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Matthew B.

Matthew B.

Joined on 10/20/05

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Does the job

SIIG SC-SA0H12-S1 3.5" to Dual 2.5" Drive Bay Adapter
SIIG SC-SA0H12-S1 3.5" to Dual 2.5" Drive Bay Adapter

Pros: It holds two 2.5 drives just fine.

Cons: Not a fan of the plastic. The screw holes are not tapped so you have to be very careful putting in the mounting screws as not to over tighten.

Great Unit!

Mediasonic HomeWorX ATSC Digital Converter Box with TV Recording, Media Player, and TV Tuner Function (HW-150PVR)
Mediasonic HomeWorX ATSC Digital Converter Box with TV Recording, Media Player, and TV Tuner Function (HW-150PVR)

Pros: Good quality tuner. Pulls in channels just as well as my TV's built in DTV tuner. Recording quality is excellent. All of the outputs work simultaneously so you can use HDMI -> DVI to a monitor than run analog audio to your speakers.

Cons: No VGA output. Other than that you can hook it up to just about anything.

Overall Review: I'm not 100% sure, but I think that it is actually just recording the raw digital stream. This means that if you are doing a lot of recording, you will need a lot of space. According to my estimates, a 1080i broadcast uses 102.38MB/minute which equates to 3,071.38 MB for 30 minutes or 6,142.76 MB for 1 hour. You may want to use a hard drive on this if you do a lot of recording. It formats FAT32 but I'm not sure how it handles >4GB files as I have not tested that yet.

11/16/2013

Works great

Rosewill RC-401-EX Network Card Gigabit Low Profile 10/100/1000Mbps PCI-Express 1 x RJ45
Rosewill RC-401-EX Network Card Gigabit Low Profile 10/100/1000Mbps PCI-Express 1 x RJ45

Pros: Works great just like a good NIC should!

Cons: None

Overall Review: Very good considering competing cards with the same chipset cost nearly twice as much.

Good so far!

XFX Double D Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-687A-ZDFC
XFX Double D Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-687A-ZDFC

Pros: Nice and quiet card. Reasonably powerful for the price.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: I had the XFX 6870 with one fan and it was unbearably loud. I switched it out for this one with two fans and it made a world of difference.