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Pros

Price is a little steeper than the generics, but if you're modding an og xbox this is a no brainer as it works perfectly. Worked perfectly to adapt a 2tb hdd from sata to ide for my xbox hd+ install. Used it on an og xbox and a win98 build, and works ... Read More

The cable selector works flawlessly. The jumper selector is easy to read. The packaging is more assuring than some competitiors.

Couldn't be happier. Highly recommend adapter, excellent company, and fantastic seller.

Great product. Works perfectly as expected. Works perfectly. Thank you and thank you.

Cons

Just one boot only though unfortunately. Swapped this unit w/ another one from a different company using a different chipset (with far more components on the board than this one. Didn't work with my 1.

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Quality

This is *the* best quality adapter you can buy.

I’m impressed with the quality of the device and i have no problem with it

They have poor soldering and doesn’t work.

This is specifically only to make sata devices work with ide motherboards, and it says as much in the top of the description, b... Read More

Price

1 from a thrift store for just $5, i fully restored it and once it was up and running i focused on tsop flashing it, so i could... Read More

I was trying to be cheap and keep the original cable - bad idea.

Competitiveness

Bought this to mod my original xbox and it works perfectly as opposed to some of the cheaper adapters.

0processor: intel pentium iii clocked at 650 mhz (originally i wanted to either go with a pentium 3 clocked at 550 mhz in order... Read More

I bought two different cheaper adapters before finally getting the startech.

I don't know why i wasted my time with the other brands on amazon.

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This product had a total of 1,596 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 10 2024.