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Nathan K.

Nathan K.

Joined on 02/21/06

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Great drive

Western Digital Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: This is a very quiet, cool drive. Both of those aren't features I normally look for in a drive, but this drive also scored the highest speed on Tom's Hardware's latest test. It is speedy.

Cons: Only a 3 year warranty when Seagate offers 5.

Overall Review: This is a great drive at a great price.

Great priced drive that is supposed to have low power consumption

Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EACS 1TB 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EACS 1TB 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: The biggest benefit of this drive is the price. I wish that liberals could figure out that everyone would do things to benefit the environment if there was a monetary benefit to it. These drives are very, VERY quiet. I can't hear them spinning at at. I bought two and put them in an external enclosure.

Cons: Not the most amazingly fast drives on earth.

Overall Review: These are perfect for external enclosures on your Mac for Time Machine.

Great Price and Great Linux Support

ENCORE ENLWI-SG Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Up to 108Mbps Wireless Data Rates
ENCORE ENLWI-SG Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Up to 108Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: This works out of the box with Ubuntu 7.04 with the restricted drivers. It also worked out of the box with Fedora Core 6. I haven't tried it with Windows.

Cons: Signal strength seems so so.

Overall Review: I bought two of these and they are exactly what I expected. A great Linux wi-fi card.

Oh yeah, 1TB of love!

Galaxy METAL GEAR 3500MGB-RAID/BLK Aluminum 2 x 3.5" Black Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s)  Identical hard drives recommended (same manufacturer, capacity and RPM) USB 2.0 & 1394 External Enclosure
Galaxy METAL GEAR 3500MGB-RAID/BLK Aluminum 2 x 3.5" Black Two 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II Hard Drives (1.5Gb/s) Identical hard drives recommended (same manufacturer, capacity and RPM) USB 2.0 & 1394 External Enclosure

Pros: Easy to set-up and use. Keeps drives nice and cool. I uses too of the AAKS drives from WD. They are very nice. Very quiet. The build quality was great.

Cons: Non-standard power connector, huge power brick. I would have liked a beefier fan.

Overall Review: This could be a little cheaper.