Joined on 06/18/02
Best Case To Date

Comments: I bought this case the day that it arrived at Newegg in Oct. that is<font>-</font><font>-</font>- Case is absolutely awesome with it being feather-lite. Looks great inside and out, great attention to detail with HD rails and excellent overall case cooling. Case is suprising really quiet with a 3500+ and four HD's including a 10K Raptor. I would recommend to anyone!
Worked for 2 Weeks

Pros: Worked for two weeks....
Cons: The drive offered great performance for two weeks with Vista 64 bit, but suddenly went "missing" in the BIOS. It would show up after a couple reboots but size reported 8GB, sounds like the firmware is hosed. I have another HD501LJ still cruising after 6 months though... Makes me worry about that one also.....
Overall Review: This will be the last Samsung drive that I will purchase. Every 5th review here states a failure. 20% DOA rate is a bit much.
2nd board was working!

Pros: First board was DOA. Two weeks turnaround for a replacement. Fired right up this time! Plenty of features on this board. Q6600 G0, 2GB corsair dominator 8500, 8800GT.
Cons: I would avoid 680i, wait until 780i arrives. Way to many DOA boards. Look at all the reviews half of the people report DOA boards, this is extemely high. Only getting 2 eggs because this one wasn't DOA, it really sucks having $1500 worth of parts sitting around waiting 2 weeks on a RMA....
Overall Review: Not sure if it is just a Vista 64 issue or the Mobo, but the OS installation freezes at times with a floppy drive installed (Didn't need 1 anyway). You actually have to disable the floppy in the BIOS to avoid issues. Once unplugged it installs in 20 minutes.
Great design Quad Core Cool!

Pros: This heatsink/fan is huge! With fan speed set at half RPM my Q6600 G0 stays at 59 F at room temp! My, max temp at full load is around 71 F. These numbers are almost hard to believe but true! FSB is also overclocked 10%. Fits just fine in Asus P5N32-E 680i, tt Shark Case. This is just a smart design, the fan is blowing directly into 120mm case exhaust fan, why didn't they do this 5 years ago? Thermaltake is the best when it comes to cooling!
Cons: I little hard to "snap" securely on the MOBO. The fan speed adjustment cable could be a bit longer.
Overall Review: I have been a tt fan ever since I bought my old Thermaltake Dragon ORB 3 in '01....
Difference between E7K100 & 7K100

Pros: Difference between E7K100 & 7K100. The E series is designed to be used in blade servers. The difference is the lack of power saving features. (just diff. firmware). This drive will work just fine in a laptop it will use a small amount more battery life.
Cons: They should state the differnce in E series......
Avoid! DOA... Avoid.... DOA....

Pros: Board works for some.....
Cons: Arrived DOA. Fans working, no system beeps, green power light ON, No video, cleared CMOS no help. Buyer beware! Stay away from this board! I just RMA'd mine which costs 9 dollars to ship back and another 1.5 weeks of down time......
Overall Review: I should have listened to all the other people claiming high failure rates..... ASUS usually = Quaility products well not this one. AVOID!