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Gary V.

Gary V.

Joined on 12/05/04

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Most Favorable Review

Buy these.

MASSCOOL FD08025S1M4 80mm Case Cooling Fan
MASSCOOL FD08025S1M4 80mm Case Cooling Fan

Pros: Like everyone else, buy 10. You wont regret it. Very quiet, great air flow.

Cons: Absolutly none!

Overall Review: I replaced all the fans in my Lian-Li case. Two front, two rear, one top, and I added 3 on the panel. I also have an annoying blue led in my psu exhaust fan. Replaced that with one. No more lighting up my room!

Most Critical Review

Worst experience so far

TOSHIBA PH3200U-1I72 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Desktop Internal Hard Drive Retail Kit
TOSHIBA PH3200U-1I72 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Desktop Internal Hard Drive Retail Kit

Pros: The drive is fast and cheap. The SATA 6Gbps and 7200 rpm work as advertised.

Cons: Their support. I bought 2 of these for a storage RAID and one failed after 10 months. It happens. It's under a 3 year warranty. I'll just RMA it. No big deal. I go to file for a return and they will NOT accept the claim unless I pony up $108.00 more for them to hold while they test the drive. Not to mention I will need to pay for the shipping costs. I ask the support specialist "What if I don't have an extra hundred dollars for you to hold?" She replied with "We cannot accept your return without it". This is absolutely appalling. Also their website has next to zero online support for troubleshooting these drives.

Overall Review: I will NEVER buy anything made by Toshiba again.

11/12/2014

Useless

Patriot SLATE 3.0 32GB USB Flash Drive Model PSF32GLSS3USB
Patriot SLATE 3.0 32GB USB Flash Drive Model PSF32GLSS3USB

Pros: Price. Works as a storage device.

Cons: Just barely faster than any of my USB 2.0 drives. I can live with that. Heres what ruined it for me: I bought 2 of these for Live OS drives. I can install any OS I want on them but booting to them WILL NOT WORK. As soon as the BIOS goes to start, the computer freezes. I have tried all of the 3.0 and 2.0 ports on a Lenovo e420, HP 4440s, Dell D630, and my gaming rig (MSI-Z87-GD65). Not one BIOS will load with this thing plugged in.

Overall Review: It's too cheap to return so I guess I will use them for storage.

Not awful

NETGEAR ReadyNAS 102 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless (RN10200)
NETGEAR ReadyNAS 102 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless (RN10200)

Pros: Hardware: Very solid and well built. It's a little desk tank. Software: Its pretty. Very simple to use. App add-ons available. Performance: Good transfer speeds.

Cons: Hardware: None. Software: While it is easy on the eyes, it lacks a lot of features I would have liked to have. 1. Numbered files are not listed sequentially. 1, 11, 100 instead of 1, 2, 3 etc. Very annoying. 2. Compared to other ReadyNAS units, there are not may apps available. 3. Performance monitor only shows the temperatures of the CPU and HD's and the RPM's of the fan. The fan is not adjustable and NO network or file transfer monitor. There is currently no add-on for this either. 4. Editing file names in the browser is easy but slow. You need to click on each of the files. Doing this in Windows Explorer is much faster but Most of the time, it says the file is in use and you cannot change the name so you are pretty much forced to do it in the browser. 5. Netgear Genie Marketplace does not work at or load at all. I assume because the marketplace has zero compatible apps for this model. Performance: No performance cons. Seems to run very solid.

Overall Review: If you want a budget NAS and don't care to monitor it, this can be a decent unit. Easy setup and it works. All of my complaints are due to personal preference. Seems like the 10200 is the forgotten about stepchild. Maybe I ask too much of a cheaper unit.

10/26/2013

Awful return policy

GEAR HEAD MP2750RED Red USB RF Wireless Optical Mouse
GEAR HEAD MP2750RED Red USB RF Wireless Optical Mouse

Pros: Works like a charm straight out of the box. Extremely comfortable.

Cons: Scroll wheel quit after 6 months. Gearhead will gladly replace IF I pay for return shipping. I am completely appalled that i have to pay out of pocket for something under warranty. Ill never buy a product from Gearhead again.

Plays Videos Poorly

Fantom Drives G-Force 1TB USB 2.0 / eSATA 3.5" External Hard Drive GF1000EU
Fantom Drives G-Force 1TB USB 2.0 / eSATA 3.5" External Hard Drive GF1000EU

Pros: The price for the size is a Huge pro. USB and eSATA both make it easy for any computer.

Cons: As others have said, the light is very bright and will light up a dark room. Not too big of a worry for me. My issue with this is with playback. I store all of my videos on here. When first added, they play fine. After about a month or so, they start to get choppy. The only way I can resolve this is to move them all to another drive, reformat, and put them back. After another month, they play choppy again. I called Fantom, and they suggested I try it on another computer. I did. Choppy. They said that it does not seem like a bad drive and if I send it to them, I would just get it back.

Overall Review: No other thoughts. Just bummed.