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John E.

John E.

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Well worth the price for gaming.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 Ti OC 6G Graphics Card, 2 x WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB 192-Bit GDDR6, GV-N166TOC-6GD Video Card
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 Ti OC 6G Graphics Card, 2 x WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB 192-Bit GDDR6, GV-N166TOC-6GD Video Card

Pros: On a 1080 monitor with gsync, it runs everything well, even with an i3-8100 CPU. Built this system for cheap for my grandson, he also uses an Oculus Rift S. He has no complaints and says that it outperforms all of his friends systems. Price/performance ratio is spot on, I highly recommend this card. I think you'd have to step up to a 2070 to notice much improvement over this card. Performs well. Reasonably quiet. Not flashy, blinky LED on it. (some might think this a con, not me)

Cons: No ray tracing? Really, I can't think of any cons for this card. Some might consider the fact it has no RGB lighting a con.

Overall Review: I would recommend this card to anyone asking. I would buy this again (in fact I'm strongly considering it right now). No problems with drivers, power consumption, fan noise or thermals. It just works, and works well.

Most Critical Review

DOA

Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1200BEVE 120GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache PATA 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1200BEVE 120GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache PATA 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Reasonable price.

Cons: Just thrown in a box with some foam peanuts and other heavy items. Maybe some bubble wrap would help keep the DOAs down?

Overall Review: Drives spins up, head clicks three times, drive spins down. Tried it in a working external enclosure, and directly inside my laptop. Other drives work in the laptop and the enclosures, so it's dead!

I bought at the right time! Good card too.

MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 Graphics Card RTX 5070 TI 16G VENTUS 3X OC BLACK
MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 Graphics Card RTX 5070 TI 16G VENTUS 3X OC BLACK

Pros: It was on sale (i.e. MSRP) when I purchased it. It performs as expected. No "go fast" LEDs (that might be a con for many). The Nvidia app gives it a slight overclock (150mhz for GPU, 200mhz for memory)

Cons: Some people think the lack of LEDs is a con, but that's exactly what I wanted.

Overall Review: Card performs as expected. The price was right. MSRP on a 5070ti is too high, but it seems like a genuine bargain now. I really like the card, it replaced my trusty 3060.

Great except for two small things.

Varon|2-in-1Oxygen Machine for Wellness Support :1-7L/min Adjustable Flow - Portable Oxygen Concentrator with Nebulizer Function, Dual Cylinder Compressor, 42dB Low Noise - AC110V 60Hz US Voltage
Varon|2-in-1Oxygen Machine for Wellness Support :1-7L/min Adjustable Flow - Portable Oxygen Concentrator with Nebulizer Function, Dual Cylinder Compressor, 42dB Low Noise - AC110V 60Hz US Voltage

Pros: Works as intended. Reasonably quiet. Great price.

Cons: There is no indication that the nebulizer included is sized for pediatric use. No battery included for remote (likely because shipping for a lithium coin cell 2025 is difficult and more expensive) No source included in case you need spare parts. You must turn off the voice prompts every time you turn it on (if you don't want them). The water tank to prevent you drying out is rather small, but that is likely deliberate to make you use fresh water often.

Overall Review: The product performs as expected and is reasonably priced. They do indicate what coin cell to purchase for the remote (2025). The included nebulizer is for small children. Very easy to operate.

Makemkv compatible!

LG Ultra Slim Portable Blu-ray / DVD Writer - UHD Ready and M-DISC Support (BP60NB10)
LG Ultra Slim Portable Blu-ray / DVD Writer - UHD Ready and M-DISC Support (BP60NB10)

Pros: Makmkv said that the one I received was "LibreDrive enabled." It does have the actual "Ultra HD Blu-ray" logo on it. It hasn't had any problems with 4k or Blu-ray disks (I haven't tested DVDs). It gets 5.5x on average for Blu-rays.

Cons: It's flimsy. Buy a bigger internal drive if you need frequent disk changes. I have this as a "backup" UHD drive in case my full size starts giving me problems.

Overall Review: Reasonable price and performance, above average for compatibility.

Passed tests, mediocre packing, seems pretty good at a good price.

Seagate Exos 16TB Enterprise HDD X18 SATA 6Gb/s 512e/4Kn 7200 RPM 256MB Cache 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (ST16000NM000J)
Seagate Exos 16TB Enterprise HDD X18 SATA 6Gb/s 512e/4Kn 7200 RPM 256MB Cache 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (ST16000NM000J)

Pros: Tested 2 in Windows, both with Seagate tools and third party (LONG tests). Tested both in one of my Synology NAS. Passed all tests and work well. Significantly faster than shucked consumer grade drives.

Cons: Warranty is from date of manufacture, the two I purchased thus were "missing" 3 months of warranty. You can contact Seagate and they will extend it, but that is a hassle. Had to upgrade firmware, it shipped 2 revisions behind what is on their website. Not a big deal, but plan on it. The Newegg packaging could be better, it leaves the drive slightly vulnerable on one side, but no biggie. Noisy drives, but you should expect that. Seeks are quite noticeable.

Overall Review: Nice fast drives. I have several of the 10TB Exos still running without errors after 3 years. When upgrading firmware (or testing the drives) don't bother with a USB enclosure (I tried 3 different ones, fortunately I have a system that is easy to install 2 SATA drives in without tools). The latest version of SeaTools under Windows will let you flash firmware, however I downloaded and used the Linux tool. You must have the model number (and maybe serial number?) to get access to the firmware. Just an extra hoop to jump through for whatever reason from Seagate. Formatted 4k for my Synology NAS (pretty sure that's what the firmware update was for, but I'm not 100% sure I'm remembering correctly). The shipping firmware worked fine in Windows with the standard 512e sector size. FYI, this review is for two of the 16TB X18 drives after 3 months of continuous use. Trouble free, and a good value at the time I write this. Update: The latest 4 drives came with the latest firmware already installed. So technically this review is for 6 of the X18 16TB drives.

10/10/2023
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Timely shipping, item as described.

I will note that the barebones system arrived completely unscathed and was exactly as advertised.

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No problems for me.

Delivered quickly, and item was exactly as advertised. Great price too.

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No complaints from me.

I had no problems.

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