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PAUL W.

PAUL W.

Joined on 09/20/02

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Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Tomshardware charts has this listed as the 2nd fastest consumer HDD ,only beaten by WD's 1TB Velocoraptor 10k rpm drive. This costs 33% of what u would pay for a raptor. I have this paired with a cache drive from OCZ, & only my sata11 southbridge (AMD 790) is holding this combo back.

Cons: NONE.

Overall Review: WEI only tests the transfer speeds of a system drive- mine was 5.9 even with the cache drive installed. I OCed my ram( Gskill Ares) from 1333mhz- 1600mhz WEI went up to 6.3. Without the cache drive this wouldn't happen. If anyone knows why feel free to comment.

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Good enclosure, no U.S. plug

OWC Mercury Pro External USB 3.0 Enclosure for 5.25" Blu-ray, DVD, and CD Reader/Writers Model OWCMR3UKIT
OWC Mercury Pro External USB 3.0 Enclosure for 5.25" Blu-ray, DVD, and CD Reader/Writers Model OWCMR3UKIT

Pros: Good solid enclosure. Perfect fit. cabled just right.

Cons: Power supply didn't have an adapter for the U.S. Had to buy a separate power block.

Overall Review: Would not recommend for U.S. customers.

L5 LITE 3D 240GB

Team Group L5 3D 2.5" 240GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253TD240G3C101
Team Group L5 3D 2.5" 240GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253TD240G3C101

Pros: Bougy 2 this week, both seem to be working fine. They took the place of spinners so it was an upgrade with both.

Cons: Windows 10 reports they can't be optimized using Windows built in SSD optimizer. I search Team Groups' website for a firmware update looking for a fix. There was none. Maybe in the near future. I hope this isn't an indication something may be wrong with both of them.

Overall Review: I will try a tool called Trimcheck later to see if trim is enabled.

2 still good

TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: I have been using 2 of these drives since May 2013 as media storage drives in windows media center for whole house steaming. They are still running great while not being in a RAID array.

Cons: ALL 7200 rpm drives HAVE TO BE ACTIVELY COOLED! If not, don't expect them to last very long.

Overall Review: When I first bought these, I got a Rosewill Blackhawk case with them because it came with 2 front fans preinstalled cooling fans for the HDD cages. It's been great ever since.

Defective BIOS chip?

MSI Gaming 970 Gaming AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 and SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI Gaming 970 Gaming AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 and SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: When working, all is well, I'm happy.

Cons: When I first got the board, the killer nic was switching on & off, never stable, so, I flashed the bios. The board came with the latest Bios. After that it was okay for about a month & a half. Then, the pc would start slowing down & the usb3 controller started dropping out. Reflashed the bios, The PC was back at speed, but, the usb3 was gone.

Overall Review: Either the bios chip or it is a poorly written bios. The current file is 7693vM2. I've tried it in Windows 7 32b, win 10 tp 32b, &,win 10 64b.The most problems show up in the 32 bit windows installs.

Nice case, BUT-

Rosewill Gaming Computer Case - ATX Mid Tower - Top HDD Dock, Side Window Panel, 5 Preinstalled Fans - BLACKHAWK
Rosewill Gaming Computer Case - ATX Mid Tower - Top HDD Dock, Side Window Panel, 5 Preinstalled Fans - BLACKHAWK

Pros: Good looking, plenty of room, comes with 5 installed quiet fans. Has very good cable management and not too many ODD slots.

Cons: Out of the 5 installed fans, only 1 came with a motherboard header. All the rest are molex connectors.

Overall Review: The fan connectors were the only fault I found with this case. It's a great case otherwise.

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