Joined on 03/16/05
First pre-built PC, I'm really happy
Pros: Quality components Simple build Great packaging Nice cooling system
Cons: GPU is not liquid cooled, just the CPU Low RAM (although 2 free DIMM slots) Was missing heat sinks for extra two NVME slots Case makes it tricky to access the SATA slots to install nvme drives on your own; no 2.5 inch bays. Case lights are OBNOXIOUS, and do not have software control (just the motherboard lights and RAM lights do). It was undocumented (as far as I can tell) but there is a little switch tangled up with the cables in an obscure position that controls them... pressing the button cycles through. The case apparently lacked such a button, so there's just a little button dangling inside.
Overall Review: Great PC, and with the 20% off this is a really great deal. Overall, I'm happy. I'd buy it again.
Dead after 4 weeks, damaging computer
Pros: Cheap?
Cons: After four weeks of use, the power supply decided to give out. It started to shoot sparks, crackling and popping, and then giving out completely. I'm not entirely sure what provoked it, we used it in a PC that we used to watch Netflix/YouTube/etc. The computer is only running one 5600 RPM hard drive, a DVD ROM drive, a Pentium 4 processor, and an old ATI graphics card. Perhaps that was too much load for it? I didn't think that would be. Anyways, I lucked out. The only component that the power supply took with it to its grave was a 10-year-old sound card I had in the computer.
Overall Review: From now on, I will be purchasing no more cheap power supplies. I've replaced it with a Rosewell 680 W power supply. So far so good.
Works fine on Windows 10. Native support for Mac OS
Pros: Supported by Mac OS natively! No issues with this card. Windows 10 drivers have been released, but you do need to install download and install them. And lol that requires an internet connection.
Cons: An antenna broke pretty easily. Put it together with scotch tape and signal wasn't negatively impacted but was kind of frustrating that I put the computer on the side and boom broken antenna.
So far so good
Pros: Works just fine in the Canon Rebel t2i
Cons: It's a class 4 card, while that's fast enough for HD video and taking lots of pictures, it's not very speedy if you want to use it to transfer lots of files... I get about 4 MB a sec.
Works as advertised
Pros: * Works as fast as you would expect from USB 2.0
Cons: * It's USB 2.0. This is clearly advertised, but many modern hard drives are capable of transferring data much faster than USB 2.0 is capable of transferring.
Overall Review: I'm not sure about the power saving options, the drive does seem to spin down when not in use though. I hooked this up to my home wireless router for use with TimeMachine. The USB 2.0 isn't a bottleneck in this case, the wireless is, so it's no trouble.
Decent little router
Pros: * It works great with all my laptops in the house. Got decent speeds throughout all 3000 sqft. * Easy setup, no power cable required, great for traveling. * Printer sharing easy to configure and effective.
Cons: * Doesn't support dual band. * Speeds are not nearly as close to the Apple Airport Extreme Base station. * I read that you could share disks with this device, but was unable to get it to work (it didn't show in the airport config utility, but it does on my Airport Extreme Base station)
Overall Review: Get it for use on the road. Or for extending your wireless network. For heavier home use, I would recommend going for the Airport Extreme. I didn't try AirTunes, but it seems like a neat feature.