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Title: Good Idea, TERRIBLE Product
Review: First and foremost, the read/write speed on this unit was slower than my USB2 card readers. I tested it against multiple controllers, motherboards, HD targets, etc... but came up slower than USB2 every time.Next, it did not offer hot swap capability. You either have to reboot on a card change or go into the device manager and scan for hardware changes. Switching the SATA controller within the BIOS from IDE to ACHI did improve the stability of hot swap a bit, but still not flawless hot swap as a USB reader offers.Finally, the build quality of this isn't great. You have to be delicate inserting cards and it's a push button eject instead of a tension push/pull...and the push button eject didn't feel all that great, so doubt its durability.Sticking with USB2 for now until another vendor offers a SATA card reader or USB3 versions come out.
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