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Ashley G.

Ashley G.

Joined on 11/11/08

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Most Favorable Review

Works as expected

Western Digital WD Red SA500 2.5" 2TB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS200T1R0A
Western Digital WD Red SA500 2.5" 2TB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS200T1R0A

Pros: Although the 2.5inch format drives are not as fast as the M.2, the RED has about double the life of the Blue or Black, this is being used in a NAS< it fits and worked.

Overall Review: Works as expected, being RED it has a way longer life than the Blue or Black with regards how much data can be read and write over its life.

Most Critical Review

Looks nice, not that well designed

Cooler Master MasterCase NC100 SFF Small Form Factor 7.9 Liter Case with V650 Gold SFX PSU, GPUs 2.5 slots up to 320mm for Intel NUC 9 Extreme Element
Cooler Master MasterCase NC100 SFF Small Form Factor 7.9 Liter Case with V650 Gold SFX PSU, GPUs 2.5 slots up to 320mm for Intel NUC 9 Extreme Element

Pros: Visually a nice case

Cons: There are many: - Very cramped inside, requiring a lot of time spent routing the power cables so they dont interfere with the cooler vent or video card - The front USB connection inside is in a bad location, requiring to loose about 1-2 inches of cable, which isnt really possible given how thick the USB cable is (and the above cabling issue) - Front light is not driven from the PC (board) so you will not have power / sleep lighting, this is not documented anywhere, there is no way to override what CM wants you to do with the lights - No antenna for WiFi or bluetooth (has holes for them, they are not supplied), this is a huge issue, the Intel NUC9 and NUC11 cases both come with them We will not be buying anymore of these cases

Overall Review: Visually looks nice, but that's about it, cable management, no WiFi antennas and a front mounted power light that is not controlled from the PC puts this in a very rogue case locaiton.

Works as expected (installed in a NAS)

Western Digital 22TB WD Red Pro NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 512 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD221KFGX
Western Digital 22TB WD Red Pro NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 512 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD221KFGX

Pros: Not had any issues with this drive unlike the 20Tb RED Pro which were all failing. This was installed in a NAS and seems to be working as expected

Overall Review: Works as expected (installed in a QNAP NAS)

12/10/2024

Work as expected

ASUS TUF Gaming 34 inch Ultrawide UWQHD 2K 1440P 165Hz with FreeSync Premium 1ms HDR400 Ultra Low Blue Light Anti Flicker Built-in Speakers Curved Gaming Monitor with Height Adjustable, Pivot & Tilt Stand VG34VQL1B
ASUS TUF Gaming 34 inch Ultrawide UWQHD 2K 1440P 165Hz with FreeSync Premium 1ms HDR400 Ultra Low Blue Light Anti Flicker Built-in Speakers Curved Gaming Monitor with Height Adjustable, Pivot & Tilt Stand VG34VQL1B

Pros: Have 2 HDMI and 2 Display Port, also will decide the sound and push it out the headphone port (3.5mm jack)

Cons: 2 screens, not a perfect match for color, the Samsung business displays (at this size) were both perfect, so if you want a matching pair, your unlikely to find it

Overall Review: They work as expected, we are not doing gaming, mostly desktop and CAD use, we purchased 2 and they fairly quiet alot in color (yes we have the screens set the same and yes the nVidia Quadro P1000 card is pushing the same color to both screens)

Cable was great quality, did not work for what we required

StarTech.com USBMUSBFM1 Black Mini USB 2.0 Cable - USB A to Mini B F/M
StarTech.com USBMUSBFM1 Black Mini USB 2.0 Cable - USB A to Mini B F/M

Pros: We were trying to use this for charging and power movement, the cable did not work for this, i have no idea why, however likely due to the wiring method of the cable. So its in its bag, new never used as will not work.

Cons: Does not work

Overall Review: We have a battery supply thatrs the micro USB, the USB A female port would then give power, it doesn't work. We since found the original cable (looking at them, both are identical) however only the orginal cable works, this one does not.

Very good (and nice cost)

XClio SS014 4 x 2.5" HDD in 1 x 5.25" Cage
XClio SS014 4 x 2.5" HDD in 1 x 5.25" Cage

Pros: * Black cage * Locks for each drive * Blue power light for each drive * Green activity light for each drive (that you can see) * Red drive fail led for each drive (uses the same green LED above, its 2 color) * Feels fairly robust (assuming you know how to handle RAID cages) * Comes with 4 SATA cables * Cables with drive FAIL LED cable * Nice box (getting picky)

Cons: * Bay handles are silver (ok for me, not for everyone though) * Drive light could have been very slighty brighter (getting picky) * Would be nice to have RAID backplane control port and cable

Overall Review: I bought the Enhance version (X14) its IDENTICAL except the XCLIO is black cage (which is nice), and this is 33% cheaper (guessing), this is comes with drive fail LED cable. Out of the 2 (XCLIO and Enhance) buy the XCLIO, has brighter drive LED you can see, black cage, silver handles (that are flat) and nice box... Very happy with this one, going to sell the X14 Enhance unit second hand now (its 2 months old)