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Ryan P.

Ryan P.

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Most Favorable Review

Good Storage Solution

Hitachi GST Deskstar 0S03230 3TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Hitachi GST Deskstar 0S03230 3TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Excellent read speed, good write speed for a 5400 rpm drive. All four drives that I purchased are running fine with no problems.

Cons: Formatting the drives (use GPT to get more than 2TB).

Overall Review: I'm running my four 0S03230 drives in a NORCO 4 bay hot swap module through an LSI controller as a RAID 5 data array for my WHS 2011 and all is well. Remember to format GPT :)

Most Critical Review

Fast while it lasts

OCZ Vertex 2 2.5" 240GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-2VTXE240G
OCZ Vertex 2 2.5" 240GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-2VTXE240G

Pros: Extremely fast. My PC boots in 2 seconds after the BIOS POST finishes.

Cons: Failed today after about 3 weeks of use. Drive doesn't show in POST on any computer (tried 3) using a P45, SI, or JMicron controllers. BIOS takes an extra 10 - 15 seconds to start with the drive plugged in.

Overall Review: Guess what's getting RMAd...I hope to change to a different controller for my next drive.

A very good video card

ZOTAC SOLID CORE GeForce RTX 5080 16GB 256-Bit GDDR7 PCI-Express 5.0 DLSS 4.0 Graphics Card ZT-B50800D2-10P
ZOTAC SOLID CORE GeForce RTX 5080 16GB 256-Bit GDDR7 PCI-Express 5.0 DLSS 4.0 Graphics Card ZT-B50800D2-10P

Pros: The performance in modern video games is excellent given the RTX 5080 GPU and the 16 GB of memory. The included power adapter to go from 3 x 8-pin PSU connectors to a single 16-pin one was a big factor for me.

Cons: The fan speed is all over the place. It reacts quickly if the temperature rises or falls, but this is also why I recommend using a fan profile manager to make it less distracting.

Overall Review: A great product that has a minor issue that's typical for many video cards with the fan noise constantly varying. The fact that this card only takes 2.5 slots and doesn't stick out that far above the top of the card slot brackets is also nice. Of course that means it generally won't run at as fast a speed as bigger cards.

10/27/2025

Great router that could use a newer model!

SYNOLOGY RT2600ac Wi-Fi AC 2600 Gigabit Router
SYNOLOGY RT2600ac Wi-Fi AC 2600 Gigabit Router

Pros: Good throughput and wifi coverage. Excellent ability to customize features with downloadable modules. Uptime and reliability is excellent.

Cons: This model came out years ago and my current Gigabit internet floors its ethernet port. In the future I'll likely have to replace it as it doesn't support 2.5 or 5 Gb connections on the WAN port. The wifi on this unit is 802.11ac or Wifi 5, and not the latest 802.11ax or Wifi 6.

Overall Review: This is my third router in a year since my previous one, a TP-Link Archer A6, started cooking itself when running several computers in a work from home environment over Gigabit internet. After that started rebooting every few hours, I upgraded to a Netgear Nighthawk AX6000 which was very fast but had its wifi restart periodically if the room temperature got over about 75F. So I switched over to this router and it handles the 3 work from home PCs, 4 smart phones, and 5 Fire TVs just fine.

Not bad, but not good.

ASUS Z170-WS LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Z170-WS LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: 2 M.2 slots PLX PCIE Bridge so that you can run anything that you plug in Many USB ports XMP memory profiles work correctly Uses Intel NICs for both ports

Cons: Reports incorrect CPU temperature until the CPU is under load (for me it shows 2C below room temperature on my i7 6700k) The fan settings can not be adjusted very far (I never want to run my 90 CFM CPU fan at 100%) Crashes when any overclocking is attempted using either the auto tuning tool or manual settings (at least for me) Does not get BIOS updates. ASUS AI Suite 3 - The fan speed app minimizes to a large icon with a strange shape above the notification area

Overall Review: I would not recommend this board over another PLX equipped one.

Good cooler, bad clip design

ARCTIC Alpine 64 Plus CPU Cooler - AMD, Supports Multiple Sockets, 92mm PWM Fan at 23dBA
ARCTIC Alpine 64 Plus CPU Cooler - AMD, Supports Multiple Sockets, 92mm PWM Fan at 23dBA

Pros: Cools much better than the stock AMD heatsink/fan for my A6 CPU.

Cons: The clip that attaches the heatsink to the CPU bracket is attached to the single piece fan molding, so that fan cannot be replaced unless you fabricate your own replacement bracket (most people can't).

Overall Review: The fan is very quiet and does push a lot of air, but it looks like you'll have to throw away the entire heatsink when the fan goes bad.

10/18/2012
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Excellent experience with no trouble.

I got my order quickly with no trouble. I would use them again.

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