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Douglas G.

Douglas G.

Joined on 08/05/09

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Works great

Koutech IO-ASA120 IDE to SATA II Device Adapter
Koutech IO-ASA120 IDE to SATA II Device Adapter

Pros: Works perfectly on a traditional SATA II hard drive, no erros hard drive errors yet Data transfer speed appears unaffected by the device which is great Supports very large hard drives. No problems with my 1.5TB drive and 1TB drives.

Cons: Optical drives are a different story, you can expect to play movies, music, or read what ever is on it fine. CD, DVD, and BD burning almost always seems to result in an error.

Overall Review: LightScribe drives appear in incapable of of using lightScribe with this device

Love this case despite a few frustrating quirks

SAMA V-play ATX Mid Tower High-end Gaming Computer PC Case With 8-inch LCD Display, Tempered Glass Side Panels, Supports Multiple Cooling Configurations Black
SAMA V-play ATX Mid Tower High-end Gaming Computer PC Case With 8-inch LCD Display, Tempered Glass Side Panels, Supports Multiple Cooling Configurations Black

Pros: The preinstalled ARGB fans are practically silent. The quirky built-in 8" LCD has great image quality and is a unique feature. Cable management is a breeze with the amount of space and routing options.

Cons: The built-in 8" display required me to enable the ERP option in the system BIOS for the display to be recognized after each shutdown. The HDD rack is a pain to put back in place properly.

Overall Review: Make sure your motherboard has an available USB 2.0 header, USB 3.0 header, and USB C header. Quirks aside, I am very pleased with this case

Excellent product that delivers

ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING-ITX/AC AM4 AMD Promontory B450 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING-ITX/AC AM4 AMD Promontory B450 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Mine shipped with the latest BIOS version (3.70) , so don't pay the reviews that say doesn't work with Ryzen 3xxx support any mind Rock solid and sturdy Onboard Dual-Band Wireless PCI Express 3.0 (PCI Express 4.0 has problems I don't feel like dealing with)

Cons: If you plan on using a compact case, set EfficiencyModeEn option to Enable. My Ryzen 5 3600 runs 20ºC cooler, and well my whole system runs a lot cooler than when that option is set to Auto. The UEFI BIOS Interface is bit of a pain to deal with it

Overall Review: Rock solid and sturdy, I accidently pressed a little too hard on one of the RGB header pins with my finger while assembling my build, which got my finger pretty good. I was surprised to see that board and pin had no damage. From that mishap, I can say this board is anything but flimsy. The dual-band wireless and Bluetooth onboard works well and I have had no issues with it. This feature was a key factor in my decision and does not disappoint The onboard audio doesn't disappoint This is my first time building a system with a PCI Express 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD, and the difference in performance is like going to 1080p HD from 480p SD for the first time. Yes, I am very happy with this board

Works as advertised

Silverstone G11303050-RT 6 in. Internal 19-Pin USB3.0 to USB2.0 Adapter Cable Male to Female
Silverstone G11303050-RT 6 in. Internal 19-Pin USB3.0 to USB2.0 Adapter Cable Male to Female

Pros: Works without issues Sturdy build Great for attaching USB 3.0 devices that can run well at USB 2.0 speeds

Cons: Doesn't magically add USB 3.0 speed USB 3.0 external SSDs will take a serious performance hit, but you should already know that

Overall Review: It is pretty sturdy and well built. I attached mine to an internal USB 3.0 memory card reader. You aren't going to get a crazy performance boost if any over USB 3.0 when it comes SD cards.

Good Upgrade

AMD A10-6800K Richland 4.1 GHz (4.4GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8670D
AMD A10-6800K Richland 4.1 GHz (4.4GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Pros: The APU I had prior was an A10-5800K which was impressive, the A10-6800K (this APU) doesn't disappoint. List of cool features I like AMD Dual Graphics 844MHz GPU clock base speed 4.1GHz CPU clock base speed Gets up to an additional 300Mhz above CPU clock base speed with Turbo DirectX 11

Cons: Runs a little warm, and the stock heatsink is definitely trash worthy. Technically it is physically dual core with 4 logical processors. Better than the A10-5800K, but not by much.

Overall Review: Received the APU on Friday the 13. I have noticed that by disabling the Turbo feature, the APU runs considerably cooler. Bought as an upgrade and to stock a vital part of a future build.

Driver CD Not Quite Up To Date

Rosewill RNX-N600PCE - Dual Band Wireless N600 Wi-Fi Adapter - IEEE 802.11b / 11g / 11n, Up to 300 Mbps (5.0 GHz) + 300 Mbps (2.4 GHz) Data Rates, PCI E Interface, 2 High Power Dual Band Antennas
Rosewill RNX-N600PCE - Dual Band Wireless N600 Wi-Fi Adapter - IEEE 802.11b / 11g / 11n, Up to 300 Mbps (5.0 GHz) + 300 Mbps (2.4 GHz) Data Rates, PCI E Interface, 2 High Power Dual Band Antennas

Pros: Dual Band, Wireless N, when it works, it works. Driver software gives the nice option to install the driver by itself with OR without the WLAN Utility. An option I really like to have, but hardly is ever given.

Cons: Like the title suggests, the included driver CD wasn't exactly up to date. For quite some time I used the drivers provided by Windows, which only allowed the 2.4GHz band. The signal quality could be better. If you are using Windows 8, I would suggest downloading the driver from Manufacturer Product Page in order to utilize the 5GHz band, but to be honest, for what I use it for, I cannot tell a difference other than that 5GHz has a harder time going through obstacles, like walls. I would minus an egg for the driver CD being a little outdated, but you never know how long the product is going to sit after being packaged so 5 Eggs here.

Overall Review: Rosewill has become one of my choice brands of computer hardware. Currently use a Rosewill case, Card Reader, this item. Their hardware does what it is supposed to do and have been quite satisfied with them