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Richard K.

Richard K.

Joined on 06/14/08

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Most Favorable Review

Working well

IOCrest SI-PEX40064 PCI-Express 2.0 Low Profile Ready SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) Controller Card
IOCrest SI-PEX40064 PCI-Express 2.0 Low Profile Ready SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) Controller Card

Pros: Working well, I am using this with a few 2TB drives.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Turn off PCIe Link State Power Management in Windows so drives never go to sleep.

Most Critical Review

Good

Rosewill RX-C202 3.5" SATA Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack for Dual 2.5" SATA SSD / HDD
Rosewill RX-C202 3.5" SATA Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack for Dual 2.5" SATA SSD / HDD

Pros: Using this to hold my ssd drives.

Cons: The SATA connectors on the back do not have a way to keep the cable attached. If your SATA cable has some tension on it, the cable may pull off the back.

Overall Review: I had to put some tape on it to secure the cables.

Good fit

StarTech.com SLIMCDFDCAGE Slim Optical & 3.5in Hard Drive Mounting Bracket for 5.25in Front Bay
StarTech.com SLIMCDFDCAGE Slim Optical & 3.5in Hard Drive Mounting Bracket for 5.25in Front Bay

Pros: Fits my case perfect. Using it to mount my SSD drives.

Cons: None

Good

MASSCOOL PCI-e 4 port SATA2  (SIL3132 Chip) Model XWT-PCIE10
MASSCOOL PCI-e 4 port SATA2 (SIL3132 Chip) Model XWT-PCIE10

Pros: Works out of the box with min search of drivers. Not using raid options.

Cons: Speed drops when using all ports.

Overall Review: Would be 4 stars if performance was better. Had no problems on Win 7 64bit.

Super

NETGEAR WNDR3700-100NAS V.5 Wireless Gigabit Open Source Router/ USB port Rangemax 2.4/5 GHz Simultaneous N600 Dual Band IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab
NETGEAR WNDR3700-100NAS V.5 Wireless Gigabit Open Source Router/ USB port Rangemax 2.4/5 GHz Simultaneous N600 Dual Band IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab

Pros: Being used in a dorm. Can set multiple wireless access points on different bands and channels. Signal good through 2 walls and several other signals (You need to know what channels are being used around your place).

Cons: Interface could use some work.

Overall Review: Has a USB port too share a USB hard drive. Not as good/fast as real NAS but works.

Good sound, software could be better

Rosewill RNX-N300X IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 (PCI Interface) Wireless Adapter (2T3R) Up to 300Mbps Wireless Download Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK (TKIP and AES)
Rosewill RNX-N300X IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 (PCI Interface) Wireless Adapter (2T3R) Up to 300Mbps Wireless Download Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK (TKIP and AES)

Pros: Sound quality better than my on board Realtek audio (with some work). Comes with low profile bracket.

Cons: Basic drivers are somewhat easy to install. Interface could be better. Win 8 install issues but I none on Win 7.

Overall Review: Using this card due to on board Realtek audio dyed.