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Bjorn3D has posted a review on the Enermax UC-9FATR2 multi-function bay device



One of Enermax's newest products is a multi-function bay device, the UC-9FATR2, and, fortunately, Maxpoint decided to send one to Bjorn3D for review. The UC-9FATR2 fits in a standard 5.25 inch bay and offers a wide variety of features. One feature that you will not find on many, if any, other similar devices is serial ATA connectors, and this unit has two. Sure, we could debate the usefulness of these connectors, since there are not exactly a lot of external SATA hard drive enclosures yet, but I think this type of forward thinking is good and shows that Enermax is trying to give the consumer a device he or she can use for a long time. Of course, this device offers more than just SATA ports for I/O. It offers two USB 2.0 ports and one IEEE 1394 port. And for people with a lot of portable electronic devices that use flash memory cards, the UC-9FATR2 offers a four-slot memory card reader that covers all the major flash memory types that are available today - Compact Flash I/II, Microdrive, Memory Stick (all variants), Smart Media, MultiMediaCard, and Secure Digital. Just in case that is not enough to pique your interest in this product, the UC-9FATR2 also includes a thermal control module, which consists of two thermal probes, two fan speed controllers, and an LCD to display temperatures from the probes and the current RPM readings from the fans.
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