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Michael B.

Michael B.

Joined on 11/06/01

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Most Favorable Review

Works just fine

StarTech.com USB3SEXT5DSK Blue Desktop SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Extension Cable - A to A M/F
StarTech.com USB3SEXT5DSK Blue Desktop SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Extension Cable - A to A M/F

Pros: Seems to work just fine. Was a bit worried reading reviews as I'm more worried about a 128gb usb3 patriot drive that the usb feels like it's going to fall off of working in here with complaints of the socket being "tight". No such issue, slides right in easily, and just works. Base is weighted too to hold it in place. Great!

Cons: none so far

Most Critical Review

Nice system, dead after year 4 months.

Shuttle XPC Slim XH110G Intel Socket LGA1151 Intel H110 Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System
Shuttle XPC Slim XH110G Intel Socket LGA1151 Intel H110 Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System

Pros: I use these for network testing with 10-100gb ethernet, worked great when it worked. I had two of them built identically I used as a pair.

Cons: Both psu's were dead next time I went to use them after a year and 4 months, and trying to find replacements for random chinese psu's/connectors. No idea why both would die at the same time other than their psu's were connected even while powered off. Bad chinese parts? Both are dead however, thanks Shuttle.

Overall Review: Very minimal use at a given time. Hoping just the PSU's at least, not sure yet, but overall seems like a bad product you should not expect to live long.

Bad production or shipping, not sure which

Geekworm Aluminum Alloy Shell For Raspberry Pi 2 Model B & Raspberry Pi B+ Black
Geekworm Aluminum Alloy Shell For Raspberry Pi 2 Model B & Raspberry Pi B+ Black

Pros: Nice aluminum, like the color

Cons: Showed up bent/distorted. Ordered 2, one was fine, the other was a bit bent out of shape. Seems could have been shipping (bad packing), or just deformed during construction. I just sort of bent it back into shape, good enough, but typical chinese (lack of) quality.

First died less than 6mo

Samsung 16GB EVO microSDHC UHS-I/U1 Class 10 Memory Card with Adapter, Speed Up to 48MB/s (MB-MP16DA/AM) [Old Speed]
Samsung 16GB EVO microSDHC UHS-I/U1 Class 10 Memory Card with Adapter, Speed Up to 48MB/s (MB-MP16DA/AM) [Old Speed]

Pros: Worked well, when it worked. 1 out of 3 now dead, lets see when the rest go.

Cons: It's dead, Jim. Waiting for the others to die.

Overall Review: Why can you simply not buy anything, and expect it to last more than 6 months to a year now? Even willing to spend more, one still cannot buy something not inherently broken and flawed. At least it didn't explode like their battery/phones.

Great for me under linux

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition, 08G-P4-5173-KR, 8GB GDDR5, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition, 08G-P4-5173-KR, 8GB GDDR5, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)

Pros: I use linux only, so compatibility is always a challenge. I came from using amd cards with 6 ports, mostly because they were the only option to do that, do an nviida upon upgrading from 6x 1080p displays to 3x 4k tv's. This so far work well, outside of weird kde bugs still hating multi-monitor. Using in cinnamon now, much happier with stability in video, and the nvidia card has so far handled everything I could have wanted as a mega-res desktop running compositing just fine at 11520x2160 res. So far nvidia hasn't been as frustrating for support as amd binary drivers were under ubuntu, now using arch linux, right now at 4.10.3 kernel and nvidia 378.13-2.

Cons: Binary drivers still only for the 10xx series cards. I was grateful amd oss drivers matured that I didn't need the infernal amd binary blobs as they were quite problematic, sad I couldn't *just* use nouveau so far. OSS amd and mesa drivers worked great really, even gaming at 4k on my tv's, so open-source support is possible, nvidia shouldn't fear it so, and in-fact, embrace it as their support mechanism.

Overall Review: I'm using my 1070 card with 3x Club3d 4k DP1.2 to HDMI adapters, and outside of KDE, it's proven pretty solid. I can't so far blame the hardware or drivers, adapters, or like, just KDE's terrible multi-monitor support (still).

Worked fine for anything under 2tb, over, not so much

Thermaltake BlacX Duet (ST0014U) ABS Plastic 2.5" & 3.5" Black SATA I/II/III USB 2.0 & eSATA Dual Hard Drives Docking Station
Thermaltake BlacX Duet (ST0014U) ABS Plastic 2.5" & 3.5" Black SATA I/II/III USB 2.0 & eSATA Dual Hard Drives Docking Station

Pros: Always worked as intended until I got a 4tb drive.

Cons: Does not work with 4k drives over 2tb it seems. Need to buy another that does now.