Highpoint Technologies RocketRAID 2310 Serial ATA Controller

Pros: Affordable, low-profile capable, no problems for me

Cons: Not a performance part, no LED hookups for standard ATX cases

The Bottom Line: Average performance, good compatibility.  Good buy if you're in the market for a cheap(ish) part that doesn't need to perform as well as a hardware RAID.

Review: I purchased this controller card with the intentions of creating a RAID 5 array from four Western Digital WD6400AAKS drives, and wasn't dissapointed.  Right off the bat, it's pretty clear that this controller card isn't one that's going to break any ...

Pros: zero advantages over a $20 PCI adapter.

Cons: Buggy, buggy, buggy. Avoid.

Review: The day I installed the highpoint rocketraid 2310, my windoz xp machine started crashing frequently and numerous programs behaved strangely. Firefox crashes when downloading files and can not be killed except with a reboot. Real Player saturates 1 CPU ...