Pros: The open-box version sold at a decent discount and works great. I've been running the board for a few weeks now, and the only blue-screens were caused by my graphics card.

Cons: The biggest con is is that the USB 3 connector is in an awkward location. It's positioned on the motherboard so that it's facing to the side, instead of up (this was a poor design choice). The pins are very soft and easy to bend. In fact, I bent the pins when I was trying to connect the header. Consequently, I had to remove the board after installing it so that I could unbend the pins. It was a major hassle. That's why I'm giving the board four starts instead of five. Also, some screws were missing from the box, but I had some spares.

Overall Review: Make sure you have a magnetic Phillips-head screwdriver -- you'll need it. I was surprised to learn that one of my Phillips head screwdrivers was already magnetic, so I didn't need to buy one. Also, don't make the same mistake I did -- make sure you connect the USB 3 header to the motherboard BEFORE you screw-in the board. If you don't do this, you will probably have to remove the board again later.

Pros: This device is fairly inexpensive. It also works sometimes.

Cons: It's difficult to get the host computer to recognize that an external drive is attached. You have to go through multiple rounds of plugging-and-unplugging the USB cable, as well as rebooting the host computer, before the lettered drive (finally!) appears under "My Computer". I tried to use the device on two different computers, and I had the same experience (both were running XP Pro).

Overall Review: I called Rosewill tech support about this issue. The person I talked to said that my experience is simply par for the course -- that's just the way it works. When I asked why flash drives are recognized without incident, he said that flash drives are solid-state devices that respond much faster than mechanical drives.

Pros: None

Cons: I bought two of these units. First off, they're very flimsy and cheap. More importantly, neither one of them worked with a VOIP phone that otherwise works with a conventional (non-retractable) network cable.

Pros: The router was reliable for the first year or so, until it broke. Wired routing continues to work. It's cheap.

Cons: Wireless function became flakey after about a year. The router required frequent resets. Eventually, wireless stopped working altogether. Also, the administrative GUI is confusing and poorly laid-out.

Overall Review: I guess you get what you pay for, since the device was cheap.

Pros: Windows 7 automatically detects it and installs drivers. Very easy to set up.

Cons: A bit too expensive, I think, but still worth it.

Overall Review: I've been taking old Pentium 4 machines, adding some RAM, upgrading them from Windows XP, and installing this video card. The result is new life in an old machine.

Pros: Very fast, when it works properly.

Cons: When I first installed this drive, I was getting blue screens (and other problems) almost every day. After upgrading the firmware to version 2.11, I have these problems maybe once or twice per week -- still not acceptable, but better.

Overall Review: I really need to pay closer attention to the reviews on this site. I did see the negative reviews before I bought the disk, but I thought to myself, "Nah, that'll never happen to me. It's only those OTHER clowns who have problems". Well, guess what... looks like I'm the clown, now.