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Frank J.

Frank J.

Joined on 10/06/03

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Most Favorable Review

Some bad drives out there....

Western Digital 3.5" VelociRaptor 300GB 10000rpm SATA HDD 3Gbs 16MB Cache 7 pin Internal Hard Drive for PC, WD3000GLFS
Western Digital 3.5" VelociRaptor 300GB 10000rpm SATA HDD 3Gbs 16MB Cache 7 pin Internal Hard Drive for PC, WD3000GLFS

Pros: Fast, cool running... great in a Raid 0 configuration. Purchased a couple of Raptors to install Win 7 on an IBM Workstation (dual Xeon).

Cons: Two out of four refurbished drives were defective, not passing the WD extended diagnostics. On a good drive, it took about 10 minutes to format; on a bad drive, the format ran overnight and was only 3% complete.

Overall Review: NewEgg was great concerning replacement drives... quick shipping, no hassles .... My only other comment is that these refurb drives should be thoroughly tested before being sold

Most Critical Review

Ran OK, then failed twice

SAMSUNG 22" 5ms Height &Pivot Adjustable Stand Black Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 8000:1(1000:1)
SAMSUNG 22" 5ms Height &Pivot Adjustable Stand Black Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 8000:1(1000:1)

Pros: Very nice monitor, easy to adjust

Cons: Failed twice and the Samsung web site is full of errors when you try to request service..

Overall Review: I would buy another brand

Great !

SYBA CL-U2MNHUB-4W 4 ports USB V2.0 mini hub
SYBA CL-U2MNHUB-4W 4 ports USB V2.0 mini hub

Pros: LEDs let me know what USB ports are still working (have power) when my computer is off. Lets me recharge my phone & gps.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I would add a second hub when the price comes down...

Fast!

Toshiba Q Series Pro 2.5" 256GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) HDTS325XZSTA
Toshiba Q Series Pro 2.5" 256GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) HDTS325XZSTA

Pros: Loaded Ubuntu Studio..... Comes up in less than 10 seconds on a 8 core AMD chip. No complaints!

Cons: Really no cons.. just hope that the price continues to drop..

Overall Review: As usual, New Egg is a great company to do business with... repeated purchases over the years and never a problem!

Bad Documentation!

MSI R9 280 GAMING 3G 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
MSI R9 280 GAMING 3G 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Pros: Great card, great performance, reasonable price. I've had it running for about 6 hours.

Cons: Very bad documentation. The "easy" install is to remove the computer covers, find an open slot, insert the card and close the covers. Even the website is not helpful. What's needed to make this work are 2 power connectors, one 8 pin and one 6 pin. I found out about these on a previous review. The card will NOT work without these extra power connections.

Overall Review: I had tried 2 different monitors, 3 cables (VGA/DVI) all to no results. Thank goodness that the motherboard displays codes... last code was booting to a legacy system. All MSI needed to do was say that both connectors had to have power.... and I would not have wasted several hours. I was close to an RMA with this card....

A Second Chance....

Drobo Network Attached Storage - 5 Bay Array with mSATA SSD Acceleration - Gigabit Ethernet port (DRDS4A21)
Drobo Network Attached Storage - 5 Bay Array with mSATA SSD Acceleration - Gigabit Ethernet port (DRDS4A21)

Pros: Very nice unit, easy to set up. Took (3) 3 terabyte drives & one 1TB. Gives me 9.1 TB of storage. Had to upgrade Ethernet cables to take full advantage of speed.

Cons: Interface should be a browser application. Not easy to create public storage.... One major drawback is that your video driver may cause the Drobo application to crash upon start up. I have an ATI card & am running Win7. The system was using the MS supplied driver. I looked at the pgm dump and saw video info.. installed ATI and all is OK

Overall Review: I would get another unit if/when they go on sale. I got an RMA for this as it was crashing all time. After the video driver being switched, the Drobo app ran fine.

seller reviews
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Not the first purchase from them..

Yes, I would recommend! So far, no problems with 7 drives purchased from them. I will again consider purchasing on my next project!

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