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Przemyslaw M.

Przemyslaw M.

Joined on 05/08/06

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Most Favorable Review

Great enclosure for the price

Rosewill RSV-S5 - 5-Bay 2.5" & 3.5" Hot-Swap Storage Encl. System - RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 10 / 5 + Spare / Spanning / JBOD - 120mm Fan, Port Multiplier, Tray Design - Controller Card Bundle
Rosewill RSV-S5 - 5-Bay 2.5" & 3.5" Hot-Swap Storage Encl. System - RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 10 / 5 + Spare / Spanning / JBOD - 120mm Fan, Port Multiplier, Tray Design - Controller Card Bundle

Pros: Solid construction for the price, well ventilated, powerful PSU.

Cons: 1. Included SIL3132 card is extremely slow with all-bay RAID-5 (file copy to RAID @ 14MB/s) 2. Included software for SIL3132 has no option for power savings (no drive spin down) and provides extremely primitive interface and functions. 3. Enclosure interior gets dusty right away.

Overall Review: 4 stars because all the problems can be worked around: 1. Replace SIL3132 card with HighPoint RR 622 ($30-$50) that would resolve throughput problems, provide power saving and advanced features including notification of events by email. 2. Cut out a square of paper towel that fits at interior of the front door and just place it there with use of a little square of double stick tape at each corner, then close the door. The cheap and simple solution serves well as a filter of incoming air and catches most of dust before it reaches interior of the enclosure. The piece of paper towel should be replacing once in a while.

Most Critical Review

Do not buy unless you are a PC scientist.

Foxconn AHD1S-K AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core) AMD Hudson D1 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo
Foxconn AHD1S-K AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core) AMD Hudson D1 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo

Pros: No specific pros. Average board as many others.

Cons: Fanless design make this board usable only to PC scientists who can quickly find the blue screens and freezing are caused by overheating chips exceeding temperatures of 85 degees Celsius. Mini ITX cases usually do not have enough space near the motherboard radiator for a large fan to fit, therefore rendering this board extremely annoying and essentially useless.

Overall Review: If you really need to buy this particular board for any reason, then make sure the PC case has great air circulation. Otherwise buy anything else based on same E-350 APU that has a small cooler attached to it.

Great drive

Hitachi GST Deskstar HD32000 IDK/7K (0S00164) 2TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail
Hitachi GST Deskstar HD32000 IDK/7K (0S00164) 2TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail

Pros: Quiet operation, high performance, great value.

Cons: none so far.

Overall Review: After reading the reviews on newegg I should expect the drive to be working as loud as a grinder and as slow as my old 5GB Quantum Fireball. These reviews are aparently from users who received DOA but are still using the drives instead of RMA them (due to their poor tech knowledge I guess). This drive is as quiet as WD Green and even faster than one. Full surface scan returned no errors after 6.5h of testing.

Good value

Sceptre 40" 1080p LCD HDTV
Sceptre 40" 1080p LCD HDTV

Pros: Nice design. Great picture quality. A lot of video ports. Stunning 1080p picture & video quality while connected to the desktop PC through VGA. Really inexpensive.

Cons: One dead pixel on arrival. Cheap remote. Even while using high-end programmable remote the remote needs to aim directly to the left side of the TV to respond.

Overall Review: Sound isn't great but isn't terrible neither. Reading the reviews I expected the speakers to be a bit better than the ones installed in cellphones. In fact they are not that bad. Since after I adjusted bass and treble the sound is more than acceptable.