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Robert W.

Robert W.

Joined on 12/19/10

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Most Favorable Review

Does what it's supposed to

Rosewill RC-103 - 4 + 1 USB 2.0 PCI Adapter (Four External + One Internal Ports)
Rosewill RC-103 - 4 + 1 USB 2.0 PCI Adapter (Four External + One Internal Ports)

Pros: I needed a USB2.0 port for an old PC that I was resurrecting. It only had a USB1.0 which took forever to load even a small file from a USB stick. I installed this card, turned the PC on, after XP found it and installed the default Windows drivers, it works great. Two thumbs up.

Cons: None

Most Critical Review

IDE to SATA

SYBA SY-ADA40011 SATA to IDE Adapter, Convert PATA Devices to SATA Port, RoHS.
SYBA SY-ADA40011 SATA to IDE Adapter, Convert PATA Devices to SATA Port, RoHS.

Pros: OK. It's slow though. But at least I have access to the drive on a fully SATA MB!

Cons: Red LED. Really bright. Do they really need an LED? If the adapter works, then it's got power!

Good product except for the driver

UNITEK 3.5" / 2.5" HDD / SSD SATA III Docking Station with 12V/2A Power Adapter - USB 3.0 HDD Docking
UNITEK 3.5" / 2.5" HDD / SSD SATA III Docking Station with 12V/2A Power Adapter - USB 3.0 HDD Docking

Pros: Two thumbs up. It looks to be an execellent product. Great design and build quality. Fast transfer speeds. Good non-stick feet keeps it from sliding too much.. Nice long USB 3 cable unlike others. This was a good buy for what I needed it for.

Cons: I haven't had time to dive into it too deep but when I plugged it into my USB port, W7 didn't have a driver for it. This is fine since it comes with a small CD and I haven't looked for one on their website if they have one. I went to install the driver but I wasn't given a choice to only install the driver. I was only allowed to install the backup software from the CD which seems to include the driver. I'm not interested in this backup software since I use my own. When have a few mins, I'll uninstall the software and see if the driver goes away. They should give me the option in the software setup GUI to just install the driver if I want. Not sure what I'll do if the driver goes away since I refuse to keep software on my machine that I specifically don't want or use. I'm not going to leave their backup software installed just to support the driver.

11/19/2013

OK

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

Pros: Does what I wanted it to do which is add a hole for external speakers without having to unplug my headphones all the time

Cons: Really difficult to install the drivers. Software is really poorly written. Got into a loop trying to install the same driver over and over although it said that it was successful each time. Basically gave up then after I rebooted a couple of times, W7 came up and finally said that the SB Audigy driver installed correctly. Then Audigy wanted to go out and update it. Didn't trust it so I declined.

Cheap

C2G 40405 3.5mm M/F Stereo Audio Extension Cable, Black (1.5 feet, 0.45 Meters)
C2G 40405 3.5mm M/F Stereo Audio Extension Cable, Black (1.5 feet, 0.45 Meters)

Pros: Increases my headphone cable length

Cons: The male plug makes all kind of noise if it's touched when plugged into a brand new Dell laptop headphone hole.

OK

StarTech.com 2 Port PCI Express SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter Model PEXUSB3S2
StarTech.com 2 Port PCI Express SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter Model PEXUSB3S2

Pros: Does what it's supposed to do. Adds USB ports. ASUS USB3.0 speed booster doesn't see if for some reason but transfer speeds are still faster than 2.0. Easy install.

Cons: Non