Joined on 01/06/11
Solid for 8 months
Pros: - Fast, handling Comcast burst from 50-100 Mb/s
Cons: - I have Comcast - No other internet competitors in my neighborhood
Overall Review: Seriously, a half hour phone call to comcast and after X months this pays for itself. I've had to 'reset it' maybe twice in the last year (no more than usual). Very pleased with the purchase.
Does as advertised - big, loud, rumbly
Pros: Rips at a decent speed. Transfers ~ 500 images from CD in about 30 seconds (600 KB/second). Sustained transfer of a single disk image was faster. I... think that's fast? I expected moving the laser around for hundreds of different files to slow things down. Maybe it's quicker for a single, larger file... ?
Cons: Loud. Sounds like my desktop computer's fans when ripping 80 MB of images. Distracting volume that is noticeably higher than my Macbook Pro's old internal drive, which were not quiet. Shaky. The thing vibrates my desk enough to be annoying. Big. Nothing "Slim" about it.
Overall Review: I original bought an external enclosure for my Macbook Pro's disc drive, replacing it with a second internal SSD. It was VERY quiet within the external enclosure. It unfortunately got lost while moving. I've owned several Rosewill internal disc drives and external hard drive enclosures over the years. They make solid products that tend to last and I doubt this is the exception. However, for nearly $40 I expected a "Slim" drive to be slim, and I did not expect it to be so slow and so loud in the year 2014. I may replace it yet.
Fantastic - best monitor I've ever used
Pros: - Beautiful, consistent colors - Crisp display - No dead pixels! (somewhat surprised) - Sturdy, adjustable stand - Very thin bezel - Decent speakers (if nothing more than a convenience) - Good 3 year warranty on parts and labor
Cons: - All included cables (HDMI, DP, USB3) are annoying short. Barely reach my computer, with no extra length for clean cable management. Embarrassing on an $800 monitor... - Ugly "Gamer" style stand. I immediately mounted on custom VESA arm (which was seamless) - Slight backlight bleed. Nothing out of ordinary for other IPS monitors, but is an annoying facet of the manufacturing. - OSD is a bit cumbersome, but functional
Overall Review: Highly recommend. Even if you get dead pixels and need to return and play panel roulette once or twice it is worth it. Functionality of a perfect panel is simply beautiful. I originally bought a 270HU refurbished which I returned after finding a slew of dead pixels. Ended up saving up and waiting to buy this (which contains the same panel). Worth it. VESA mount is clean and easy, rectifying the large and ugly (although functional) stand. The overclocking refresh rate is simply and works well. I'm subtracting 1 egg for the backlight bleed and stupidly short cables, but neither affect my overall recommendation. If this panel lasts past warranty I will be happy for a loooong time.
Works with iPhone 'EarPods'
Pros: - Cost - Clean connection, works
Cons: None
Excellent performance/ $ ratio
Pros: Performs well, overclocks well, very low heat/ power usage. VRMs have own heat sink under the primary heatsink. Got for $270! :) Overclock ranger is displayed in the Afterburner software, which has not on my previous cards. Overall compatibility is simple.
Cons: None really. I agree with others the heat sink does seem a bit flimsy, but I haven't used mine on air cooling (straight to water) so I actually can't speak of the volume/ temps of the stock air cooler.
Overall Review: Contains plastic plugs on all ports, a VGA to DVI adapter, driver disk and manual. I have been running mine on a water cooler instantly, so my temps are not too relevant, but overall power consumption is fantastically low at all loads. Mine can hit 1400mhz core stable. Not as good as the golden '1500' mark others see, but still good for the money.
Beautiful for the money
Pros: Colors are crisp, viewing angle is great, as bright as I'd expect. Great 3-year warranty.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Got on sale for $129.
No product or contact from reseller after 30 days
After over 2 weeks of no product delivery and no status update on shipping information the product was "allegedly" delivered successfully within 2. Got ahold of Newegg support on Christmas, who told me that I'd be contacted by the reseller within 48 hours. It's been 5 days (3 business days). I still need a refund. My current opinion is to avoid this reseller.