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Brian B.

Brian B.

Joined on 12/02/03

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Most Favorable Review

Fantastic Upgrade

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card 100406NT+8GOCL
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card 100406NT+8GOCL

Pros: - Quiet - Fast - Cool - Excellent 1080p game play

Cons: - Doesn't make my breakfast?

Overall Review: So I almost didn't buy this because the reviews said it was a loud card. I have not heard it once so I don't I guess my case is "loud". The card heats up to about 75C while playing doom which will have the fans spinning at around 50% according to trixx. I literally cannot distinguish the Nitro fan noise from my case fans which was definitely not the case with my old HD7850. That card is LOUD.

Most Critical Review
SYBA SY-DVID-MM30 Black Male to Male DVI to DVI Cable
SYBA SY-DVID-MM30 Black Male to Male DVI to DVI Cable

Pros: Long, Reached my monitor across the room.

Cons: Works intermittently. Most of the time I just get green streaks across my screen.

Overall Review: If you have a monitor less than 1440x990 then you should be fine as the green lines I experienced were only at resolutions higher than that.

Great value NAS drive

Seagate IronWolf 2TB NAS Hard Drive 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s CMR 3.5" Internal HDD for RAID Network Attached Storage ST2000VN004
Seagate IronWolf 2TB NAS Hard Drive 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s CMR 3.5" Internal HDD for RAID Network Attached Storage ST2000VN004

Pros: *knock on wood* so far I have not had an Ironwolf drive fail in my NAS. Not even so much as 1 reallocated sector from the smart data.

Cons: They aren't cheaper?

Overall Review: I have not done any actual performance tests, but these keep up reading/writing with the limits of my gigabit network.

Quick and painless install

SATA Card 4 Port with 4 SATA Cables, 6 Gbps SATA 3.0 Controller PCIE Expression Card with Low Profile Bracket Support 4 SATA 3.0 Devices
SATA Card 4 Port with 4 SATA Cables, 6 Gbps SATA 3.0 Controller PCIE Expression Card with Low Profile Bracket Support 4 SATA 3.0 Devices

Pros: Absolutely no drivers/configuration was needed. This is literally plug and play (at least in Ubuntu Server 20.04).

Cons: I really wish this had a led header for hard drive activity. Not enough of a detriment to doc an egg, but it would be a nice to have.

Overall Review: Anyone needing more sata ports, or wanting to upgrade from their motherboards sata II connectors, you can't get much of a better deal than this card.

awesome router

SUPERMICRO SYS-5015A-H 1U Intel Atom 330 Dual-Core 1.6GHz Dual Gigabit LAN Server Barebone
SUPERMICRO SYS-5015A-H 1U Intel Atom 330 Dual-Core 1.6GHz Dual Gigabit LAN Server Barebone

Pros: slim, quiet, and perfect for a router. can boot from a usb drive and run without a hard drive installed.

Cons: The one internal fan had a bearing go bad after about a year, but I can't really complain about that, the replacement was cheap

Overall Review: I've had this thing running pfsense 24/7 for more than 2 years now and aside from the fan going bad, it's been rock solid.

Great heatsink

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151

Pros: Keeps my cpu temps about 10C below the stock AMD heatsink. It's also very quiet.

Cons: tricky install, but that's with most, if not, all aftermarket heatsinks

Overall Review: After trying out the stock amd heatsink on my 6350, I couldn't stand the incredibly loud fan so I needed to upgrade without breaking the bank.