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James R.

James R.

Joined on 05/16/06

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Most Favorable Review

Green is good

Western Digital WD Green WD6400AACS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD Green WD6400AACS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: It is almost as fast as Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS. Dead Silent. I have a 120 mm fan on my Hard drive bay and it runs 4 degrees C cooler that the SE16.

Cons: The only CON is New Egg on this one. It is a 5400 RPM drive.

Overall Review: I think all my drives might come from the Green line. I like not being sure it is on.

10/23/2008
Most Critical Review

Buggy

Acronis True Image Home 2012 - 1 User For System Builder
Acronis True Image Home 2012 - 1 User For System Builder

Pros: It was free as part of a bundle and I got what I paid for.

Cons: caused my system to constantly lock up. I have been a long time user of acronis but I am done now. come to think of it, every version of true image really never worked right for me until the final release.

Overall Review: Where is the log file I could not find it. How am I supposed to know if it made a good copy or not?

It works

Acronis True Image 2014 Premium - 1 PC
Acronis True Image 2014 Premium - 1 PC

Pros: This version is like version 12 but it works. Kind of like windows 7 is vista that works. Windows 8 compatible (I hate windows 8) Finds NAS by itself. It has not caused my system to crash

Cons: It's not free but I really don't mind supporting a company that puts out a good product.

Overall Review: I have been an Acronis user since version 9. This is the first new version that worked well this early

It works

SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PD128BW
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PD128BW

Pros: It is fast. I build my own computers and upgrade them 1 piece at a time. Normally, the upgrades perform only minimal performance. This is my first SSD and it the only upgrade that has impressed me this much.

Cons: It won't turn my sata II into sata III

Overall Review: Works fine on my 775/p35 board I hope it lasts as long as Samsung claims it will.

There is better RAM cheaper

Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR1066D2N7K2/2G
Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR1066D2N7K2/2G

Pros: This is the "approved" ram for my board.

Cons: I had to bump up the voltage to stop my system from crashing. It might advertise 1.8 but I have to run it at 2.1 to make it work.

Overall Review: If you don't have to have "the right" RAM. Buy something cheaper with a heat spreader. These are the first sticks of this brand name RAM that gave me any problems. I will continue to be a Hyper X Fan Boy. I am just happy I finally figured out how to save my CMOS to my BIOS. The only reason I bought these is because my CMOS got confused after power failures and lost my RAM settings.

10/23/2008
Rosewill RX353-S BLK (Black) 3.5" SATA to USB & eSATA Ext. Enclosure w/Int.40mm fan
Rosewill RX353-S BLK (Black) 3.5" SATA to USB & eSATA Ext. Enclosure w/Int.40mm fan

Pros: It looks good and works extremely well for the price The almost eSATA addapter makes me want to buy a real eSATA card. For now it works well for me as long as I turn it on before the computer.

Cons: Fan is noisey an almost useless

Overall Review: I got this one because it had a fan and the hard drive I wanted to put in it tends to run hot. The fan did almost nothing for the drive. I had to put a different drive in it that runs cool enough to not need that LOUD fan.