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Bryan W.

Bryan W.

Joined on 05/17/02

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent motherboard, 10GbE needs excellent cables to match

ASRock Fatal1ty X299 Professional Gaming i9 LGA 2066 Intel X299 USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Fatal1ty X299 Professional Gaming i9 LGA 2066 Intel X299 USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Full featured, 10GbE was a big point for me. 2 extra 1GbE's a bonus. Lots of room for super fast PCI-E SSD modules, lots of memory, tons of SLI capability.

Cons: 10GbE can be tricky, even though I only ran 25ft direct between 10GbE machines, Cat 5e, Cat 6, or so-called "CAT7" from vendors I have previously trusted ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT WORK AT ALL for 10GBASE-T. Solution: Blue Jeans Cable, every cable individually certified. 10GBASE-T is very sensitive. 25ft costs about $45 delivered. Can't trust anything that does not have a certification report, which comes from a $12000 Fluke tester. Even then, protect those cables, as kinking or stomping it can ruin it.

10/17/2017
Most Critical Review

Paid for a new drive, got a refurbished unit!

Seagate Exos X20 ST20000NM007D 20TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Seagate Exos X20 ST20000NM007D 20TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Pros: Exos drives in general are quite good

Cons: Newegg shipped me a Factory Recertified drive at NEW price. Angry doesn't begin to cover it. My NAS had a drive failing, I ordered a refurbished drive on an auction site which arrived DOA but with a couple months warranty left so I returned it to Seagate for warranty replacement. Meanwhile, another NAS drive failed. Given my auction experience, I decided I couldn't gamble on a Refurb so I bought what I thought was a NEW drive from Newegg, and I get this refurb drive.

Overall Review: I would recommend Exos drives in general, but for NEW price one expects NEW PRODUCT. I can get Refurbs of this drive for $100 less!

Too bad there aren't faster options

Crucial DDR5 Classic 48GB 262-Pin DDR5 SO-DIMM DDR5 5600 (PC5 44800) Laptop memory
Crucial DDR5 Classic 48GB 262-Pin DDR5 SO-DIMM DDR5 5600 (PC5 44800) Laptop memory

Pros: Big, reliable memory. There aren't many-in fact, I think this was the ONLY option for pairing 2 for 96GB memory available at the moment. Running AI apps on the local machine is a fine example of what needs the most memory you can get... and my laptop has the AI accelerator.

Cons: This memory is really slow on benchmark tests. The CAS 46 latency kills its performance. The stock 32GB memory my laptop came with was much faster; whether more memory for big apps helps more than smaller, faster memory overall, TBD. Since I got this for some moderate gaming, I expect games may suffer noticeably. The original RAM was CL 40. My desktop has 6400 MHz memory with CL32. The benchmark difference is enormous.

Overall Review: If you need lots of memory, like for hosting large language model AI locally, this would be great. I'm curious to see how an AI-boosted Intel CPU paired with an nVidia RTX 4060 will perform, since I can load a decent sized LLM with this.

Very surprised at this incredible value!

HISION Mini Projector Native 1080P Outdoor Movie Projector, 8000L Portable Home Theater 4K Support Video Projector Compatible with TV Stick, HDMI, VGA, USB, Laptop, DVD, iOS & Android Smartphone
HISION Mini Projector Native 1080P Outdoor Movie Projector, 8000L Portable Home Theater 4K Support Video Projector Compatible with TV Stick, HDMI, VGA, USB, Laptop, DVD, iOS & Android Smartphone

Pros: While I don't believe the "8000 Lumen" number, it is more than adequate to use as a computer monitor in a semi-lit room. Inexpensive. Worked right out of the box with no issues. Simple controls. Compact and lightweight, easy to bring anywhere.

Cons: Not 8000 lumens in my naked-eye judgement. A few misspelled menu items. Warranty registration QR code sent me to a non-responsive website. Could have been a server down, will try again.

Overall Review: Absolutely I would recommend this to someone looking for a modest projector, it is even more resolution than you would need for standard DVD or Blu-Ray non-4K content. It really is 1920x1080, not the hyped up rating like some mini projectors that down-scale to some ridiculously low 640x480 or such resolution while saying they support 4K. It says it is compatible with 4K input; I have not tested this but obviously it has to down-scale to do that. I extended my laptop screen to it and it reports as 1920x1080 at 60 Hz. It works perfectly fine as a computer display - no artifacts from faking a higher resolution. I give this 5 eggs for what it is. It is obviously not equivalent to a 5-egg true 4K home theater but if you can't grasp the concept of $2000-4000 class versus sub-$100 class, you're an idiot. It is absolutely more value than I would expect for $60! Obviously I have not tested with lab equipment capable of color-gamut, response time, latency, or anything else an artist or hardcore gamer would demand. I'm sure those stats would show all kinds of shortcomings, but, like I said, this is sub-$100, and it is not a "brick in a box" scam, it absolutely is a very usable true 1080P projector. Colors looked adequate compared to my laptop screen (a new IPS panel of good quality) and playback of YouTube videos worked fine. One of my intended uses for this would be for my Halloween decorations from AtmosFX. You can afford several of these to project inside your home, or even outside if you take precautions (it isn't waterproof).

Inexpensive, Well-Equipped Mini PC

4k Mini PC, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N100(up to 3.4GHz) Mini Tower Computer, 16GB DDR4 RAM 512GB SSD Mini Computer Windows 11 Support 4K HD/WiFi 5/BT4.2/Gigabit Ethernet for Home/Office
4k Mini PC, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N100(up to 3.4GHz) Mini Tower Computer, 16GB DDR4 RAM 512GB SSD Mini Computer Windows 11 Support 4K HD/WiFi 5/BT4.2/Gigabit Ethernet for Home/Office

Pros: For its intended use, it has plenty of memory and SSD capacity. It is a power-sipper, not a powerhouse. Components are upgradable, not hard-wired, 2.5" HDD slot for SATA SSD or spinning media. Great for a media box or browsing the web. Silent design, draws almost no power.

Cons: It is a low-end performing machine, so future-proof, it isn't. You're not going to play modern 3D games with it, at all, at any low-end graphics options at all.

Overall Review: Yes, it was on sale for a very low price and all it needs is a mouse, keyboard, and display cable to get up and running.

cheap junk

Action Elite Combat Combo Pack 3CH Electric RTF RC Helicopters
Action Elite Combat Combo Pack 3CH Electric RTF RC Helicopters

Pros: None

Cons: 2 helicopters, both broken despite good packaging. One broken main rotor, one missing the tiny drive gear for the counter-rotor. Ultra-cheap build quality. No spares for main rotor blades, only linkage and tail rotor.