Joined on 03/02/11
great for the cost
Pros: Very reliable with lots of features. I use several of these at businesses I provide off-site backup and IT support services to so I don't use many options except the SMART add on to check drive health and emailing logs. It isn't the fastest out there, but it is fast enough for my use. It runs very stable and I haven't had one fail yet. Firmware updates occur on a regular basis so it is nice to see it gets a lot of ongoing support by the manufacturer to add features and fix bugs. I recommend this to all of my friends looking for a central storage solution at home.
Cons: Needs to be restarted to recognize USB 3.0 drives. Would love to see this fixed on a firmware update.
Poor QA
Pros: Excellent airflow, great sound dampening, clean and elegant design, and packaged very well.
Cons: One of the clips to open the door the to the front dust filter was broken and would not latch. The front audio port is also broken, only outputs sound on right channel. These are simple things that could have been solved by better QA (quality assurance) to make sure that all things were functioning as they should before shipping the product.
Overall Review: I would have submitted this case for an exchange, but it was bought for me as a gift for my birthday and sat in the box for about 2 months before I was able to buy the fans I wanted and had the time to swap all of my components over. I love that the excellent air flow within the case keeps my entire system running about 5c cooler at all times than in my previous case, but the poor quality assurance may keep me from getting another one of their products.
great airflow
Pros: Knocked temps down atleast 5c on my H80. I accidentally ordered 3pin fans so they run at full speed all the time on my H80, but they're so quiet I don't even notice it. Plan to replace these with the 4pin version on my H80 but will order more of these to use on my 240mm radiator cooling my new GPU.
Cons: N/A
Great airflow
Pros: Several configurations to fit your specific needs. Provides high airflow very quietly at 7v, I don't even notice them spin up. Knocked down my temps about 5c on the CPU and GPU's. Have 5 of these in my case (6th fan spot is used by H80) and it keeps cool fresh air flowing through the case at a high rate.
Cons: N/A
High flow, short life
Pros: High flow for a nice price
Cons: I've had this installed for less than 2 months and the bearings have already went out.
I have purchased several of these drives over the years. They are solid performers and extremely reliable.