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Stephen W.

Stephen W.

Joined on 08/02/09

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Most Favorable Review

Almost a year

TOSHIBA PH3300U-1I72 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail Kit
TOSHIBA PH3300U-1I72 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail Kit

Pros: Excellent hard drive. I have never had a problem with this HDD. Very quite and reliable. I have had this HDD over a year and its still going strong. Its fast, quite, reliable what more can you ask for in a hard drive

Cons: None

Overall Review: Advice- If you are planning on using the full capacity of this drive (3tb) make sure that your operating system supports GPT disk format instead of MBR disk format. Also make sure that your motherboard has UEFI support for booting to the GPT disk drive. Most windows 8 systems utilize UEFI support. Very important to know if you want to utilize all 3tb. Hope this helps.

Most Critical Review

WILL NOT WORK!!!!!

Silverstone PCI-E to USB 3.0 Add-On Card Model SST-EC04-P
Silverstone PCI-E to USB 3.0 Add-On Card Model SST-EC04-P

Pros: None right now because I cant get it to work but I guess this device would be awesome if you want to use USB 3.0 if your motherboard doesn't have a USB 3.0 header.

Cons: I cannot figure out how to get it to work. I have everything hooked up correctly on my motherboard. The problem is I keep getting an ERROR message like this, "Error 2378 Could not access VBScript run time for custom action" with a following Fatal error 1603 has occurred error right after that one. I have already verified and checked that my registry file for VBScript was registered and it was succeeded so I know its not that. I have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver for Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Driver from the CD the product came with and also I tried installing from website. I don't understand why this thing will not work everything is checking out like its fine but it doesn't work. Very disappointed about this because 28 bucks is kind of expensive for this product but i went with this one because I thought i would work with no problems. Unfortunately I was terribly wrong. Has any one encountered this same issue with a fix? Thanks

FAST

SAMSUNG 840 EVO 2.5" 1TB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TE1T0BW
SAMSUNG 840 EVO 2.5" 1TB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TE1T0BW

Pros: 3tb 7200 RPM WD HDD to a SSD is like a complete 180!!!! I bought this 1tb samsung ssd on black Friday for $360 and I can honestly say it was worth every penny. Not only do I get great speed and performance from it I didn't spend 500 bucks doing it. Easy install and load up. No fails and plenty of room to go around I was thinking about doing 2 500 gb raid SSD but after reading reliability issues with that configuration I chose to buy 1.

Cons: None

Overall Review: If someone is wanting to keep the exact same info and operating system files and essentially an exact copy of there old HDD to there new SSD just clone the HDD to the SSD and you have everything from the HDD to the SSD with absolutely no data loss. The program I used for this was called "Macrium Reflect". Very simple to use and no data loss. Try it out

12/12/2014

Awesome

Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TXD316G1600HC9DC-V
Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TXD316G1600HC9DC-V

Pros: Absolutely excellent memory. Yea! Yea! I know its just memory but I have 32gb of memory at my leisure. I just want to bring it to everyone's attention that this is my first experience with "Team" name brand memory and I have to say all sticks worked when I installed them and have been running good since install. I use to be a name brand kinda guy and would only buy name brand memory such as Gskill and Corsair but after using these sticks I have learned that some products deserve a chance and I'm glad I gave "Team" a chance because they just won a new customer. The best part is they are cheap, and reliable. I bought 4 x 8gb sticks on black Friday 2014 for only 188 bucks. GOOD LUCK finding 32gb of ram for that price. Anyways, to everyone who reads this post. Just remember, sometimes taking a chance on other products or hardware can sometimes be a good thing, and for the other times...... Well that's what RMA is for.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: "Team" keep your prices cheap and you will be the best RAM out there

12/12/2014

Great Fans

Bgears b-Blaster 120mm 2 ball bearing High Speed 2000 RPM High Airflow 103 CFM 3pin 3wire 12VDC fan.
Bgears b-Blaster 120mm 2 ball bearing High Speed 2000 RPM High Airflow 103 CFM 3pin 3wire 12VDC fan.

Pros: Excellent fans. They truly blow a lot of air. I bought 6 of these and installed 5 and have 1 extra for back up. These fans are really quite. I'm running 5 and I do hear them well enough but moderate sound. They actually remind me of my room air purifier for my bedroom at low settings. I have two installed on my CPU radiator and I get about Average 90 degrees Fahrenheit on my processor.

Cons: None. If installing more than 3 be advice that you will get a moderate level of noise. Not bad at all for me though unless your picky.

12/12/2014