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Michael B.

Michael B.

Joined on 03/05/03

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Most Favorable Review

Just a tip really about the USB 3.0

ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: Ok awesome board, but the design was done before the standard for USB 3.0 front panels were set so it comes with the little box for putting in a 3.5 inch bay on your case. My case is the Cooler Master HAFX. You can take the box off the cable. It is just a box covering the cables. I plugged in the front HAFX USB3.0 cables that were meant to go out the back of the case and occupy two USB 3.0 plugs in the back of the Motherboard into the unboxed plugs for the box and then tucked it behind the Motherboard tray.

Cons: none great board. Be carefull in what you plug into what on the SATA connections. Read the manual, it is very specific.

Overall Review: Now I have two front USB 3.0 and the ones in the back are free to. Now if I had some USB 3.0 external drives that would be cool.

Most Critical Review

Nice Keyboard, Bad Power Supply, No tech support

Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E.7 Gaming Keyboard for PC
Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E.7 Gaming Keyboard for PC

Pros: Got keyboard, put it together, hooked it up, everything worked but could not update the bios.(yeah it has one). Nice alum. back keep it all in place nice braided cables. Display is bright and responsive to the touch.

Cons: Came home one day about a week later, no lights on keyboard and USB bus on back does not work. Called them, got a person who said ship it to us and we will repair/replace it. He didn't want to trouble shoot, when I asked his assistance to troubleshoot he told me to install it on a different computer. I know electrical and PC so I tested the Power supply and 0 Volt. Went down to Radio shack got a new power supply and everything works again including updating the bios. They had me open a case online and the website acknowledged it. Nothing since.

Overall Review: Hardware monitoring screen would be nice, a variety of screens other than the few you have. You can make any picture into and icon for our macro's.

10/23/2013

Buggy from the start

Teratrend TS432U Aluminum + SECC 3.5" Black SATA I/II/III USB 3.0 & eSATA 4-Bay External HDD RAID Enclosure
Teratrend TS432U Aluminum + SECC 3.5" Black SATA I/II/III USB 3.0 & eSATA 4-Bay External HDD RAID Enclosure

Pros: Nice case, very well constructed case, Very fast and nice storage when it worked. USB3.0 and Esata both flew.

Cons: Seems very sensitve and when bumped lost all my data. It would lose the raid stripe and fail at 97 percent on the rebuild, format start all over and moved the desk it was on and lost all the data again. Looks like they have a card plugged into a slot on the main board and it does not like movement. Probably a bad solder joint that got a little loose in shipping. Well it's on my shelf in the closet and I will take it apart one day.

Overall Review: Wish I had bought the warranty from newegg.

12/21/2014

Nice scale, seems well made

Ozeri ZB13-W2 Touch 440 lbs Total Body Bath Scale in White – Measures Weight, Fat, Muscle, Bone & Hydration with Auto Recognition and Infant Tare Technology
Ozeri ZB13-W2 Touch 440 lbs Total Body Bath Scale in White – Measures Weight, Fat, Muscle, Bone & Hydration with Auto Recognition and Infant Tare Technology

Pros: Nice Digital scale up to 440 Lbs, multiple users, it does fat, muscle, bone, water percentages and displays them for you. Your feet get a little tickle when it does the fat test.... Arrived on time from the vendor directly, no issues there.

Cons: Mine out of the box was 30 pounds high, Resetting it by removing the batteries got it back to zero and it matches the other scale in the house. So that is the one egg.

10/29/2013

8 Port 1 Gig Switch

TP-Link 8 Port Gigabit Ethernet Network Switch | Ethernet Splitter | Sturdy Metal w/ Shielded Ports | Plug-and-Play | Traffic Optimization | Unmanaged (TL-SG108)
TP-Link 8 Port Gigabit Ethernet Network Switch | Ethernet Splitter | Sturdy Metal w/ Shielded Ports | Plug-and-Play | Traffic Optimization | Unmanaged (TL-SG108)

Pros: A nice Rugged all metal case, wall wart type of Power supply, stays nice and cool and does the job. Has good rubber feet, and mounting holes if your into that.

Cons: None yet.

Overall Review: looks good in my home data center.

Nice Fit, Works Great

ICY DOCK MB973SP-B Tray-less 3 in 2 SATA I/II/III Hot-Swap Backplane RAID Cage Module w/ eSATA & USB2.0
ICY DOCK MB973SP-B Tray-less 3 in 2 SATA I/II/III Hot-Swap Backplane RAID Cage Module w/ eSATA & USB2.0

Pros: Fit nicely, no dremel on Coolermaster case. Put the drives in with no issue and it is off and working as avertised on a Windows Home Server V2. Also picked up the ICY dock 2.5 inch to 3.5 inch adapter for an SSD drive for the same server. This is allowing so much more expansion in a mid tower case. As an IT guy on a storage farm this seems so much like the servers I work with day to day. Drive out and drive in without having to shutdown.

Cons: None that I can think of. It was easy to install.

Overall Review: I am going to go ahead and order a second one for future expansion and redundancy in this server.