatically, no need for the driver CD! First test was with a somewhat older 750 GB GoFlex USB 3.0 drive. Most (NEC based) USB 3.0 cards fail to power this drive, even with supplemental power on the card. Fortunately this card powered that drive right up! This card uses the TI TUSB7340 USB 3.0 chip, not the NEC chip that's so popular elsewhere. Personally I've had nothing but trouble with NEC/Renesas based USB 3.0 cards (firmware updates, flaky drivers)., so this card is a refreshing change for the better!

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Here's some benchmarking results, copying about 40GB of video files to the Dell server's H710p RAID 6 array with 4 SAS 6gbps drives: - 750GB WD GoFlex (1st generation USB 3.0 drive): 65MB/s - 1TB WD MyPassport (purchased June 2013): 105MB/s - Mushkin Ventura Pro flash drive: 145MB/s - Patriot Magnum flash drive: 220MB/s (Nice!) For comparison, using the USB 2.0 ports on this machine yield a max throughput of 32MB/s

Pros: Works great in my Dell E6510 Windows 7 64-bit. Card fits flush to the edge of the laptop. No problem detecting a variety of USB 3 and USB 2 devices. Much more reliable than the Silverstone EC02 Express Card I had previously. The Silverstone was very flaky about device detection and didn't seem to re-initialize properly after hibernation.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I was able to update this to the latest NEC/Renesas USB 3.0 firmware and drivers from station drivers dot com.

Pros: Sits flush with edge of laptop

Cons: - Seems to only detect a given USB device once, after a windows reboot, then never again, rendering it useless until you reboot the computer again - Drivers seem to be immature and problematic with my Windows 7 64-bit laptop - Even using the extra power jack, it seems incapable of powering my external 1TB notebook drive - If you push too hard inserting a USB plug, chances are the laptop's spring mechanism will eject the expresscard midway through Window's PnP detection routine, leaving your USB drive's status in an unknown and possibly damaged state.

Overall Review: Too many bugs in this product, I would seek another manufacturer.