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Steven F.

Steven F.

Joined on 09/10/05

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Most Favorable Review

Works great

WD My Book Live 3TB Personal Cloud Storage
WD My Book Live 3TB Personal Cloud Storage

Pros: The unit runs Linux (debian flavor), and I found how to ssh into the unit from doing a little web searching. It already has NFS running, and by adding regular user accounts I can rsync over the network. So far it has been flawless.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I wish it had built in wireless.

Most Critical Review

No go on Tyan S2895

SeaSonic S12 Energy Plus SS-650HT 650W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified  Active PFC Power Supply
SeaSonic S12 Energy Plus SS-650HT 650W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: It's a Seasonic.

Cons: Bought this to replace a dead power supply in our server with a Tyan S2895 motherboard and two opteron 275's. Installed it, and it wouldn't work - fans would start to move, and then nothing. I've heard about problems with some Seasonics and DFI boards a couple of years ago, and it seems to have hit me now. I've searched on the web, and there are others with the same problem with the S2895 motherboard. Supposedly Seasonic is planning to fix it but either it doesn't work, or this is a pre-fixed one. BTW, bought on 3 Jan 2007.

Overall Review: I like seasonics, and I'll probably use them in my next box that I'm about to build in the next week or so.

Updated processor

Acer Aspire One AO722-BZ454 Espresso Black AMD Dual-Core Processor C-50 (1.00 GHz) 11.6" 2GB Memory 250GB HDD Netbook
Acer Aspire One AO722-BZ454 Espresso Black AMD Dual-Core Processor C-50 (1.00 GHz) 11.6" 2GB Memory 250GB HDD Netbook

Pros: Picked this up from a local store. This now comes with the AMD C-60 processor - while it still runs at 1 GHz, it has turbo modes for the processor and graphics. The processor turbo mode is 1.3Ghz, and the graphics turbo mode bumps the graphics speed up by 50%.

Cons: No capslock key indicator light.

Nice Drive

Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: good price; good reviews

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: Ordered it a week ago. Was delivered using free shipping in 37 hours. Seems to be running at about the same temp as my other drives (fairly cool), and no noticable additional noise to my system. Packing was fine - wrapped in bubble wrap & peanuts, and didn't slide around in the shipping box.

Works great in a proper case

Thermaltake CL-P0071 4 in 1 Heatpipe CPU Cooler
Thermaltake CL-P0071 4 in 1 Heatpipe CPU Cooler

Pros: I have this installed in an Antec P180 case, and a Athlon64 3000 processor, and with the case fans set on low, I get 38-40c temps with a moderate-high workload workload. No fan on the cooler.

Cons: In a case with poor airflow, it wouldn't do so well. The Antec P180 has an exhaust fan in the back and top, perfect for a fanless cooler.