Kingwin KF-4000-BK?

[heffe2001]

Is anybody out there using one of these?  I got mine in yesterday, and so far the only complaint I have are the 'special' cables needed to make the LED's work (plugs into a standard 4 plug power, and goes out as a SATA power & a small connector that plugs into the backplane for power & activity).  My supply only has a limited amount of 4 pin power, so I've ordered a few Sata power to 4 pin molex cables for the other connectors, it's just going to make tidying up the cables a bit more of a chore (I definitely need to do that, my case is a MESS inside).

 

Now I just need to get my Adaptec car installed and see if it speeds up the access over the Rosewill PCIE sata board I'm using for 2 drives now...

 

 

[c234rmf]

I have a Kingwin KF-3000-BK that is a 3 in 2.  It works well and I had no trouble installing it.

(Well other than the tabs on my drave bays being a little tight - and I mean a little.  Just had to make sure I was pressing stright and it went in fine.)

FWIW the bay occupies the top 2 5&1/4" slots at the top of this case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156180

 

I plan on buying a KF-4000-BK when I get the chance.

The only problem I have is one drive the drive light does not work "properly"  the light stays on all the time and flickers dark when it is accessed.

My guess is its the drives fault but I havent cared enough to look into it.

 

I am fairly picky about my gear and I have been doing computer stuff for a very long time (since before the 8085 fwiw).

I give it a recomended buy.

 

/c234rmf

4 bay

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817990004

3 bay

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817990003

 

 

 

[heffe2001]

I definitely like the mechanism and how the drives go in, just wish they went a different way of hooking up the cables.  Right now I only have power to 2 bays since I only had one 4 pin molex splitter at the house.  Hopefully the sata to female molex cables I ordered won't take terribly long to come in (I am thinking of rearranging my drive positions and putting my 640s in the cage and connected to the adaptec).  Also rethinking my choice of cases I am currently using (antec 300) so I can go with 3 of these stackers..  (Or get an antec 1200 and get 4 ).