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Mark W.

Mark W.

Joined on 11/10/03

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Good, fast machine. Fussy driver issue

NE744E Intel Core i7 6700 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz with Turbo) 8 GB DDR4 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Home 64-bit
NE744E Intel Core i7 6700 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz with Turbo) 8 GB DDR4 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Pros: Fast machine. Fast video card. Good hard drive speed. I bought it for video editing and it is a good match for that task. Good deal for the money.

Cons: The keyboard is not favorite, but it works ok. The drivers for the MB USB3 ports got replaced and the USB3 ports became unusable. Replacing the MS drivers with Gigabytes solved that problem. The system would not shut down until the drivers were replaced. It was very frustrating until I figured it out. It appeared to be an problem caused by automatic windows update not a vendor problem.

Overall Review: In a previous review I gave the system a low rating because of the USB and shutdown problems. I figured out the problem and

Big Case

Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL Black ATX Flexible Dark Tinted Tempered Glass Window Full Tower Computer Case
Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL Black ATX Flexible Dark Tinted Tempered Glass Window Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: Lots of interior space ssi-eeb motherboard support decent included fans lots of ventilation

Cons: right side cable management grommet holes are covered by ssi-eeb motherboard removing at least one drive cage is required to fit power supply and cables

Overall Review: I bought the case to fit the Asus Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI a ssi-eeb workstation MB There are very few vertical cases available for that form factor. Building in the case was pretty easy due to the huge space. Lots of available drive mounting points. very flexible fan and radiator options. Cable management was good especially for smaller motherboards

good drive

Seagate ST1000LM014 1TB 5400 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Laptop SSHD Bare Drive
Seagate ST1000LM014 1TB 5400 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Laptop SSHD Bare Drive

Pros: Disk wizard made it easy to transfer and set up new drive. Windows experience was the same as my 500g 7200rpm drive.

Cons: Even though the disk wizard transferred everything ok and the system booted ok ( win7 64 ) I started having OS problems. No windows update, and could not install applications. After a bit of searching I found that I needed to upgrade the Intel chipset drivers for the ATA interface. No help from the seagate site. After update everything is fine.

Solid performer

TOSHIBA Laptop Satellite Intel Core i3-350M 4GB Memory 320GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit L655-S5065
TOSHIBA Laptop Satellite Intel Core i3-350M 4GB Memory 320GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit L655-S5065

Pros: Nice features for the price. Quick processor. Nice selection of ports.

Cons: Fusion finish shows fingerprints too well. Took a while to remove the excess software. Screen resolution is odd, but you get used to it.

pretty fast stuff

G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBSQ
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBSQ

Pros: win 7 experience memory score went from 5.9 to 7.2 on my Toshiba i7 a505-s6035

Cons: price dropped right after I ordered, thought I had waited long enough. Good time to buy now.

Overall Review: Now I need a faster hard drive