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Alexander T.

Alexander T.

Joined on 08/19/11

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Most Favorable Review

It works

TOSHIBA MK2565GSX 250GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
TOSHIBA MK2565GSX 250GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Got it to replace the drive in a friend's Toshiba Satellite. So far it is working just fine.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: It's a hard drive. It either works or it doesn't. In my case, it works.

Most Critical Review

Complete garbage

CENTON DataStick Pro 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Grey) DSP32GB-001
CENTON DataStick Pro 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Grey) DSP32GB-001

Pros: The outer shell has a nice feel and looks very sleek and attractive. Has a lanyard loop (but does not come with an actual lanyard string).

Cons: Where do I begin. This drive is complete trash. The transfer speeds are extremely slow. It took over 30 minutes to transfer 4GB of data onto the drive. The stick gets *extremely* hot, and Windows keeps complaining about errors on the drive. I keep having to reformat and run chkdsk over and over on this drive. Stay far, far away from this brand.

Basic processor at a great price

Intel Celeron G530 - Celeron Sandy Bridge Dual-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 1155 65W Intel HD Graphics Desktop Processor - BX80623G530
Intel Celeron G530 - Celeron Sandy Bridge Dual-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 1155 65W Intel HD Graphics Desktop Processor - BX80623G530

Pros: I rebuilt my old Windows Home Server v1 box and needed a basic, cheap processor. This one does the trick!

Cons: The thermal paste that comes pre-applied onto the heatsink isn't very good. Wipe that off and put some Arctic 5 on it.

Overall Review: It's almost the same size as my old P4 755 processor.

Nothing fancy. Basic, does the job.

Foxconn H67M-V LGA 1155 Intel H67 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Foxconn H67M-V LGA 1155 Intel H67 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Plain and simple, works great for my old Windows Home Server v1. Cool color scheme. SATA 6.0 (2 ports available)

Cons: Takes a bit long to get past the BIOS Post screen (about 15 seconds!) Also, the BIOS setting page isn't laid out very well. A bit tricky to install the drivers from the CD. No USB 3.0

Overall Review: It's a basic board, really. Don't expect anything stellar from it. I wish I would've waited a bit and got a better board with USB 3.0 for around the same price. But all in all, I wanted something to run my old backup server and this one does the trick.