Volume and Power Saving: How to write here some review this when you activate the power-saving function and then the disk boot again quite noisy. In fact, as I notice a clunk quite clear. Only, I have the plate installed in addition to a 160-SSD from Intel, C: \ Usera using Windows relocated there and the location of the Windows Media Center also publishes then, according to Win 8 Task Manager access now also several Windows services on to shut down the built-in feature for the plate is therefore almost never active, for me at least not.
Long-term stability: When she goes faulty I will report myself here again, wass I should now say?
Packaging: She was in a small and tailor-made small cardboard, I guess original WD packaging. In addition, in a larger box with filling material, so no problems.
Windows 8 64bit installation: Well on a new board with UEFI lot of fun if you want the board not partitioning or you the Partionierungsvorschläge of Win 8 installer seem strange, please ensure that you have a second PC with Internet access, or you print you previously Everything from what you find on GPT so. Eventually, Microsoft will be composed with the board manufacturers, some are likely to fail.
Installation and cooling: The disk is very cool when Speedfan indicating 20 degrees for the board, is displayed for the drive so 22-23. But I have unfortunately a small problem with my PC case the Fortress FT-03 from Silverstone. One side is above frame and rubber buffer (No, they are not the plate at) with the screwed part of the housing. The other side bears directly on a housing wall, then what would be the only cooling of the plate. "Would" because the cover of the disc but is very "rugged", the plate is as only on a few points ever plan on. I bought it here on Amazon 2mm heating pads.
Conclusion: For me a good board that I would most likely buy me back. As I said, I can not say anything about the long-term stability. From my 4 stars.
(I do generally difficult to forgive me 5 stars with normal products on Amazon. The 5 star I skip the normal way for "better than well" on.
EDIT 1: If someone a Fortress FT-03 have or similar housing where the hard drive rests directly on a housing wall, and find the idea with the thermal pad good, damage it does though, the temperature stayed with me the same, but also benefit somehow not, you can hear this "rumble" occasionally still, so it seems to have nothing to do with the lack of decoupling, but the noise coming from the disk itself.
