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Christopher S.

Christopher S.

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Most Favorable Review

Simple and Reliable

Cisco Small Business 100 Series SG100D-05-NA Unmanaged 5-Port Desktop Gigabit Switch
Cisco Small Business 100 Series SG100D-05-NA Unmanaged 5-Port Desktop Gigabit Switch

Pros: A simple and small desktop switch with true 1GBE throughput. Being physically small it's easy to place anywhere and no fan means it's quiet.

Cons: A little more expensive than the competition, but I figure you get what you pay for. I bought this to replace a competitor's switch that failed after a little over a year.

Most Critical Review

Absolute Total Junk!

Linksys WUMC710 Wi-Fi Wireless AC1300 5GHz Universal Media Connector Bridge Adapter 802.11ac with 4-Port Switch
Linksys WUMC710 Wi-Fi Wireless AC1300 5GHz Universal Media Connector Bridge Adapter 802.11ac with 4-Port Switch

Pros: 5GHz, 802.11ac, low price

Cons: Do NOT buy this product. The only reason I gave it one star is that I couldn't give it zero. Like many others, I had a complete failure to get ANY connection. I have a Cisco WAP371 Access Point (same brand!!) and couldn't even get the media connector to detect the SSID in a site survey. It occasionally detected my neighbor's, but even that was hit or miss. I know the WAP works because I have three other 5 GHz 802.11ac devices attached. This is a very poorly designed product and (IMHO) Cisco/Linksys needs to toss and replace. After 45 minutes on the phone with tech support, they said it was defective and to get a replacement. I acquired one locally just to see if it was worth my time to return; the second unit had the exact the same result. Now both are going back for a refund. Save yourself the grief and get the D-Link version. It costs more, but it actually works.

Overall Review: I read this same warning on other reviews but was lulled by the hope that I have a Cisco setup at home and was reasonably certain it would work. I also noted the Cisco/Linksys responses to bad reviews and remained hopeful. Don't fall into this trap. This device has MANY such reviews across the web for very good reason. The tech team that put this on the market needs to go to unemployment line.

Total Failure

Team Group MP34Q M.2 2280 2TB PCIe 3.0 x4 with NVMe 1.3 3D QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) TM8FPJ2000G0C101
Team Group MP34Q M.2 2280 2TB PCIe 3.0 x4 with NVMe 1.3 3D QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) TM8FPJ2000G0C101

Pros: - Pretty fast drive for games etc... - Compatible format

Cons: - Failed then started working again - Eventually failed completely -

Overall Review: - A no-name SSD that has no-name quality (extremely poor). The SSD would intermittently stop working, then after re-seating it would work again... for a while. It eventually failed totally after only 4 months of use

DO NOT GET Ivy Bridge!!

Intel S1200BTS Micro ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1155 Intel C202 DDR3 1333/1066
Intel S1200BTS Micro ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1155 Intel C202 DDR3 1333/1066

Pros: Easy to install and well laid out.

Cons: Ivy Bridge CPU's are only supported on version 352 or later. Newegg CON NOT guarentee a particular version. They were gracious enough to understand and allow me to RMW w/o the 15%. Get the standard Sandy Bridge to be sure it will work.

Overall Review: Why Intel didn't just make a new part number to keep this from happening is misitfying. It's bad enough when CPU type needs a BIOS update befor eit works.

Overheat

HIS Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card H677FN1GD
HIS Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card H677FN1GD

Pros: The cards are pretty fast. If I have a slow game performance, the bottleneck is elsewhere.

Cons: The design is poor. The cards sit squarely against anything next to them so they frequently overheat and shut the PC down in mid-game. The plastic bezel is an affectation that exacerbates the problem tenfold. That cards don't come with the CrossFire cable eventhough it says such on the box. Sometime the computer boots without a display. The cards seem to not detect which port the monitor is plugged into.

Overall Review: Get a different brand. The chipset is great, but this particular card is to be avoided.

Keep looking

RAZER RZ03-00260100-R3U1 Arctosa Keyboard
RAZER RZ03-00260100-R3U1 Arctosa Keyboard

Pros: 1. Sleek design and great appearance.

Cons: 1. The customization app is near useless. 2. The key touch and operation is very soft. Since the keys are so short, the keytroke is hard to control and accidental keystrokes are common if you have fat fingers. 3. QA is non-existant. The "Delete" key was dead after only a month and support was almost as vacant as QA.

Overall Review: The Logitech Gaming keyboards are much better. The extra keys and quality make them tops. Razer should stick to mice. My Deathadder mouse is great, but the keyboard stinks. I wasted $50 and had to buy another.

12/15/2010