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Michael F.

Michael F.

Joined on 02/28/08

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Most Favorable Review
MetroVac MDV-1BAC Data Vac Pro Portable Vacuum Cleaner Black
MetroVac MDV-1BAC Data Vac Pro Portable Vacuum Cleaner Black

Pros: Works well and compact size, made in USA

Cons: gets a little warm after use for few minutes but nothing major

Overall Review: We have one of these at work that has been here since the stone ages and still works very well

Most Critical Review

these drives are flaky!

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Lot's of storage, generally a fast drive, read rates around 90-100 MB/sec.

Cons: Lot's of cons, My boss ordered 2, I ordered one for myself, 2 out of 3 of the drives failed within a couple of months of general use. Seagate has dropped the ball on this one, the drives start making loud clicks and eventually lock up, being a 1.5 TB drive this puts A LOT of data at risk, I would not reccomend this model, I would have to say go with an different drive, despite the firmware issues, as well as problems with other people doing raid arrays.

Almost 9 years and still working fine

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 2GB DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory Model 991599
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 2GB DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory Model 991599

Pros: Although DDR2 is pretty much a thing of the past. This RAM still working in the system I built back in 2008.

Cons: None

Overall Review: While you'll likely not be building a new system with DDR2 but if you've got an older system that you're keeping up and running Mushkin seems to have a pretty good product here. Has outlasted the original motherboard and SSD.

Still works great

Rosewill RC-410X 10/100/1000Mbps 8-Port Desktop Green Power Saving Switch/ Plastic shell 8 x RJ45 8K MAC Address Table 832 Kbits SRAM buffer memory
Rosewill RC-410X 10/100/1000Mbps 8-Port Desktop Green Power Saving Switch/ Plastic shell 8 x RJ45 8K MAC Address Table 832 Kbits SRAM buffer memory

Pros: Bought this in 2009, still working fine and performs great. Definitely a good buy for the price.

Cons: None so far...

Overall Review: This is good for a home/office application where gigabit speeds are required.

59,000 hours

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: These are pretty good drives overall. They function well have have decent performance.

Cons: Many of these drives suffer from high fly writes and not uncommon to see bad sectors. As with all high capacity drives it is wise to monitor SMART status. Does run hot if not well ventilated.

Overall Review: The drive failed after about 7 years (purchased in 2008) with 59,000 hours on the drive. So I can't hardly complain about the drive, the price, performance or reliability. With large drives it is best practice to either do backups or mirror drives.

Cool and Quiet

Cooler Master HAF X nVidia Edition NV-942-KKN1 Green Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master HAF X nVidia Edition NV-942-KKN1 Green Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: Very large case, good cable management and runs quiet. It's green! Great Cooling, very sturdy and I might also add that the paint is done well and will last for years, wont chip off.

Cons: heavy, but that's sort of expected with a large case...and having casters helps with that.