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yan v.

yan v.

Joined on 03/16/05

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Most Favorable Review

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VIVO Black Dual LCD Monitor Desk Mount Stand, Heavy Duty Fully Adjustable, Fits 2 Screens up to 30" (STAND-V002)
VIVO Black Dual LCD Monitor Desk Mount Stand, Heavy Duty Fully Adjustable, Fits 2 Screens up to 30" (STAND-V002)

Pros: *Very Sturdy *Steel construction *Feels Solid *Relatively easy to install *Great price

Cons: I'm a type of guy that hates asking others for help when it comes to assembling things or DYI stuff. I will go to great lengths to avoid asking someone for help. But in this case, you really need someone to hold the stand while you screw in the monitor, or wise versa. There's just no avoiding it. There are reasons people have families.. or friends.. Living alone, or always doing things alone tends to backfire sooner or later, and it hits you right where it hurts the most.. Like trying to mount a monitor..

Overall Review: I got this for eighty bucks, and I feel like I got the best deal! I looked at other similar stands and they cost much more! I am amazed I got such a great stand for so cheap. And the best thing is that it looks and performs exactly as advertised. That's not a very common thing. Also, this stand feels like you can trust it with your huge, heavy, expensive monitor. You know it's not going to fall.

Most Critical Review

Falsely Advertized

D-Link Whole Home Router 1000 (DIR-645) Wireless N300, SmartBeam Coverage, Gigabit, USB SharePort
D-Link Whole Home Router 1000 (DIR-645) Wireless N300, SmartBeam Coverage, Gigabit, USB SharePort

Pros: It works It is small Installation is easy It looks interesting

Cons: Coverage is poor Signal is weak Product is falsely advertized to be able to cover the whole home. I live in a two bedroom apartment, and this router cant even cover all rooms. All my walls are made from Sheetrock and should be easy to pass through. It did not improve coverage at all over the stock router that came from my ISP, and speeds only improved by a tiny margin over stock ISP router even though the stock router is 150Mbps and this one is 300Mbps. Overall I am very disappointed with performance. Smart beam is a gimmick. It does absolutely nothing to improve coverage/range.

Overall Review: This router works ok, and performs on-par or worse with any other cheap router, it does not offer any advantages over it's competitors and has poor signal strength, poor coverage/range. I bought it specifically because it was advertized as having very good range and signal strength, but it doesn't.

Excellent for the price

Antec Performance Series P7 Window Green, Mid Tower Computer Case, 2 x USB 3.0, Side Window Panel, Support up to 6 Drive Bays, Relocatable/removable 3.5" HDD cage
Antec Performance Series P7 Window Green, Mid Tower Computer Case, 2 x USB 3.0, Side Window Panel, Support up to 6 Drive Bays, Relocatable/removable 3.5" HDD cage

Pros: -CHEAP -Enough space for a large closed-loop water cooler

Cons: -Newegg charges NY TAX now. Completely kills the deals Newegg has. Might as well order someplace else because of the TAX. -Pretty cramped case inside -Barely enough room for cable management

Overall Review: Overall, very usable and aesthetically pleasing. I would recommend this case if you are trying to save money.

Motherboard does not detect it.

Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 3D2, QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNW010T8X1
Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 3D2, QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNW010T8X1

Pros: -Cheap -Fast when no more than 50% full

Cons: -Motherboard doesn't detect it, so it cannot be used as a boot drive -useless as a boot drive -low quality -poor performance overall compared to other SSD in it's class

Overall Review: It's only good when used as an extra storage. Don't expect to use it as a boot drive. I threw all my games on it, and they do load much faster. It slows down to a crawl when full, but still at least as fast as a SATA drive, so if you consider the price it's still an ok deal as game/application STORAGE ONLY.

Horrible.

Memorex USB 2.0 External Multi Format Slim DVD Recorder Model 98251
Memorex USB 2.0 External Multi Format Slim DVD Recorder Model 98251

Pros: -Worked first few times

Cons: - Stopped working only after about 10-15 times of use -Feels very cheap and flimsy -Poorly made -Low quality, poor reliability

Overall Review: I strongly recommend to stay away from Memorex brand for DVD drives and will do so myself in the future. There is a reason this model is discontinued and out of stock.

Very disappointing

XPG SX8200 PCIe NVMe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 240GB SSD (ASX8200NP-240GT-C) w/ Black XPG Heatsink
XPG SX8200 PCIe NVMe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 240GB SSD (ASX8200NP-240GT-C) w/ Black XPG Heatsink

Pros: -It works, sort of. -Price was good -Windows does see the drive and it can be used as extra storage, but not the boot drive. See below.

Cons: -BIOS doesn't detect it at all. Says slot is empty. -If I try cloning my main disk to this one and boot from it, Windows wont boot from this drive. -Speeds are abysmal. I am only getting 1000/800 vs advertised speeds.

Overall Review: -I checked all the pre-requisites. -Trim enabled, disk is not full, BIOS updated, all mobo drivers installed and updated. -Asus X470 HERO Pro, Ryzen X1700, 16GB RAM