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Drew S.

Drew S.

Joined on 11/27/07

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter, 2.4 GHz 450 Mbps / 5 GHz 450 Mbps, IEEE 802.1a/b/g/n, WEP / WPA / WPA2, Plug & Play in Windows 8
TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter, 2.4 GHz 450 Mbps / 5 GHz 450 Mbps, IEEE 802.1a/b/g/n, WEP / WPA / WPA2, Plug & Play in Windows 8

Pros: Best chipset for Linux hands-down. Constant 300-450Mb/s connection.

Cons: A few weird stuttering issues when transferring video over the link, to be expected--it's wireless.

12/15/2012
Most Critical Review

Waste of time.

BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N300 Gigabit Wireless Router - WZR-HP-G300NH
BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N300 Gigabit Wireless Router - WZR-HP-G300NH

Pros: Newegg RMA'd it the next day.

Cons: Poor build quality, item feels like it's going to break if you look at it. Incorrect model number, everything on the box, Newegg, and instructions show WZR-HP-G300NH, the actual model number when you look on the device is WZR-HP-G300NH2. You wouldn't think that the added 2 wouldn't have much difference--well it does, it caused me to brick it multiple times. I got the router, plugged it in and tested connectivity with wireless devices, entered the web GUI and immediately attempted to reflash with stock DD-WRT firmware. Bad idea--immediately bricked. Spun up a tftp server, unbricked, tried again--bricked another time. Called Newegg and they sent return postage and expedited the RMA, pleased with Newegg. The initial wireless testing was terrible, WRT54GLS blows G connectivity away on this thing, I would walk 15 feet away and get half the readings I would have with the other router; tested with wavemon.

Overall Review: Get a router that can run Tomato, DD-WRT is full of bugs and have always had some issue with it--thought I would give DD-WRT another try--my mistake not the routers.

10/17/2011
GIGABYTE GA-A55M-DS2 FM1 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-A55M-DS2 FM1 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Using in a HTPC running Linux with mythtv/xbmc. Zero compatibility problems, just works.

Cons: none.

12/15/2012
WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Have had multiple enterprise grade drives, while this is not it performs just fine for my needs. Using for on-demand video storage, able to pull multiple HD streams over the network without stutter. Smart status looks great compared to other drives put in at the same time.

Cons: Not hardware RAID ready, don't even bother putting this into a RAID.

12/15/2012
ICY DOCK MB455SPF-B 5 in 3 SATA I, II & III Hot-Swap Internal Backplane Raid Cage Module
ICY DOCK MB455SPF-B 5 in 3 SATA I, II & III Hot-Swap Internal Backplane Raid Cage Module

Pros: Fits 5 3.5" drives quite well. Quiet, looks nice, provides adequate cooling.

Cons: Large, needed to cut the tabs/shelf within the case to fit.

Overall Review: One of the LEDs stays orange, all other are green--the drive is fine.

12/15/2012