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Michael T.

Michael T.

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Most Favorable Review

lasts a long, long time

Western Digital Blue WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Blue WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Installed four of these WDs three years, seven months ago for a RAID 5 array and they're working fine. In those three years, seven months, my monitor died (warranteed for three years) but the WDs keep chugging along

Cons: None. Great product

10/22/2011
Most Critical Review

This is not Enterprise quality

Seagate BarraCuda ES.2 ST31000340NS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda ES.2 ST31000340NS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Five year warranty... big deal.

Cons: Highly unreliable. One drive died within six months of installation. If you own an array of these, just pray to whatever entity or deity in which you believe that your RAID will rebuild. Look at the review results. Only 51% gave it the highest rating. Is 51% good enough to keep your business afloat?

Overall Review: Check out the Newegg reviews for the WD equivalent WD1002FBYS. 78% gave it the highest rating. When your business depends on the data, do you want 51% or 78%??? Also compare the 1-egg reviews of this drive compared to the 1-egg reviews of the WD. In the Seagate drive, the complaints occurred when the drives were loaded with data plus the usual DOA issues. For the WD complaints, they are mostly about DOA and infant-mortality, a condition common to all semiconductor-based devices for the last 50 years.

Not good for envelopes

Brother MFC Series MFC-7420 MFC / All-In-One Up to 20 ppm Monochrome LPT / USB Laser Printer
Brother MFC Series MFC-7420 MFC / All-In-One Up to 20 ppm Monochrome LPT / USB Laser Printer

Pros: Does the job except for ONE major design flaw

Cons: This printer does not print envelopes well even when brand new. It prints a fairly drk ghost print on envelopes an inch or two left of the original printing. If you subscribe to stamps.com or endicia.com DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER.

Overall Review: Of course, Brother blames the problem on the "drum," alleging that we're using a worn drum or cartridge. WRONG. This occurred when the machine was brand new.

One more time - no heat sink

AMD Opteron 2376 Shanghai 2.3GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket F 75W Quad-Core Server Processor
AMD Opteron 2376 Shanghai 2.3GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket F 75W Quad-Core Server Processor

Pros: Works great, works cool and is very fast.

Cons: No heat sink. No fan. Just a lot of packaging and a longer warranty than an OEM version.

Overall Review: The only difference between this boxed CPU and the OEM version is the warranty, 3 years vs. 30 days. IMO, if these CPUs fail, they will fail within the first 30 days anyway, so why waste twenty bucks?

Works for Tyan S3992G3NR-E R

Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) ECC Registered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Server Memory Model KVR667D2D4P5K2/4G
Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) ECC Registered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Server Memory Model KVR667D2D4P5K2/4G

Pros: Works great. No complaints

Cons: It works and it's guaranteed forever. What else is memory supposed to do?

Overall Review: This is the memory that Newegg had offered on the order page for the Tyan AMD based mobo. I had made the mistake of originally ordering server memory designed for Intel technology (Intel "buffered" vs. AMD "registered") but luckily was able to change the order before it shipped. Server boards are complicated because there are so many options. If Newegg's techs recommend a particular memory for it, take their advice unless you spent a couple of months in deep study.

just normal minor problems

LINKSYS EG008W Gigabit Workgroup Switch
LINKSYS EG008W Gigabit Workgroup Switch

Pros: Works great and really fast. We're using Verizon FIOS. It runs cool and quiet.

Cons: Twice in the past year it got hung-up perhaps due to a problem in FIOS. I corrected the hang-up by powering it down for 10 seconds and powering it up again.

Overall Review: I have it mounted to a wall using two 3M Command strips.

12/18/2008