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Christopher H.

Christopher H.

Joined on 09/29/08

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Gigabit and POE

NETGEAR 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Pro Switch, PoE/PoE+, 192w, 4 SFP, ProSAFE Lifetime Protection (GS728TP)
NETGEAR 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Pro Switch, PoE/PoE+, 192w, 4 SFP, ProSAFE Lifetime Protection (GS728TP)

Pros: Fast, and POE. Awesome arrangement of lights, easily tell what ports are live, and what ports are pushing faster speeds.

Cons: All the ports are shoved to the right side. the switch it replaced was on the left side, had to finagle some some cords to make the short ones reach. None really, I'm going to buy 2 more for backups at different locations they're so good!

Overall Review: Now my office has phones that are powered again!

Most Critical Review

SMALL - NO DONGLE

GIGABYTE M7700B GM-M7700B Noble Black 1 x Wheel Bluetooth Wireless Laser 1600 dpi Mouse
GIGABYTE M7700B GM-M7700B Noble Black 1 x Wheel Bluetooth Wireless Laser 1600 dpi Mouse

Pros: It had all the features I wanted. Which is the only reason I am giving it two stars.

Cons: Being a petite woman, this mouse was incredibly small for my hands, and I am ending up giving it to someone else and just going to go out and buy a new one from a store. And it would have been nice to know that it didn't come with the dongle. Also, the instructions could have been clearer.

Overall Review: It would be nice if there were actual size dementions mentioned anywhere so it wasn't such a risk of it being way too small (which was the case this time) or way too big.

BIOS NEEDED UPDATING

ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: All the Features

Cons: BIOS update almost stumped me. Would get the CPU led everytime I'd try to boot. After a bit of reading I realized I had the latetest greatest CPU for it, so The BIOS update fixed it. Not really a Con, but a heads up for others out there!

6 of 6 Solid

WD Red Plus 2TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s, CMR, 64MB Cache, 3.5 Inch - WD20EFRX
WD Red Plus 2TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s, CMR, 64MB Cache, 3.5 Inch - WD20EFRX

Pros: NAS Ready good amount of storage

Cons: I guess the 3TB ones are the ones with the bad reviews and Higher DOA. When sifting through the reviews notice which ones they're reviewing on, watch out for those... my 6 2TB's have been solid.

Overall Review: Had 2 in my Freenas box with some other randon drives and they held up for bout a year. I then bought 4 more and now I have my FreeNas Rebuilt with all these red's and it's running super smooth.

11/14/2013

Awesome!

ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX 95W Socket AM3+ AMD 760G + SB710 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX 95W Socket AM3+ AMD 760G + SB710 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Has everything you need for a non-profit that likes to recycle old parts, yet future-proof yourself. Dual Monitor out the door, USB 3.0 for those that want it, ASRock stability, IDE for those who are too cheap to buy a new hard drive/ cd/dvd drive. We've put about 10-15 of these out in the field now, and no problems what so ever.

Cons: Audio driver freaks me out - it detects if theres speakers plugged in then makes the red circle around the speaker disappear. I've fought sound cards on ASRock before, but this is easy, more scary than a con

Overall Review: Awesome - it's my go-to board. Just hope they keep this one in production for a long time!!!!

10/16/2012

Awesome

EDIMAX EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g/n Nano USB Adapter
EDIMAX EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g/n Nano USB Adapter

Pros: 5/5 all work awesome! going to buy more when I need more! Edimax is on the ball, great company

Cons: Antenna isn't bigger - but that's really a pro case the size lets it stay in a laptop at all times without fear of being broken off.