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Donald M.

Donald M.

Joined on 11/22/05

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Most Favorable Review

WOW!

Link Depot LD-SCREWSKIT Screw Kit
Link Depot LD-SCREWSKIT Screw Kit

Pros: Hard to find screws and standoffs!

Cons: They don't brew coffee.

Overall Review: They will not walk your dog.

Most Critical Review

Bought 4 - 1 failed on first day

WD Red Plus 4TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s, CMR, 64MB Cache, 3.5 Inch - WD40EFRX
WD Red Plus 4TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s, CMR, 64MB Cache, 3.5 Inch - WD40EFRX

Pros: Big

Cons: Failure rate is not acceptable. Loaded in a RAID 10 and one of four disks immediate showed a failure

Overall Review: Not sure if this Red line is all that it is cracked up to be.

Nice for getting power to fans

APEVIA CVT48 9.5 in. 4 Pin P4 /12V  to 8 Pin P8 /12V Power Supply Converter Cable Female to Male
APEVIA CVT48 9.5 in. 4 Pin P4 /12V to 8 Pin P8 /12V Power Supply Converter Cable Female to Male

Pros: Gets power to fans used for a project.

Cons: Does not make coffee.

So very silent!

GELID Solutions FN-SX08-16 80mm Case cooler
GELID Solutions FN-SX08-16 80mm Case cooler

Pros: No sound -- you really have to look to make sure the fan is moving! Great fan for the price.

Cons: Does not make coffee.

Overall Review: Gelid has a great fan. Looking forward to trying out their other models.

Rocks in Proliant dl380 g2

SUPERMICRO AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X133MHz SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card
SUPERMICRO AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X133MHz SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card

Pros: Had quite a time finding a SATA card for the old Proliant dl380 g2. Went through three cards before I saw this. Plugged it into Slot 3 and now use the old machine as a backup server. Search for "esata bracket 8 port" and you might like what you see to make this a clean install for external drives.

Cons: Does not make coffee.

Not so Micro of a Box

Rosewill R101-P-BK 120mm Fan MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Rosewill R101-P-BK 120mm Fan MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Price -- bought four of these for office workstations one sale for $20 with free shipping. Great value, easy to acccess, large fan.

Cons: This is materially larger than serveral of the MicroATX boxes we have built in the past. While it does accept MicroATX boards, it does NOT accept MicroATX PSUs such as the Athena Power 400W (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817338008). As others have noted it DOES accept ATX PSUs.

Overall Review: Shame on Rosewill for making a MicroATX box that won't accept a MicroATX PSU.

12/19/2009