Joined on 05/08/07
SEAGATE FREEAGENT GO
Pros: The drive is great! Simply plugged it into a USB port and it was instantly recognized and installed by Windows XP. Data transfers to it easily and quickly. I love the blue color and the fact that it has 500 gb capacity in such a small package!
Cons: The software that comes with it is totaly useless. Don't even bother to try using it!
Overall Review: Great value for the money spent. I bought it from New Egg and it was here in 3 days.
!!!MANY BIG, BIG PROBLEMS!!!
Pros: I don't see any pros to this card! It has caused me nothing but problems and aggravation and has been removed and replaced with a Power Color 5670 Go Green card!
Cons: The specs for this card looked impressive! I'm using a Gigabyte motherboard (GA-770 TA-UD3 770 R) on this new build and thought I'd stay with a Gigabyte video card. I'm running Windows 7, 64 bit. The card caused problems from day 1. I encountered many of the same problems that other reviewers of this card have mentionedsuch as failure to wake up from sleep mode....also many recurring blue screens. Finally, after 3 months the card totally died and wouldn't send any signal to the monitor. I took it out of the case and sent it back to Gibabytefor repair/replacement. I'm still waiting to get it back! In the meantime, I've bought a replacement card from Newegg and have not had a single problem with it! The new card is a Power Color 5670 without a fan..their Go Green model. I would caution everyone to avoid this card at all costs. It has been nothing but problems for me and for a majority of those that have reviewed it. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT BUY IT! It deserves no eggs!
Overall Review: DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER BUYING THIS CARD! When I bought it, it was new and there weren't many reviews to see. There are plenty of reviews now, and most of them are not good! BUY A DIFFFERENT CARD!!!
UPDATE--ROSEWILL RCR-IC002
Pros: I really like this card reader. See my earlier review for the pros.
Cons: See my earlier review regarding the unit's sudden failure!
Overall Review: A rep from Rosewill suggested that I disconnect the unit from the USB connector on the motherboard then reconnect it. When I did this it was again recognized by Windows. HUH??????????? I have no idea why this failure occurred because the connector was not loose when I checked it. Oh well, it's working fine again and is very convenient to use.
ROSEWILL CARD READER MODEL RCR-IC002 R
Pros: While this card reader worked, it was a great addition to my computer. It read all of the cards that I tried with it...xD, compact flash, and SD, a very handy little device that was fairly easy to install.
Cons: It failed 5 days before the end of the warranty period and now is being RMA'ed back to Rosewill for replacement. Fortunately it failed within the warranty period. I hope they follow through and replace it as per warranty.
Overall Review: I was a little skeptical about buying this device because others had given it a poor reliability rating. I bought it anyway. It looks like I should have taken their warnings about its reliability more seriously.
LOOKS GREAT IN MY ANTEC 300 CASE
Pros: This drive bay adapter looks and works great in my Antec 300 case. I used it to mount a Rosewill 3.5 inch 74-in-1 memory card reader (Item #N82E16820223109). Once I got the card reader mounted in this adapter, the adapter slid right into the drive bay.
Cons: It was very hard to get the mounting screws into the sides of the card reader! I used a magnetic screwdriver and finally managed to get them in. It was worth the effort. It is actually a little cheaper to buy this item from Antec directly than from Newegg because of shipping charges. When I bought mine, Antec was out of stock.
Overall Review: You will definitely need a magnetic phillips head screwdriver and lots of patience to get your 3.5 inch equipment mounted in this drive bay adapter. The adapter slides firmly into a standard drive bay on an Antec 300 case without any problems when you are ready to install it. It was worth the effort!
PATRIOT 16GB PEF16GUSB
Pros: This is a really nice flash drive that is fairly fast at both read and write....much faster than the Sandisk Cruzer flash drive that I had been using! I like the rubber cover, but wish there were some way to secure the cover to the drive's main case. This is only a minor inconvenience, not enough to subtract an egg!
Cons: I bought this drive when Patriot offered a $5.00 rebate. I feel that I was scammed on the rebate which never arrived. I sent the UPC from the bottom of the package as they required, but for some reason they still denied my rebate...lesson learned...never buy a product and count on getting the rebate. Next time I will buy based first on performance, then on lowest price.....ignore rebate offers. They are time consuming and often not forthcoming!
Overall Review: FORGET ABOUT REBATES....They are just come-ons!