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Ben C.

Ben C.

Joined on 06/18/02

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Most Favorable Review

Awesome drive

Hitachi GST Deskstar 7K250 HDS722525VLSA80 (14R9464) 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Hitachi GST Deskstar 7K250 HDS722525VLSA80 (14R9464) 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Comments: This drive is sweet. Fast and quiet! I would definitly recommend to anybody in need of a high capacity drive.

Most Critical Review

Could have been five stars...

ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: Overall, I really liked this motherboard. It's layout is very good, and it's performance is good. I run it with two Sapphire 7870s in Crossfire, and the performance is great. It would have easily been five stars, except...

Cons: After I bought this motherboard, ASRock removed the AMD FX-8350 from the CPU compatibility chart. Why? Because the cooling on the VRMs(voltage regulators) is not sufficient for the amount of power the FX-8350 draws. This would not be a problem, except I have an FX-8350. Most of the time, it works fine, but under very high loads, the VRMs overheat and the motherboard is forced to throttle the CPU until the VRMs have cooled. This is very frustrating, as it will take my framerate from 80+FPS in ARMA 3 to 5.

Overall Review: This board is advertised as "125 watt CPU compatible," which is true, except it does not support the top end 125 watt AMD 8 core cpu. NOWHERE on any of the Newegg pages does it say that this board does not support the FX-8350, which is a 125 watt AM3+ CPU. The only way to determine that it's not is to go to ASRock's website and look at the CPU compatibility chart. Very frustrating

SLOW

Western Digital WD Green WD15EARS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD Green WD15EARS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Reasonable priced, showed up, works, holds a ton of data

Cons: SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW. If storage is what you need, this is an excellent choice. If speed is what you need, go somewhere else. Can't even keep up with my old WD Caviar Black 250gb drives.

Awesome

3Net ALW-3024T-V1 24-Port L2 Switch
3Net ALW-3024T-V1 24-Port L2 Switch

Comments: Same performance as my Cisco switches, although it is for the most part unmanaged. Great deal for the price.

Awesome

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JD 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JD 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Comments: Quite possibly the best hard drive I've ever gotten. It's a little loud (especially when you have 5 in one system), but the performance is worth it.