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Brian P.

Brian P.

Joined on 05/23/03

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Most Favorable Review

Great Drive

Seagate Constellation ES ST500NM0011 500GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Constellation ES ST500NM0011 500GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: I know the drive is built for reliability. Been 5 months of 24/7 operation and not a single issue.

Cons: Got some noise to it. But its not that bad. I like it. I know its writing/reading when I hear it.

Overall Review: Got one of these when they were on sale for $99. What a deal at the time.

12/30/2012
Most Critical Review

Good-bye Soyo forever.

SOYO SY-CK8 DRAGON PLUS 754 NVIDIA nForce3 150 ATX AMD Motherboard
SOYO SY-CK8 DRAGON PLUS 754 NVIDIA nForce3 150 ATX AMD Motherboard

Comments: NewEgg is #1 in service. This board has NO raid software. I call it "false advertisement." It won't post from power on. I have to power on and then hit reset switch to post. :( The floppy Drive controller does NOT work. And after I got Windows loaded and all the drivers. The IDE autodetect went out. I could manualy run IDE. I put a extra HD to check the auto and it would NOT auto detect. BIG shame on SOYO for saying raid with NO raid software, anywere.

Amazing

SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PD128BW
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PD128BW

Pros: Super fast write speeds and will do UN-compressed data super fast. Unlike most other brands. Disk crystals has very highest scores on this drive out of all my SSDs. If you do video camming like I do. This drive is the only logical choice in this price range.

Cons: Didn't come with a bracket. But its ok when its this fast.

Overall Review: Did I say this drive does un-compressed data super fast.

Good stuff

Thermaltake BlacX ST0005U External Hard Drive SATA Enclosure Docking Station 2.5" & 3.5" USB 2.0 & eSATA
Thermaltake BlacX ST0005U External Hard Drive SATA Enclosure Docking Station 2.5" & 3.5" USB 2.0 & eSATA

Pros: Reliable and very easy to swap. Esata rocks. The USB 2.0 is very reliable. No heat issues what so ever. USB 2.0 backup that took 20-25min, only took 3min on and Esata.

Cons: Only USB 2.0, not really a issue if your only using esata. Oh, and can't run the usb 2.0 and esata at same time. Haha, That would be too cool.

Overall Review: I have had a number of USB 1.0-2.0 external HD and HD in-closers over the years. Had problems with USB hanging up on them. This product is rock solid on the USB 2.0. On XP and Win7.

12/26/2012

Between XP and Win7

Intel BOXDH61CRB3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel BOXDH61CRB3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Still has serial headers and XP can run on it fine. Very FAST boot and great Cmos settings. I really like it.

Cons: To run i5 chips, needs bios upgrade past 0038. You must use a i3 chip to flash bios. All 4 boards came from newegg with 0038. Out of 4 boards 1 died. after 2 mounths, to the point it would not even post and another had the NIC go out on it.

11/28/2012

Very well made CAT-6

Rosewill RCW-553 - 7-Foot Cat 6 Network Cable - Blue
Rosewill RCW-553 - 7-Foot Cat 6 Network Cable - Blue

Pros: Very well made CAT-6 cable. 4STAR only because the dark blue is not as readable as the yellow.

Cons: The dark blue is not as readable as say the yellow to know in the future that its a CAT-6 cable.

11/28/2012