Joined on 01/17/08
Pros: Solid HBA Great Linux Driver Support Proper on-card RAID RAID 1+0 helps me sleep at night
Cons: No RAID5 support (I knew this going in)
Overall Review: Used this to replace a Highpoint card that corrupted a drive on a Centos6 install. Linux drivers are built into all mainline kernels and are rock solid. 3x500Gb WD RE4's in RAID 1+0 gives redundancy and great throughput. Just pair it with a mini-SAS to SATA breakout cable. In short, if you're looking for a non-fakeraid card, to handle smaller arrays (or just to install your OS onto), this card is in a class of it's own.
XBMCbuntu
Pros: Size Noise Power Consumption ION2 GPU
Cons: Wireless HDMI Audio / Linux driver support
Overall Review: I bought this with the sole intention of being an XBMC box. This is what my review will focus on. This replaced an AMD/ATi home built HTPC as it was no longer capable of playing full 1080p content smoothly. This little box has nearly perfect XBMC Live/buntu compatibility. The only shortcomings were the wireless interface and HDMI audio passthrough. With a bit of linux knowhow (or googling) they are both relatively easy to overcome. I personally opted to run a wireless N bridge on DD-WRT to reach my media center (XBOX, HTPC, Receiver all connected). Overall, this thing streams extremely high bitrate 1080p content over my local network without ever blinking. If you're looking for a low-power, low-footprint HTPC solution, you've found it.
Pros: For the price, I'm convinced you will not find a better, or even comparable TV. The image is crisp and has a great set of customisation features for adjusting every aspect of the image. The menu system is well designed and looks surprisingly good. The remote is well laid out, and feels solid.
Cons: Quite a lot of backlight bleed, can be cut down by dropping the brightness. Other than that.....
Overall Review: Only rated 4 eggs due to the backlight bleed, which prevents it from being absolutely perfect. If you're looking for an LCD HDTV that's large, inexpensive and aren't needing to have any of the latest and greatest tech, then your search ends here...
Pros: Pretty much what you'd expect, a SATAII cable, with latches, and a right angled connector on one end. Quality is good, the latch doesn't feel flimsy and it stays in place well.
Cons: None
Pros: Installed on a 945 chipset board, was running 333 @ 5-5-5-15 by default, changed the timings to 4-4-4-10 at 1.9v and I was off and away. Just placed these into my P5K board, managed to get these running at 381Mhz without any problems at 5-5-5-15 timings and 1.9v. They can be pushed further, but my FSB can't take it!
Cons: None.
Overall Review: They look gorgeous, and perform on par or better than any other DDR2 667 kits out there. If you're still on a chipset that can't support higher DDR2 standards, these are a steal!
Pros: Transfer speed. It supports pretty much any Bluetooth protocol you'll need.
Cons: Range is decent, it's really the only set-back to this device, but for the size, what else can you expect? I did knock off an egg for this however.
Overall Review: I'm currently running the Bluesoleil Stack with this device, everything works perfectly. Hooked up my Motorola H11 Headset, could stream audio directly to it, works with VOIP applications and as a gaming mic too! I've also used it to transfer files to and from my phones (Blackberry 8830 & Motorola(s)). Worth adding Bluetooth compatibility to any desktop for this price!