Pros: We've purchase a half dozen RR2720 controllers, to test them installed in PCIe 1.0 x16 slots. THE biggest problem we have encountered is incompatible cables, which are difficult to diagnose. These Startech SFF-8087 work great with the RR2720 and support the 6G speed of SATA III SSDs, as long as the latest RR2720SGL BIOS is installed. The 0.5m cable length is helpful for cable management, and the latching SATA connectors are superior to the non-latching type.

Cons: none

Overall Review: If you are new to Highpoint's 2720SGL, it is highly recommended that you start with brand new cables like these. Otherwise, you may find yourself doing lots of trial and error (as we did) when the fundamental problem is an incompatible cable, like early versions of Highpoint's 1.0 meter SFF-8087, and one of Adaptec's "SFF-8087" cables (NOT compatible!). The extra length of a 1.0 meter cable also causes extra problems for cable management inside any PC chassis.

Overall Review: There are 2 versions of these WDC Blue HDDs: SMR and CMR SMR = shingled magnetic recording CMR = conventional magnetic recording Some reviews have reported a serious performance difference, with SMR versions performing much slower than CMR versions.

Pros: 1 of 2 formatted AOK and now works AOK (see Cons below for 2 of 2)

Cons: 2 of 2 was Dead On Arrival ("DOA") SanDisk says the DOA SSD was USED and is no longer eligible for factory warranty PlatinumMicro says it was NEW when sold and is still eligible for factory warranty Both companies have put us in an impossible situation: SanDisk is blaming PlatinumMicro PlatinumMicro is blaming SanDisk SanDisk's on-line RMA request form malfunctioned After several HOURS of this RED TAPE, we thought we should summarize this ridiculous experience here, in a Newegg review.

Overall Review: we rate this awful experience a zero on a scale of 1 to 10

Pros: works OK on our Windows 10 workstation

Cons: We recently purchased the ASUSTOR model AS-U2.5G2, but it failed with the same errors when we plugged it into 2 x nearly identical Windows XP Pro x32 systems. Reportedly, during "First-time setup", it shows up temporarily as a CD-ROM device with an available drive letter assigned to it. Then, there is the long .exe file -- RTK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe -- which is supposed to execute automatically, but it does NOT do so. Even when we try to launch that program manually, it fails with the same error messages on both Windows XP PCs. This is very unfortunate: lots of SOHO LANS have downgraded their Windows XP machines to storage servers; and, allowing CAT-5e cables to remain unchanged means a huge savings in cabling costs otherwise required when upgrading LAN speeds above 2.5G. I'm also disappointed because ASUS and its affiliates have been known for excellent Quality Control for many years e.g. excellent motherboards. p.s. If you happen to know of anyone who has found a fix for these installation errors, please REPLY with a pointer to instructions documenting the fix. THANKS!

Overall Review: Cannot recommend it if one intends to install it on a Windows XP PC,not unless and until ASUSTOR fixes the problem with Windows XP PCs.It works fine on our Windows 10 HP workstation.

Pros: I haven't purchased this particular Highpoint RAID controller, but I have purchased many others e.g. 2720SGL. In order to get 2 RocketRAID controllers working in the same motherboard, the INT13 setting must be disabled when flashing the new controller bios. Download the latest controller bios from Highpoint's website, and there should be a Windows program named hptflash.exe . You'll want to run this program without any drives attached, and before you install a second RocketRAID controller. After you have disabled INT13, boot into your motherboard BIOS to confirm whether or not that BIOS still sees the card as a "bootable device". By disabling INT13, your motherboard BIOS should NOT see the card as a "bootable device". At that point, you should be able to install a second RocketRAID, which will most probably come with a factory default of INT13 ENABLED. If you do NOT intend to boot from either card, then disable INT13 in the second controller, using a similar approach: of course, a different controller bios will be needed if the second controller is not identical to the first controller. Hope this helps. p.s. Don't forget Readme.txt which should download with the bios update files from Highpoint's website.

Cons: (not applicable if you disable INT13 as described above)

Pros: Dear Corsair: This is just an FYI concerning your 3-fan memory module cooler: Our motherboard is an ASUS P5B-VM DO (not listed), and we initially connected that cooler to an unregulated pin header on the motherboard. At startup, the fans were spinning too fast and causing extra vibration and noise. We isolated the problem by playing around with Q-Fan in the BIOS; and, we have now moved the fan cable to a pin header that is controlled by Q-Fan, using the "Performance" setting. This reduced the rpm of those memory module fans from 6000+ to 4275 +/-, and the annoying vibration and noise have stopped. We just thought you should know this little detail. Summary: This motherboard was supplying too much voltage to an unregulated chassis fan header, and moving the memory module cooler to a regulated fan header cured that problem -- by significantly reducing fan speed.

Cons: nothing serious (see above)

Overall Review: Other than that, we run Corsair RAM in all of our workstation, and we L-O-V-E it! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. p.s. We just bought our first Corsair PSU last Saturday, and it's a work of art! VERY NICE. Also, the higher efficiency reduced the workstation's power consumption from 150W to 120W during idle, as compared to the former Cooler Master PSU that required 150W from our APC UPS. That's a rather significant improvement, percentage-wise. NICE WORK AGAIN!! Sincerely yours, /s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell Webmaster, Supreme Law Library

I have specifically requested a replacement, after the seller falsely advertised "IN STOCK" but this item was "OUT OF STOCK". The item also did not "SHIP FROM UNITED STATES" but "SHIPS FROM CHINA". I am still waiting for a replacement.