Joined on 03/11/04
Great!

Pros: I needed another SATA card to operate 4 DVD burners. Works great. It saved me from getting a new mobo.
Cons: It did not work until I got the lastest firmware from tech support. The connectors do not latch, the cables can fall out too easy.
Overall Review: You must call tech support for the firmware upgrade.
Solid metal case, bad cooling, noisy

Pros: Solid metal case great construction. Power supply good so far.
Cons: Poor cooling. Two fans in front are noisy but the only rear fan is the power supply. Heat stays trapped in the case. I have an i7 cpu encoding video. Long story, but my mobo was having issues at times. One day I pulled the cover off while running and wow the heat! A few seconds later my problem disappeared. 2 1/2 eggs for construction, good power supply. Bad thermal design. I could live with the noise if it actually kept things cool.
Overall Review: I am looking a drilling holes in the top cover so the heat can escape.
It Works

Pros: It works with a sata 3114 controller PCI card
Cons: it was a little work to get the brackets to fit.
Does not burn playable CD audio

Pros: the drawer moves smoothly. Fast burning DVD video.
Cons: It does not burn a playable CD audio. The CD's burn but don't play on my consumer CD player. Older pioneer burner models work great but not this one. I also tried a new plextor and it works.
Overall Review: no firmware upgrade as of this review,
Pioneer is my favorite

Pros: Alwas works well for burning CD's and DVD's.
Cons: None
It works

Pros: It is functional. Allow a SATA hard drive to be used on an IDE bus.
Cons: It falls off the back of the drive. I used tape to hold it togther.