Adaptec Fibre Channel cable - 10 m

Advantages: Quick Installation, Colour co-oridinated, Fast Speeds
Disadvantages: Price Varied

...in a range of lengths, according to your requirements and colours, i.e. red, blue, black, green and yellow. For example at PC World you will be able to purchase the following FastCAT5e cables from Belkin · 25ft (7.6M) £14.99 · 14ft (4.2M) £11.99 · 3ft (0.9M) £8.99 However if you are looking to use a CAT5e cable of longer length or for external requirements I recommend you contact a dedicated cable supplier, such as Universal Networks to ensure the suitability and safety of your product. *Conclusion* For a home user the Belkin FastCAT5e fulfils all the necessary requirements. Data, voice and video are flawlessly transmitted at high speeds, and the installation process is generally very easy. The network cable is ideal for file sharing and for broadband sharing, whilst maintaining speed and reliability, and the product... Read review

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Advantages: Specification/features, Quality, Performance, Best DAE.
Disadvantages: SCSI interface still more expensive than IDE.

...with so many IDE devices and since I only had another CD writer and scanner on my SCSI bus, it seemed natural to go with SCSI. For those that don't know, IDE transfers data in serial mode (taking turns), while SCSI does it in parallel. Also, SCSI is supposed to be more reliable than IDE, but whether it really makes a difference, I don't know. Enough babbling now and onto the review of the Plextor... ---- I purchased my Plextor 12/10/32S from http://www.dabs.com as it was the cheapest I could find at £189. Dabs also sell the 16/10/40A for £138. These are prices for retail products and not OEM. The contents of the box include: - WinOnCD (Packet CD, backup) - Adaptec DirectCD v3.01e (Packet CD) - PlexTools (CD-audio extraction) - 1 10x CD-RW media - 1 12x CD-R media - Internal CD-audio cable - Jumpers and emergency eject pin... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, tiny, attractive, cool, compatible, compliant
Disadvantages: Not enough ports (but then it is a 5 port), a little more expensive than similar units by others

...I’ve been scratching my head for hours, wondering what anyone can say about a piece of equipment that simply works, and I have to admit I’m still scratching. Hey – watchit! I can’t think of anything I have ever owned that is more reliable. It does exactly what it is supposed to, which is to act as a conduit through which a collection of computer network enabled devices will work. The Linksys Etherfast 5 Port Switch has 5 x 10 or 100mbps autosensing RJ45 ports for use in a Category 3 or 5 cabled environment, utilising 10BaseT, or 100BaseTX switched half and/or full duplex, technology in a star network topology. The bus topology, which utilises BNC connectors, is not directly supported. (Note: Cat3 cabling = 10BaseT only.) So if used correctly it is as fast as the technology allows. I cannot think of a single reason why... Read review

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