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Douglas L.

Douglas L.

Joined on 04/22/09

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Excellent - Smooth

CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply & New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply & New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

Pros: Smooth power over Intel 2.4 Ghz Quad w/ GA-EP45 Gigabyte running Express Video, 5 drives, scsi, etc. Plenty of connectors. Single rail is great; multiple rails are a bunch of baloney. 5-Year warrnty by Corsair and you get your rebate. You can't get any better......

Cons: none

Awesome for the money

Dell Professional P2714H Black 27" Widescreen LED Backlight LCD IPS Monitor, 1920 x 1080, 1000:1, 300cd/m2, HDMI&D-Sub&DVI&USB, Height, Pivot, Swivel, Tilt
Dell Professional P2714H Black 27" Widescreen LED Backlight LCD IPS Monitor, 1920 x 1080, 1000:1, 300cd/m2, HDMI&D-Sub&DVI&USB, Height, Pivot, Swivel, Tilt

Pros: Who can talk about GLARE when the screen has BUILT IN Anti-Glare. (some people don't get it). Works without a ton of adjustment for VERY NICE color. People talking about HDMI are clueless what this monitor is. DisplayPort is FAR superior (go read up on it). GREAT menu system to boot.

Cons: Really no cons for the price.

Overall Review: Don't listen to "GLARE" review, it obviously belongs to something else.

Nice But Not for Marvell 88SE9172

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: Works fine with my onboard Jmicron chipsets BUT NOT Marvell 88SE9172 (causes bsod).

Cons: Seems to be some issue between chipsets, when the drive is left alone and idle, after about 20 minutes causes my Windows 7 Pro to blue-screen.

Like a Clock

Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model 997018
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model 997018

Pros: Call it 10600 or 10666; regardless it simply does the job. Those who have issues with memory in their motherboards need to consider carefully checking the motherboard specs and "clocking down" (speed kills).

Cons: none

Overall Review: Mushkin tech support is ready, willing and able if you need them.

You can't beat it

Western Digital Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: I use these for Raid 1 - and they work perfectly - I have purchased more than 14 of them over the last 3 years. Excellent Tech support and warranty. I have only had 1 with (minor) issues out of all of them.

Cons: They SHOULD NOT be used for Raid 5. Later drives (mf'd starting approx. early 2010) DO NOT have "time limited error recovery" (tler) (t.l.e.r.) firmware control, which is very necessary for stable Raid 5. (FYI - this is CONFIRMED with Western Digital Tech Support.)

Overall Review: If you want Raid 5 in SATA, you need to go with Western Digital Enterprise Hard Drives. Read their website FAQ's