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Brian B.

Brian B.

Joined on 07/07/10

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Most Favorable Review

Huge Storage!

Seagate Desktop HDD ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Like the title says, huge storage. This would be the last hard drive you would ever need. Super fast transfer speeds, much better than my 7200 Rpm WD with a 16 MB Cache. I transferred a little over 80GB of documents, movies, music and pictures....less than 15 minutes. Crazy! I was able to replace 2 hard drives with this one.

Cons: No Cons, works perfectly.

Overall Review: Only 3725.9GB of storage...but can you really complain? -Make sure you format as a GPT, MBR only goes up to 2TB, and you don't want to waste any of that space.

Most Critical Review

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D-Link Cloud Router (DIR-605L), Wireless N300, mydlink Cloud Services
D-Link Cloud Router (DIR-605L), Wireless N300, mydlink Cloud Services

Pros: Great range, no drop in speeds, lots of different options for security and firewalls.

Cons: Could not get Xbox Live to connect! Severely frustrating! It would connect to the router, and connect to the internet but as soon as it tried XBL...it would fail every time! I tried numerous ways of trying to fix this, opening the specified ports, putting my Xbox in the DMZ, disabling the firewall....Nothing worked, and I have been researching this for 2 days in the D-Link forums, apparently this is also a problem with GameFuel. However, if I took the router out and went straight out of the modem, XBL would connect.

Overall Review: It's a nice router, all 6 of my devices would connect easily and all could run at the same time on the wireless, just could not get Xbox Live working. I went back to my Rosewill RNX-Easy N4, XBL is back online. I think I'm going to try and turn this D-Link into a repeater. Overall it is a great product, if you're not using XBL or GameFuel.

It works

BYTECC Bracket-35225 2.5" HDD/SSD Mounting Kit For 3.5" Drive Bay or Enclosure
BYTECC Bracket-35225 2.5" HDD/SSD Mounting Kit For 3.5" Drive Bay or Enclosure

Pros: Holds two 2.5" SSD/HDD. I didn't even see that at first, so I was pleasantly surprised. Came with two bags of screws, plenty to put in both drives if needed.

Cons: So I have a screwless case (CoolerMaster 430). You would think that the holes would be just the same. Well, it didn't match up, couldn't use the screwless clips to secure this mounting kit. At first, putting the kit in the correct way so the edge of my SSD was right at the end for easy access of the cables, my front fan was in the way. So I had to flip my SSD around, now the cables connect a little further in. No, the holes still didn't match up. Luckily I had a bunch of other screws from a previous build and mounted this kit in with screws. Doesn't match the rest, but I'm just happy my SSD has somewhere to sit.

Overall Review: I probably could drill the holes out just a fraction of an inch, and it might work with the screwless design of my case. Too lazy.

Great!

Rosewill RC-103 - 4 + 1 USB 2.0 PCI Adapter (Four External + One Internal Ports)
Rosewill RC-103 - 4 + 1 USB 2.0 PCI Adapter (Four External + One Internal Ports)

Pros: I never thought I would need more USB ports, but I started plugging in all kinds of stuff, so I needed this card.

Cons: There is a USB slot for inside your case, I plugged in a thumb drive because I didn't want it just hanging out the back....well after 2 days, it quit reading the thumb drive. I removed it, plugged back in....nothing. So I put it in the back and it's worked fine ever since.

Overall Review: I guess I'll plug in a USB light or something for the inside, just to use it.

11/13/2013

Not that great

SteelSeries 69001 3G Game Controller
SteelSeries 69001 3G Game Controller

Pros: USB plug and play, and it works in my Toshiba Thrive tablet too. Now I can play my emulators on my computer.

Cons: So I try my N64 emulator, configure the controller.....the D-pad and the left stick are the same buttons. I think to myself "Duh, I should press the Mode button to turn it to analog!" Well the Mode button just disables the D-pad. Now you're probably thinking I'm just dumb and don't know what I'm doing.....well the right stick, guess what it controls? Buttons 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the right side! If that isn't the 2nd worst idea ever, I don't know what would top it. This thing has a rumble function? Could have fooled me!

Overall Review: I'm just going to get an Xbox 360 wired controller.....anybody who wants this controller can have mine.

11/13/2013

It has a green light!

Vantec NexStar TX 2.5" SATA to USB 2.0 External Hard Drive / SSD Enclosure - Model NST-210S2-BK
Vantec NexStar TX 2.5" SATA to USB 2.0 External Hard Drive / SSD Enclosure - Model NST-210S2-BK

Pros: 2.5" HDD fits well, used a piece of the box to keep the drive from rattling, has a little green light to let you know it has power. Came with a little screwdriver so you can put the screws in.

Cons: Doesn't work! I've tried with 1 USB and Both, HDD just makes a very faint click every second. Tried rebooting, didn't work. Did some research, apparently this happens with some of them. Screws are super tiny, don't lose them!

Overall Review: Looks like I'll be returning this one. My Apricorn ASW-USB-25 adapter works perfectly fine for this HDD, I just wanted some sort of enclosure to protect it.