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Romas R.

Romas R.

Joined on 03/16/05

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Most Favorable Review

Secure & Easy

Kingston DataTraveler Vault - Privacy Edition 8GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) 256bit AES Encryption DTVP/8GB
Kingston DataTraveler Vault - Privacy Edition 8GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) 256bit AES Encryption DTVP/8GB

Pros: If you want everything AES encrypted on your USB drive, this one is for you. Easy to use - everything loads directly from USB drive (i.e. no CD).

Cons: Read speed is fast. Write speed a little disappointing. For 201 MB consisting of 477 files in 39 folders: Reads took 10 sec = 20 MB/sec. Writes took 70 sec = 2.8 MB/sec. For my old 512 Mbyte Corsair USB this took 10 sec read and 35 sec write (so writes about 2X Kingston DTV = 5.6 MB/sec)

Overall Review: Nice waterproof aluminum case with cap that clips on the end. Approved by my company's IT for proprietary info. I like everything about this USB drive, except the write speed - if only it was closer to the 10 MB/sec advertised. Perhaps with larger files it would be faster.

Most Critical Review

8Gbyte but slow

CORSAIR Flash Voyager 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive CMFUSB2.0-8GB
CORSAIR Flash Voyager 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive CMFUSB2.0-8GB

Pros: Has 8 Gbytes and is cheap - with free shipping.

Cons: Very slow. I read Newegg reviews that it's only 7 Mbyte/sec write. I have an old 512 Mbyte Corsair stick that's about 6-7 MB/s so I figured that's fine (sure there are drives that hit 10-15 Mbyte/s write). WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT! Trying to back up a 200 Mbyte directory with 486 files takes only 30 sec on the old 512 Mbyte drive, BUT IT TAKES NEARLY 2 MINUTES ON THIS 8 GB DRIVE. So we are talking of a write speed of about 100 sec for 200MB or ** 2 MB/sec **. Suprisingly the read speed is lightning fast to restore the same 200MB back to the hard drive takes only 5 sec! or 40MB/sec read. Luckily I found a friend who bought it from me for $10. Now I need to get the rebate.

Overall Review: Rubber case makes a good lint collector :-) Try it and see. :-)

Fast, quiet, & cheap in a single slot

EVGA GeForce 9800 GT 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P3-N981-TR
EVGA GeForce 9800 GT 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P3-N981-TR

Pros: Price vs. performance. It's shorter than the GTX200 series cards, but still a relatively long card as some have pointed out. Go to EVGA's web site for full specs. Because of the RAID disks in my system, the long GTX series won't fit (sigh), but this one does.

Cons: NONE. Yes it has a fan. Unless your system is fanless, you won't notice any fan noise from this card. Besides, don't most gamers use headphones anyways?

Overall Review: My wife liked the cool EVGA stylized "E" logos in the sheet metal and told me this was the one she wanted to get me. Nothing says "I love you" better than getting a new Nvidia graphics card for your birthday! :-)

Fast USB flash - with free lint collector

CORSAIR Flash Voyager 1GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) CMFUSB2.0-1GB
CORSAIR Flash Voyager 1GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) CMFUSB2.0-1GB

Pros: Much faster, up to 4-5X the cheapy USB drives or my older 128 MB version.

Cons: Free lint collector! After reading the reviews, I thought geez how bad could it really be... It gets covered with stuff as fast as a Post-It note does on a dirty floor.

Overall Review: Nice rubber case doesn't get scratched and has cool Corsair ship logo on it.

12/13/2005

Fast USB flash with free lint collector

CORSAIR Flash Voyager 1GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) CMFUSB2.0-1GB
CORSAIR Flash Voyager 1GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) CMFUSB2.0-1GB

Pros: Performance is outstanding. 4-5X of the cheapy USB flash sticks. Comfortable rubber case doesn't get scratched.

Cons: Free lint collector. When I first read the reviews, I thought geez how bad could it really be.

Overall Review: Oh well... At least its fast, reliable, and has the cool Corsair ship logo on it.

12/13/2005