© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-quango Recent reviews written by member quango en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_234072673924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - If you're a power user then a top-end laptop used to mean carrying about heavy, bulky things like paving slabs with battery life to match. Sony's new SZ series makes this a thing of the past with laptops with Core Duo dual-core processors, 1GB RAM as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~234072673924 Thu, 1 Jun 2006 08:32:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_234072673924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218619547268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - I won't add to the other positive reviews of this excellent little multifunction printer, I think they say it all. The only minor negative I could think of was the build quality was just a teensy bit flimsy in places, but for the price it's not a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218619547268 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 05:55:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218619547268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_206195297924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quango - If you need more disks in your server than the two or three you typically get in a 1U server case, then this is the sort of product you'll need. I originally purchased two of these with SATA backplanes in late 2003 for our company to act as disaster... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~206195297924 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:47:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_206195297924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_192536743556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - If you are building a server or workstation and expect to need lots of RAID protected storage, and need to keep the cost down this is the card for you. With 8 sata connectors it can handle 8 drives in raid 0,1,0+1 and 5 configurations. Mine runs two RAID... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~192536743556 Tue, 9 Aug 2005 05:31:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_192536743556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_176267497092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quango - I bought two of these to fit into PC chassis to build workstations with RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 capability. These are solidly built, heavy units with steel casing. The red tab releases the disk but there is no locking device. The unit is 3 x 5.25" bays... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~176267497092 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:33:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_176267497092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_153881382532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - There are two types of SATA disk: Raptor, and everything else. The Raptor is a 10k RPM drive when all other SATA disks are 7.2k RPM, and has slightly higher specs. The 74Gb Raptor also supports advanced SATA functions like command queueing. I put two... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~153881382532 Tue, 31 Aug 2004 06:28:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_153881382532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_153881185924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - When I had to replace my Supermicro SC750a case, I wanted more space for disks (this was a server), more cooling and less noise. I'd already bought a Lian PC70 for my workstation and was seriously impressed with this system - excellent build and very... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~153881185924 Tue, 31 Aug 2004 06:13:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_153881185924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_138793160324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author quango - When building a new system I wanted a keyboard to match and the best I could see was this keyboard with the matching optical wireless mouse. What I didn't notice when chosing this model was the modified keyboard layout: the function keys are grouped... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~138793160324 Tue, 4 May 2004 11:01:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_138793160324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_137295269508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - If you want a dual-Opteron system for a workstation, and you need AGP graphics this is worth looking at. My system has dual Opteron 240s with 2Gb DDR400Mhz memory, and two SATA Raptor 76Gb disks. I chose this board as the MSI offerings seemed to lack a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~137295269508 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:26:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_137295269508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_137293893252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - If you're a power user with a dislike for beige, this may be the case for you. i recently built myself a new dual opteron system, and needed a new case. My main requirement was it had to have a large number of 5.25" bays, as well as be able to handle an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~137293893252 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:10:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_137293893252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_114996973188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quango - Building your own server isn't too hard with this sort of system. The package includes the case, rackmount kit, dual redundant PSU and the motherboard. At the front you've got six swappable SCSI drive bays. We built a new file server using this system... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~114996973188 Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:00:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_114996973188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_114889035396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - Power users often need more than one disk - I know, I've got seven :-). But the average PC case often has only support for two 3.5" devices. So this solution, which can hold five SATA drives in just three 5.25" bays, is a good deal. The unit didn't com... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~114889035396 Wed, 8 Oct 2003 06:18:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_114889035396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_114727292548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - I purchased one of these as I was not able to find a Promise S150-TX4, which offers the same basic specification. Offering 4 SATA channels, it comes with 4 SATA data cables, and can provide you with RAID 0, 1 and 1/0. You can also update the BIOS from the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~114727292548 Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:54:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_114727292548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_113531719300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quango - When I had to build a new work PC I needed something that could handle all the bits I had accumulated, and also ensure that cooling wasn't an issue. The SC750 does this well and has enough space for any real power user. Mine currently hosts a Dual P2 syst... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~113531719300 Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:29:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_113531719300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_113531326084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quango - Bought one of these by mistake - I wanted the S150TX4 which has the RAID1 capability, but got the SATA150 TX4 which is only a straightforward serial ata controller. That said it comes with the Serial ATA data cables in the package and it's low prof... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~113531326084 Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:13:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_113531326084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_112843198084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author quango - After looking at the various products I decided to try the 4Mx for a new disk array on our database server's new SCSI 12-disk array. On fitting the card our server hangs during POST when the card is initialised during BIOS start. Searching the web rev... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~112843198084 Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:13:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_112843198084?linkin_id=8003929