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Scott K.

Scott K.

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent 8th gen i7 gaming laptop

Acer - Gaming Laptop - 17.3" FHD IPS 60 Hz, Intel i7-8750H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5, 16 GB Memory, 256 GB SSD, Windows 10 Home, VR Ready, Aspire 7 (A717-72G-700J) - ONLY @ NEWEGG
Acer - Gaming Laptop - 17.3" FHD IPS 60 Hz, Intel i7-8750H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5, 16 GB Memory, 256 GB SSD, Windows 10 Home, VR Ready, Aspire 7 (A717-72G-700J) - ONLY @ NEWEGG

Pros: The i7-8750h is a great upgrade from my older i7-4720mq. Runs cooler and clocks cores up/down to handle load. GTX 1060 6gb discrete graphics is up to any gaming I want to run on a laptop. Access doors for memory and 2.5" hard drive are a big improvement over older Nitro V7-791g where you had to remove entire bottom cover. Screen is very nice IPS, good color fidelity, good viewing angles. DDR4 2666 is a nice upgrade over 2400 memory. Good size weight for a gaming laptop with these specs. Not small but very reasonable for a 17.3 laptop with 6 core CPU+GTX 1060. Coming from an Acer VN7-791g I was familiar with the Acer gaming laptops and this was better than I expected in a couple features.

Cons: 256gb SSD is too small - upgraded to 512gb Intel 660p. Basically the same as the OEM drive just 2x the size. Need to add additional hard drive for movies/VM/data storage. Replacing the M.2 NVME drive is still a pain - lot's of disassembly / reassembly. But since I was familiar with this from my previous Acer VN7 I was aware of that and anticipated it since I wanted a bigger boot SSD. I am not sure why but I could not get the NVME retaining screw to release even with a good hardened steel large Jeweler's phillips head screwdriver. I applied flux and hot soldering iron for a couple minutes and eventually freed it up. More work than I expected just to remove the M.2 SSD.

Overall Review: Highly recommend this laptop - best price/performance in this class. With the special code got this for under a grand. Quite happy with the features at this price point.

10/17/2018
Most Critical Review

Love the case form factor - fan and leds not so much

DIYPC ARGB-Q8-W White USB 3.0 Steel / Tempered Glass Micro-ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, 1x 120mm ARGB Fan x Rear (Pre-Installed)
DIYPC ARGB-Q8-W White USB 3.0 Steel / Tempered Glass Micro-ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, 1x 120mm ARGB Fan x Rear (Pre-Installed)

Pros: Excellent mATX form factor case. Looks great and is good for cable mgmnt.

Cons: Fan that shipped with case was supposed to be aRGB, unfortunately it's noRGB, just a plan fan w/; white blades. Also the LED front panel does not work (yes it's plugged in to molex connector along with fans that are all working).

Overall Review: No can't recommend as what I received was not what was described in product info.

Great 96gb DDR5 kit for laptop upgrade

Mushkin Enhanced Redline 96GB (2 x 48GB) 262-Pin PC RAM DDR5 5600 (PC5 44800) SODIMM Memory Model MRA5S560LKKD48GX2
Mushkin Enhanced Redline 96GB (2 x 48GB) 262-Pin PC RAM DDR5 5600 (PC5 44800) SODIMM Memory Model MRA5S560LKKD48GX2

Pros: Using my work laptop (i7-13800H+Nvidia RTX 2K *gb GPU) for local AI and need lots of RAM available Needed lower cost option since work won't reimburse this. Benchmarks show RAM is performing at full speed for 5600 rating.

Cons: No complaints except week after I bought a $13 off coupon showed up - hey them's the breaks!

Overall Review: Highly recommend. Great price/perf. parts to max out laptop memory!

Working well. Good performance and price for 2TB 4.0x4 ssd

Team Group MP44L M.2 2280 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 with NVMe 1.4 TM8FPK002T0C101
Team Group MP44L M.2 2280 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 with NVMe 1.4 TM8FPK002T0C101

Pros: Excellent performance Very competitive price

Cons: Sequential read was just slightly slower (~10%) than Samsung SLC 4.0x4 drive - all other benchmarks outperform it. No heatsink (though in my laptop not needed nor could fit)

Overall Review: Recommended if you are using as 2nd drive and want something reasonably priced that still has great performance.

Very good PCIe Intel 8260ac + BT 4.2 card

Dobacner Update Version Dual Band PCIe Wireless Adapter Desktop Wifi Card Intel 8260ac Wifi+Bluetooth4.2 2.4G 700Mbps 5G 867Mbps 802.11ac for Win7/8/10
Dobacner Update Version Dual Band PCIe Wireless Adapter Desktop Wifi Card Intel 8260ac Wifi+Bluetooth4.2 2.4G 700Mbps 5G 867Mbps 802.11ac for Win7/8/10

Pros: Does everything it supposed to. Instantly recognized at boot in Windows 10 for the Intel WiFi and the BT 4.2 adapter (hooks up internally via a mobo USB header + cable). Full 867Mbps speed on 5GHz. BT working fine so far with BT mouse and a pair of BT earbuds which sound good and get about 25-30ft range.

Cons: Long ship time. I know the product was shipping from Asia (China) but haven't had to wait this long for a shipment before. Took 19 days from time ordered until I received it. I wasn't expecting in a couple of days but thought 10-12 days would be the longest. The reason I am only docking one egg is there wasn't a significant shipping charge so not a big deal.

Overall Review: Very good PCIe x 1 ac WiFi + BT 4.2 card. Good price, but just allow for 2-3 weeks ship time if you can wait.

10/31/2019

Excellent drive

Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D2 QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNW512G8XT
Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D2 QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNW512G8XT

Pros: The drive is fast and reliable. Cost per GB is outstanding. Arrived quickly.

Cons: No cons that I have found. Everything works great and faster than I expected. For those in the know about QLC the long term reliabilty question is the main concern, but I am using it as a drive for a home laptop and have no concerns about heavy enterprise type use 24x7. I can say that I never intend to fill one of these drives up more than 60-70% percent due to the performance hit as the SLC cache gets used up, but that is a general practice for all SSD drives I own anyway.

Overall Review: Five stars based on price and performance. As an electrical engineer I was a little leary of QLC based flash memory but I read more and understood the tradeoffs. Unless I was running this drive in a high use business setting I wouldn't hesitate to buy another 660p QLC drive if the price was right. I have seen some erosion recently of the price break offered by these 660p drives over the faster MLC/TLC competition, but if I am saving more than 25%-30% over those drives I would stay with the 660p.

10/21/2019
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Excellent product at fantastic price.

Great seller, fast delivery and product was perfect as described.

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10/28/2019