Joined on 05/03/03
One little thing that could...

Pros: Size; included pouch, included universal power supply; multi-card support; does NOT uses internal battery when connected to a PC through USB (or so it seams); BYOD (Bring Your Own Disk) of any MB size (2.5" only)
Cons: Speed (939GB – 13.5 minutes using fast SD card); Multiple partitions required – limited in size to 32GB per partition, but it seems to be limitation of FAT32, rather then device: 80GB drive had to be split in 3 partitions: 32, 32, 12; manual is written very poorly; hard drive is located directly on the circuit board, separated by only very thin clear plastic sheet. I would expect something shock absorbing. Also, no shock absorbing material between bottom panel and hard drive. Hard drive is only connected to the IDE socket and its movement is not limited by anything from the opposite side (READ: be very careful with this thing OR add some shock-absorbing material yourself, if you dare); aluminum lacquered top and bottom panels (good), probably easily scratchable (bad) and slippery (very bad).
Overall Review: Usage: it shows available space on the first partition only. If it is full, you see 0MB available. HOWEVER, if you insert the cards and press COPY button and if there are other partitions with available space, it will switch to the next available partition. But you would not know until you press COPY button. Not a con but a minor annoyance: when copy is done, it turns itself off after a minute of inactivity, and so if you are not constantly monitoring its status, you would not know. Overall, useful tool for multi-megapixel RAW shooter who is on vacation and doesn’t want to buy tens of the cards. Wedding pros would want something more robust and faster then this. Definitely worth the price if it doesn’t brake after a month.
I really want to keep, but...

Pros: -boots freenas (with I3 gen 4) -price
Cons: -IKVM - can't disable root or change password for root account -second system fan runs at 100%, no matter what I tried (mobo has 4-wire fan jack, and my fan is 3 wire, but 1st system fan runs at 900 rpm, send at 1500 rpm - identical fans.
Overall Review: This is cheapest mini-itx mobo I found that support ECC and has 6 SATA ports for my nas4free or freenas build. So far I don't have worm and fussy filling about this mobo. While it boots freenas - inability to change password for known iKVM root account is dealbraker. Fan at 100% is another issue - probably solvable by paralleling 2 fans. Again - this is not type of corner-cutting I would like to do for 24/7 setup. good luck with your build
Installed on Lenovo P1, some empty fields in CPU-Z

Pros: -fully compatible with Lenovo P1, Gen 1
Cons: -No burned-in manufacturing date (vs factory-installed Micron stick), based on CPU-Z. -No serial number shown in CPU-Z (vs factory-installed Micron stick).
Overall Review: My Lenovo P1 (Gen 1, end of 2018) came with 8GB of Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1. This Patriot stick is little faster, and fully compatible, even though it is not on HCL. CPU-Z shows memory as dual-channel. Happy running 16GB mem now. Definitely helps for firefox, chrome and 2 trading platforms.
no issues so far

Overall Review: Not much to say, other than they just work. No issues so far. Speakers are relatively small to sit on a desk next to a monitor. If you are on the market for small, inexpensive PC (or laptop) speakers - these speakers should be on your list.
good NAS mobo

Pros: -reliable -fully supported by freenas -worked out of the box
Cons: none so far
Overall Review: Got it for freenas, together with -KVR16LE11/8KF 1 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L ECC CL11 DIMM 1.35V w/TS Server Kingston F Memory selection is CRITICAL - you can't go wrong if you go with official compatibility list. Anything else and you are risking shipping charges. Works stable, onboard remote access works fine - browser selection is critical here. No complains, works stable, high uptime. running it with 4 WD REDs in RAIDZ1. Mobo controls 2 PWM fans nicely. Definitely reccomend, wish it was cheaper.
works with E3C226D2I

Pros: reasonable priced ECC memory for FreeNas mini-ITX ZFS E3C226D2I-based build. Not much else to say. Timings are not perfect but can't complain for price.
Cons: none, other than rather plain-looking.
Overall Review: There are very similar models, and they might work - but check HCL first. I initially ordered similar one - had to send it back, board didn't post.