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James S.

James S.

Joined on 05/27/06

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Need good cooling for heavy use

Rosewill RC-400 Networking LAN Card With Heatsink & 4 LED indicators 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI V2.2, 32/64-bit, 33/66MHz
Rosewill RC-400 Networking LAN Card With Heatsink & 4 LED indicators 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI V2.2, 32/64-bit, 33/66MHz

Pros: Cheap gigabit card. has a heat sink. I bought it for my NAS server.

Cons: Gets REALLY hot during extended file transfers. Excessive heat causes it to crash the network card- it wont work again untill reboot.

Overall Review: I'm going to buy two pci exhaust fans to put on either side of this card to try and keep it cool. If you are just trying to upgrade a 10/100 system to gigabit for occasional file transfers, this is a great card, but it needs to stay really cool for constant use.

12/12/2007
Most Critical Review

died prematurely

COOLMAX M-500 500 W ATX12V Power Supply
COOLMAX M-500 500 W ATX12V Power Supply

Pros: has lots of sata/molex connections, 24 pin connector, dual 12v rails, and pcie connectors, a large variable speed fan

Cons: I put this power supply in my freeNAS server. After about 2 months of constant use it died. no blown fuse, it just stopped working.