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James c.

James c.

Joined on 02/08/04

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Most Favorable Review

No Frisbees yet, Very fast

Verbatim DVD+R DL 8.5GB 8X with Branded Surface - 20pk Spindle
Verbatim DVD+R DL 8.5GB 8X with Branded Surface - 20pk Spindle

Pros: Like I said No Frisbees and they are the AZO dye ones so for archival of data, they are perfect.

Cons: wish they came in a 50 pack

Most Critical Review

Slowest drive case ever made

StarTech.com Wireless 2.5in External SATA Hard Drive HDD Enclosure w/USB & WiFi AP
StarTech.com Wireless 2.5in External SATA Hard Drive HDD Enclosure w/USB & WiFi AP

Pros: Its wireless

Cons: 1Mbps transfer rate on ethernet, wireless and usb. I don't know the electronics they use, but I think it must be pre 2000 stuff to get these blazing speeds.Note that it is NOT the drive. I get 40-50 Mbps plugging the same drive into my computer

Overall Review: Cannot read drive format with windows or Ubuntu machine. I could accept this case if I could read the format in another machine and transfer my Large files

DOA

Intel BOXDQ45EK LGA 775 Intel Q45 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
Intel BOXDQ45EK LGA 775 Intel Q45 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Got Raiped on the return shipping cost. Not even worth returning when ship.

Cons: DOA, None of my 3 CPU's I tried would post. Even the fans would not turn on. LED's on board were lit up. ALso tried 2 power suplies.

Overall Review: It would be nice if newegg would not sell DOA product. THis is something I would expect from woot.

Junk

PNY Mini Attaché 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model P-FD8GB/MINI-EF
PNY Mini Attaché 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model P-FD8GB/MINI-EF

Pros: None

Cons: works fine on initial plugin. When I actually transfer large files it disconnects and get the error "drive is not available anymore". It does this on 3 machines. trying to get an RMA now since it started failing at 31 days of use.

Overall Review: Love my patriot 32 Gb Xporter. NOW THATS RELIABLE!. 4 GIG files no problem.

12/14/2010

Very Unstable

ASRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Looked good on paper and had a good review at anandtech.

Cons: The review was wrong. It is extremely unstable. It would just reboot on its own. BSOD all the time. I ended up going to a Gigabyte motherboard with a REAL Intel chipset and ALL THE PROBLEMS WHEN AWAY using the exact same hardware and components. STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOARD AND THE NVIDIA CHIPSET.

Overall Review: I am running the 3 GHz dual Xeon. Maybe it just can't handle it. I swapped out memory from a running quad core, new ps, pull all pci cards not needed, still had crashes. could not install vista.