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Terrence B.

Terrence B.

Joined on 03/04/07

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Most Favorable Review

Great Enclosure for the price

Sans Digital 5-Bay USB 3.0 / eSATA Hardware RAID5 Tower Storage Enclosure w/ 6G PCIe 2.0 HBA Card TR5UT+B (Black)
Sans Digital 5-Bay USB 3.0 / eSATA Hardware RAID5 Tower Storage Enclosure w/ 6G PCIe 2.0 HBA Card TR5UT+B (Black)

Pros: Fast throughput for external. put in 4 Seagate Green 2TB drives @ 5900 RPM's in Raid 5 HD Tune 2.55 Min: 170.9 MB/sec Max: 202.4 MB/sec Ave: 188.8 MB/sec Access Time: 13.9ms Burst Rate: 137.4 MB/sec

Cons: Im not sure what the back dip switches are for as they do nothing. I tried configuring the raid through the dip switches but nothing happened. I ended up using the eSata RocketRaid 622 card rather then USB and then using Raid Monitor Utility to configure the Raid Enclosure in a Raid 5.

Most Critical Review

check heatsink thermal pastes

MSI 870-G45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI 870-G45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Works like a charm when it works

Cons: received board with crusted thermal paste under North bridge which allowed it to overheat quickly and easily. RMA'd and still waiting for refund.

Overall Review: Check all heatsinks to ensure properly mounted with good thermal paste to prevent overheating.

Works

AMD Phenom II X4 960T - Phenom II X4 Zosma Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM3 95W Desktop Processor - HD96ZTWFGRBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 960T - Phenom II X4 Zosma Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM3 95W Desktop Processor - HD96ZTWFGRBOX

Pros: Works better then my old Athlon II X3 Rana Core

Cons: None

Overall Review: I installed on a 890FXA-UD5 motherboard from Gigabyte. No troubles.

Works

OCZ Vertex 3 2.5" 90GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) VTX3-25SAT3-90G
OCZ Vertex 3 2.5" 90GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) VTX3-25SAT3-90G

Pros: Definite speed improvement over a mechanical HD

Cons: None as the only limitation I have is my SB850 controller

Overall Review: I have a Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 with a phenom II X4 960T and another 250 GB hard drive and all drives are Sata III. The built in SB850 controller limits the drive to around 350MB/s throughput vs the advertised 550MB/s read. using HDTune. I have read about other people with speed issues with the SB850 chipset. No BSOD everything works consistently.

works great

CORSAIR 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Laptop Memory Model VS2GSDS800D2 G
CORSAIR 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Laptop Memory Model VS2GSDS800D2 G

Pros: Works well lowest latency available. I installed this in a Samsung N120 netbook. No problems what so ever.

Cons: None...

Overall Review: Had only one slot to upgrade ram in N120 so had to take out 1 Gig chip.

Works as advertised

Linksys Wireless-N300 PCI Adapter with Dual-Band (WMP600N)
Linksys Wireless-N300 PCI Adapter with Dual-Band (WMP600N)

Pros: Works with my Cisco aironet 1242 ( 2.4 & 5ghz A/B/G) without any problems. Also am connected to a NetGear WNHDE111 Access Point/Bridge (5Ghz A/N).

Cons: None

Overall Review: rarely connects at 300Mbps mostly connects at 270Mbps when connected to WNHDE111. Connects at 54Mbps to 1242 Aironet consistently. This shows me that it is mostly dependent on the Access Point end rather then the card. I am going to be testing it out with an AIR-AP1042N-A-K9 Aironet 1042N in January when I get paid to replace my old 1242