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Patrick S.

Patrick S.

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Attractive and Very Functional

ASUS VivoBook 15 Thin and Light Laptop, 15.6" Full HD, AMD Quad Core R7-3700U CPU, 8 GB DDR4 RAM, 512 GB SSD, AMD Radeon Vega 10 Graphics, Windows 10 Home, F512DA-NH77, Slate Gray
ASUS VivoBook 15 Thin and Light Laptop, 15.6" Full HD, AMD Quad Core R7-3700U CPU, 8 GB DDR4 RAM, 512 GB SSD, AMD Radeon Vega 10 Graphics, Windows 10 Home, F512DA-NH77, Slate Gray

Pros: he look and feel of this VivoBook is solid and nice looking with the backlit keyboard it is a breeze to work on. Setup was super with not to much bloatware. The screen looks crisp fingerprint login program works well. The PCIE drive is very responsive. Boot time is 8 seconds from cold boot. That is with Virus scanner running but only minimal programs installed. It made 5.1/2 hours on a full charge. The Chiclet Keyboard has full size keys and spacing is good. Mouse pad is very responsive and the right and left click options work really well and are easy to use. The small basil around the screen is very nice for more screen real estate. It has plenty of ports. It has 2X USB 2.0 Not 1 as is stated in the Specs, 1X USB 3.1 Type A, 1X USB 3.1 Type C, 1 HDMI Port and one SD card slot. This is the lightest laptop I have ever owned but still feels solid. Wireless is very solid also. I have not had any drops and speed has been fine. Comes with Win 10 home addition. I was able to upgrade the memory to 16 Gigs of ram without issue. This comes with one free month trial of Microsoft office 360. And McAfee 30-day trial. You also get one free year of Dropbox 25 Gig's.

Cons: Only one memory slot. Specs state only 8 Gigs of ram supported. Con is really not a big thing but thought I would list to bring attention to this. Another con is the slot for adding another drive is blank. No options to plug in a drive. Maybe if you pull the motherboard out and if it has pins for adding power and data plug. But I saw nothing to indicate this.

Overall Review: I would recommend this laptop.

Most Critical Review

Very nice SF850L power supply. But also a little Chinch on the accessories.

CORSAIR SF850L Fully Modular Low-Noise SFX Power Supply - ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 Compliant - Quiet 120mm PWM Fan - 80 PLUS Gold Efficiency - Zero RPM Mode - 105°C-Rated Capacitors
CORSAIR SF850L Fully Modular Low-Noise SFX Power Supply - ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 Compliant - Quiet 120mm PWM Fan - 80 PLUS Gold Efficiency - Zero RPM Mode - 105°C-Rated Capacitors

Pros: Small form factor is good. Comes with back plate to adapt it to the old style cases. Very quite and powerful enough for most setups. I like that it doesn't run continually which is a nice touch. I installed into my secondary tower and I'm glad I did. It wouldn't fit my large tower.

Cons: If you have a large tower with lot's of items installed this probably isn't for you. For the price I would have thought it would have a little more to it. Only one SATA drive cord and no molex plug at all. I know there are adapter plugs but short sighted IMO. No way to plug in my cooling fans with my tower and they sent 4 screws for the adapter plate but that's it. I remember when you would get a sack of screws and many extra cabling. More than you even need.

Overall Review: I would recommend this drive but I would also point out the lack of cabling.

Awesome Drive Very Fast

Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 5000MB/s - CT2000P3PSSD8
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 5000MB/s - CT2000P3PSSD8

Pros: Model: CT2000P3PSSD8 Nice upgrade and awesome speeds. I did a Crystal disk mark run on this drive and on my Intel 1TB 670P series. Some interesting data. I will list the intel on top and the Crucial 2TB CT2000P3PSSD8 on bottom. Intel SAQ8T1 Seq Read 3506.87 Write 2822.28 SEQ1T1 Read 3022.94 Write 2549.92 Q23T1 Read 260.19 Write 140.03 Q1T1 Read 62.23 Write 102.00 Now for the Crucial reading SSAQ8T1 3434.98 Write 3316.56 SAQ1T1 Read 2277.71 Write 2661.51 Q23T1 Read 2108.29 Write 1703.24 Q1T1 Read 49.76 Write 125.48 Pretty interesting numbers. But really at these speeds I can't really tall any difference. Installing Windows 10 from a Flash drive it took 7 minutes from clicking setup to setting up my network. About 9 minutes for all the setup. That's so much better than sitting for an hour or so to install windows. Also Screw is included for installation. Easy installation and easy windows install. Runs games well and temps for me are around 44 Celsius while gaming. Very stable drive.

Cons: I don't see any real cons. It does what it is intended to do and well.

Overall Review: I would recommend this to my friends.

Awesome Speeds For PC build

Corsair MP600 PRO LPX M.2 2280 2TB PCI-Express 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4 3D Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F2000GBMP600PLP, Optimized for PS5
Corsair MP600 PRO LPX M.2 2280 2TB PCI-Express 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4 3D Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F2000GBMP600PLP, Optimized for PS5

Pros: That performance profile coupled with support for hardware encryption and realistic pricing makes the LPX desirable for a much wider range of potential customers. For PS5 owners, the LPX now fits in your console and has more than enough performance to launch games rapidly. For those buyers, it will more than likely come down to the price, as for a 2TB or 4TB capacity drive the LPX is easily more affordable than the Seagate FireCuda 530 with a heatsink. Pros Great performance Works with PS5Awsome Hardware encryption 4TB option

Cons: Needs Gen4 M.2 slot

Overall Review: This is a nice speed boost .

Very easy setup works well

devolo Magic 2 WiFi next Whole Home Wi-Fi Kit
devolo Magic 2 WiFi next Whole Home Wi-Fi Kit

Pros: Install was painless and very easy. This would be a perfect product for someone who doesn't networking. Which is most of us. The directions are very simple and straight forward( mostly see Con's). I have a 2 story house and always had very spotty at best WiFi. After setup I moved one unit into the master bedroom. I moved the second unit upstairs at the top of the stairs. In the office space which is at the other side of the upstairs I get full single. I watched a Pink Floyd U tube video and had no drops or stutters. For those not as familiar with Power Line networking, it's important that none of the adapter units are plugged into a power strip, AVR, or UPS. Unlike wireless mesh networks, that require overlapping wifi ranges these adapters can be spaced farther apart.

Cons: Not really a big deal on the con but still a little lacking info. Instructions tell you before plunging in the wireless unit in copy the Security code but they fail to tell you which unit to get the code from. So of course I picked the wrong one. I had written both cods down so I just used the other one and it connected quickly. Like I said not a huge deal just something to mention

Overall Review: I would recommend this product. It's especially easy for Network Newb's.

Awesome Speeds Easy install

Intel 670p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNU010TZX1
Intel 670p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNU010TZX1

Pros: I installed this in my ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING computer and had no problems with install. One of the most simple things to install in the system. Their was one weird quirk to making initializing the drive though. When I want into Disk Management The drive wouldn't show. I had to go into device manager and under hard drives It was showing there. So I used the properties menu to initialize the drive. Worked like a charm. I don't know if this is a standard way for this drive or if it was just a quirk om my motherboard but thought I would mention it for other first time users of this Tech. Here are my CrystalDiskMark Results. I used A Samsung SSD 860 Evo 500GB. So the results may be a little off because the Samsung drive is the same on my OS in on. Now Im uncertain if this effects the results but thought I should mention that. Samsung Read SSD SEQ Q32TI --- 563.33 Intel Read M2 SSD --- 3520 Samsung Read SSD 4K Q32TI --- 162.5 Intel Read M2 SSD --- 296.5 Samsung Read SSD SEQ --- 540.2 Intel Read M2 SSD --- 3015 Samsung Read SSD 4Kib ---30.89 Intel Read M2 SSD --- 65.64 Samsung Write SSD SEQ Q32TI --- 460.6 Intel Write M2 SSD --- 2531 Samsung Write SSD 4K Q32TI --- 145.4 Intel Write M2 SSD --- 185.7 Samsung Write SSD SEQ --- 338.9 Intel Write M2 SSD --- 2568 Samsung Write SSD 4Kib ---83.61 Intel Write M2 SSD --- 123.8 Having a 5 year warranty is nice. Seeing a price drop lately is a big plus. As for Cons I cant find any. Runs solid and is very fast. Breakdown For Solid performance Large dynamic SLC cache with fast recovery AES 256-bit hardware encryption Software package 5-year warranty Against Slow write speeds after the SLC cache fills Low endurance compared to TLC SSDs

Cons: No cons For this product. Speeds are impressive.

Overall Review: I would recommend this drive to people.

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Great Vacuum Very Powerful

This works very well and is easy to use. Easy to clean out . It has wheel adjustment and the price was great. Cord is a good length and the power button on the top was geed placement. I would recommend this to my friends.

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Great little Keyboard

I really like this keyboard. I'm using it for a media computer. Works well. Connected fast and easy. The only thing I don't like about it is the lack of information in the manual. It would have been nice to have a layout of the keyboard with descriptions. Like the battery lights. Nothing to show which one is low battery ,which one is charge . But other than that great item.

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11/17/2017

Great suction

This is a great vacuum It works well and Picks up lots of dirt. I have a very plush carpet and pad so It would be nice if it had adjustable wheels. But for the price It's not worth taking an point off for. Real lite to carry that a plus.

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10/30/2017