Joined on 02/15/04
Overall a good case
Pros: Very clean lines, looks elegant. Most of the cabling went well.
Cons: OK, I had to move the fans to the side from the front, they were useless there. Can I get some of what the designers were on when they made some of these decisions? The hard disk cage is part of the case, it would be better if it were removable. The 4 egg rating is because of one fatal flaw. The SATA connectors on my Gigabyte ATX motherboard were behind the drive cage, completely unusable. So I shifted another board to this case where that wasn't a problem. More work, but I do that a lot anyway.
Overall Review: It would be perfect for any microatx board, due to the SATA block. Just pay attention to what part of your ATX mobo would be blocked, then it's fine. The appearance reminds me a tuxedo, sort of, don't ask me why. Well worth the price, it's quite sturdy.
It's OK
Pros: Easy install, reads and writes
Cons: This my third unit, the previous 2 still work fine, and in point of fact they work better than this one. It's marked as "Green" as in environmentally friendly. What does that even mean here? Its read speed is half of what the older ones do.
Overall Review: It's fine if you don't need read speed.
Very well made
Pros: It cools better than most of my other units. The colored lights are a nice touch. The install was easy once I figured out that I needed to hook one side and press the other side down. Totally silent operation.
Cons: Not really a con if you pay attention to the specs. It is HUGE, but still fit in a mATX case with a width of 6-7\8". Just measure carefully. The only con I can come up with is that removing it is a lot harder than the install.
Overall Review: I would absolutely recommend this cooler, and if you can snag one on sale like I did, don't pass it up.
Did not perform as promised
Pros: It is recognized by my computer. The sale price was good.
Cons: Slowest write speed ever! As a test I transferred the same files to a Sandisk 2.0 Cruzer drive. 12 GB total, and the Sandisk was 40% faster. Testing against a Sandisk 3.1 Ultra was 80% faster.
Overall Review: I was fooled by an earlier review that lauded the performance of this drive. Buy it if want to, I'll never touch another Teamgroup USB drive.
Works great
Pros: Does what it should
Cons: Doesn't carry audio over (because DVI doesn't).
Overall Review: This allows me to connect multiple PCs to one hdmi monitor using a source switch.
Destroyed my mobo
Pros: Shipping was fast
Cons: See title. This was my second unit, the first was DOA. I should have stopped with that one, at least it didn't burn out my mobo.
Overall Review: Would I recommend this piece of drek? Only to an enemy. Nah, I wouldn't even do that.
RELIABLE
I would order from them again. As far as the drive enclosure goes, it works fine, but could use a longer cable.
Always reliable
Excellent vendor, products are top-quality.
Good service and shipping, fine product
Can't beat it for a Win 11 computer. I added a 500GB hard drive for storage, and have a 1 TB in case. Fast bootup, no problems so far.