Joined on 12/06/10
Excellent Value
Pros: Cool and quiet operation, excellent performance, price is a fraction of a comparable Core i7, includes built in graphics for motherboards that require it.
Cons: Lower end of the Xeon family, uses more power than the Core i processors, but still significantly less than an AMD chip.
Overall Review: I bought this for use in a Hyper-V / NAS box I built for my home lab setup. It's running 4 VM's on the host OS and CPU utilization stays nice and low. This is the first Intel processor I've used in any of my builds, but definitely not the last. The CPU fan is virtually silent and the temps (as reported by HWMonitor) are staying around 27 degrees C, even with all of my VM's running. This makes it ideal for use in a smaller case, and the low power draw means I don't feel wasteful leaving it running 24/7. One thing to note when looking at Xeon processors, the models ending in "5" and "6" (as far as I can tell) are the processors that have a built-in GPU. My mini-ITX board requires the CPU to have integrated graphics in order to use the on-board video ports, and since I'm using this as a server, I wasn't planning on installing a graphics card. If your motherboard does not require a CPU that has built-in graphics support or you are planning on installing a video card, you can probably save yourself some money by going for a Xeon with a model number ending in "0" or "1".
Dead after 1 year
Pros: - It worked out of the box for a year. Pretty quick.
Cons: - System was faulting frequently, failed MemTest86 (tons of errors), working fine now with replacement RAM.
Overall Review: I typically hope to get more than a year out of something like RAM, which is usually just get and forget.
Works!
Pros: - Good bang for your buck, when I purchased this was the lowest price for 16GB of DDR4. - Looks good with my red motherboard. - Head spreaders aren't enormous and bulky and didn't get into the way of my CPU fan / heatsink in my mini-ITX build.
Cons: - It's red, so it might not match your other components if you care about that kind of thing.
Overall Review: No issues with this memory in my B150 Intel LGA 1151 board.
Affordable and speedy upgrade
Pros: - Cheap way to increase performance on an aging machine - Not a weird off-brand that I've never heard of
Cons: - Only 120GB.
Overall Review: This was a great deal. I used it along with a memory upgrade to breathe new life into an aging desktop with an AMD Athlon X2 3-core CPU. Windows 10 boots in seconds instead of minutes. Overall system performance is so much better than before, as to be expected when coming from a spinning disk. It gives me slightly more peace of mind when buying a brand like Kingston since (I assume) they are a more established storage manufacturer with an equally established customer support service, but I've had zero problems with this drive over the few months it's been in use.
Great value
Pros: - Low price for 32GB of DDR4 goodness - Looks really sleek on my black and white MSI motherboard and with my black and white NZXT power supply - Works!
Cons: None
Overall Review: Upgraded the motherboard in one of my home server lab ESXi hosts for the sole purpose of having the ability to use more RAM. It's crazy that a mini-ITX board with 2 memory slots can support 32GB of memory - wow! These modules have the added benefit of looking really cool in my case. I'm very satisfied given the price, so far they have been working perfectly.
Speedy and reliable
Pros: - Noticeable speed increase (subjectively, see below) from the OCZ Vertex 3 it replaced - Great price per GB, at least at the time when I purchased it - Going on 6 months with no issues
Cons: - None!
Overall Review: I had a 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 in my primary desktop for years, but over time, I was running out of space and running out of programs I was willing to uninstall. I had heard mixed reviews about OCZ in the past, but since they are now Toshiba drives, I was a little less hesitant (although, I never had a single issue with my Vertex 3, which is now living out the rest of it's life in an Acer netbook). After installing this Trion, I noticed my boot time was almost halved, however, I did a clean install of Windows and re-installed my applications, so it could have just been the fresh start that made my whole system snappier.
Would give it 0 eggs if possible
The seller didn't mark the item as shipped until about a week after my order, then the tracking info provided was for a different address / state (as many people have already noted). They never answered any of my emails regarding the mix up, thankfully Newegg issued a refund because I never did receive the item. Seem like they are listing items that they do not actually have in stock. Definitely will not do business with them again.