Joined on 01/15/05
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Pros: These drives are fast! When tested the read-speeds were around the 500-550MB/s range.
Cons: Non so far.
Overall Review: Keep in mind that this is the thin 7mm model, and the standard 2.5" drive is 9.5mm thick. Mushkin has not let me down yet! I maintain three rigs that are over 1.5 years old, each was built with two Mushkin SSDs in RAID-0 and have had no problems yet.
When they work they work...
Pros: This is a very fast and powerful consumer/home router. And when it worked it gave great performance, having a supped up NAS on hand I was able to peak my LAN loads to the 1Gbps limits on several machines.
Cons: I have had this thing for almost a year (probably on-line and operational for about 310-320 days), and it has failed. The LAN and WLAN network portion of this router is still functional, but it does not seem to recognized or communicate with anything that is plugged into the “internet” port. Over the course of the year that I have owned this I have had lots of lockups and internet connection drops with this router, most of which were easily fixed by restarting or cold-starting the router. I have tired several firmware updates, however none seemed to fix the problems of dropping the internet connection. I have given Netgear a good try over the past three years, and have gone through three different routers (all three were different models), each router only lasted about a year before failing. I am not all impressed over their reliability or quality.
Overall Review: I think some of the problems could be related to heat. I had installed a 40mm fan inside the router (when I noticed it was getting rather warm) to draw air onto the CPU and that seemed to slow down the frequency of internet connection drops from 1-3 times a day to 3-5 times a week. Drops seemed to be inconsistent with internet/local network traffic loads.
Nice 4K monitors
Pros: Very sharp and crisp! Games look beautiful on them, so does 4K video. Fast response times. I have three of them and I cannot find any dead pixels on a single one. Again I would like to stress that I cannot find any dead pixels, the resolution is so small that even if a few pixels die you are not going to notice them on these monitors.
Cons: While trying to use 1:1 resolution on the desktop and other software the resolution on these screens are small! If you increase your scale by 150% or 200% under your display option this is not a beg deal, but if your looking at getting a 4K monitor to increase your desktop real estate you will want to look into getting at least a 32" 4K screen, you will not be squinting and leaning in to the monitor(s).
Overall Review: If you plan on using this as a 4K workspace monitor for desktop applications, your best bet is to get a bigger sized screen at least a 32. If you want sharp crisp game graphics in 4K resolution this is your monitor! I use my monitors for both desktop applications and gaming, so I needed to make compromises somewhere between gaming, a ridiculously long wall of monitors, and usable desktop real estate.
Fast drive.
Pros: Exceptionally fast read speeds!
Cons: For smaller writes 1GB or less, the transfer seems almost instantaneous. But when you start going with bigger transfers, speeds will slow down to around 50 to 60 MB/s for the remaining of the transfer.
Overall Review: I do think in today's world the write speed of this drive is a bit lacking. But otherwise it seems to do it's job of being durable on my keychain and storing data.
A cheap price for a budget case!
Pros: It is a computer case that is cheap, looks good, and works!
Cons: My only complaint is the plastic feet, they have no ability to grip a flat surface. With that said one could easily run down to their local hardware store and grab some rubber feat to install onto the case.
Overall Review: I bought this for recycling some old PC parts into a media center. So there was not much demand for fancy options on the case.
A good case for the price
Pros: It has plenty of space all around! Be it HDD bays, room for a massive CPU heat sink, or a monster video card. It has a nice gap for cable spacing between the back panel. It is very well cooled with fans, with plenty of ventilation and expansion for more fans if needed. The preinstalled fans are ARGB, and seem to operate rather smoothly and quietly. The hot-swap dock is always a nice option.
Cons: The case is a bit light and flimsy feeling. I wish they chose to go with a thicker gauge sheet-metal to make the case with. But I (nor my nephew) have broke it yet. The stock feet on the tower are made of plastic, so it has no ability to grip the surface it is on.
Overall Review: I chose and bought this case for my nephew's first Full-ATX tower build. In the end I think it got the job done well! It was cheap, looks nice, has a nice introductory to the world of RGB lighting, and has plenty of space for future add-ons. It is a good case for someone who needs a cheaper solution for a full-ATX tower, while keeping things looking nice.