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Dan C.

Dan C.

Joined on 01/29/06

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Most Favorable Review

Oops, support is there in US

areca ARC-1210 PCI-Express x8 SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card
areca ARC-1210 PCI-Express x8 SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card

Pros: Best raid card in market

Cons: hard to find support channel

Overall Review: US support at Tekram USA, Inc. tel 1-714-961-0800 support@tekram.com / rma@tekram.com http://www.tekram.com

Most Critical Review

Zalman should stop selling this coolant

ZALMAN G200 Corrosion-preventive Coolant
ZALMAN G200 Corrosion-preventive Coolant

Pros: Looks fine and cheap as it is concentrated

Cons: This coolant leaves blue particles all over your loop and strain the tubes and water block like no tomorrow. This coolant gives Zalman WC system a bad name.

Overall Review: I was using this coolant on Zalman LQ1000. I had to change the water every 2 month because of clogging. I still have two 500ml bottles which I haven't even opened. I am currently using distilled water with other anti-corrosion addtives. After 6 months my water flow's going strong.

Looks fancy but not stable enough

ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula AMD X570 AM4 ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, Dual M.2, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 2, 5Gbps LAN, Wi-Fi 6
ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula AMD X570 AM4 ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, Dual M.2, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 2, 5Gbps LAN, Wi-Fi 6

Pros: - High quality components used - Latest motherboard for Ryzen gen3 5095X - Abundant features

Cons: - Cannot control RGB LED light. You cannot turn off the LED when PC's in sleep state. - Unstable ethernet connection (both 1gb/5gb) disconnects sporadically - BSOD with some of device drivers.

Overall Review: I really hope ASUS can fix these bugs rather quickly.

nice little card

HT  OMEGA FENIX 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card
HT OMEGA FENIX 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card

Pros: very compact and well constructed. solid performance. I only use S/PDIF connection to route the sonic signal to my external DAC and it does the job vey well. very stable so far. replaceable op-amps option is pretty nice also. good customer service.

Cons: it came with the buggy software which broke my Windows DRM but the HT Omega was very supportive in fixing the software issue. They provided the new software in a week to resolve my issue.

11/30/2014

allows xmp value but...

G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C15Q-32GRK
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C15Q-32GRK

Pros: stable at low dram frequency with lower spd

Cons: after hours of testing I discovered this ram provides you ddr4 3000 at xmp setting but would not allow you to overclock your cpu. just a little bump in cpu clock, it won't boot. I am running i7-5060x and couldn't go 4.ghz with xmp setting.

Overall Review: I am currently running 4.4ghz @2666 (13-13-13-30) with 1.28v. This got me thinking why would I pay more more money for ddr4 2666 also at higher voltage 1.2 vs 1.28 (it wouldn't boot below 1.28v). Just a bump in SPD but is it worth it?

Not ready for Wondows 8 yet

NETGEAR A6200-100NAS AC1200 WiFi USB Adapter IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 300 Mbps / 867 Mbps Wireless Data Rates
NETGEAR A6200-100NAS AC1200 WiFi USB Adapter IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 300 Mbps / 867 Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: Looks alright.

Cons: It only gives 175 Mbps connection. What happen to 1.2 Gbps Netgear was boasting about. There is still no official Windows 8 software provided by Netgear. Just the beta driver which is quite buggy, drops the connection occasionally.