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Jonathon K.

Jonathon K.

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Most Favorable Review

great as an access point

NETGEAR WGR614NAR G54 Wireless Router IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11b/g
NETGEAR WGR614NAR G54 Wireless Router IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11b/g

Pros: works great as an access point. Good signal strength. Easy to configure security

Cons: Cannot be configured as a wireless bridge.

Most Critical Review

Decent router but horrible security flaw- don't buy! Even a $30 router is better than this junk

MSI RadiX AXE6600 WiFi 6E Tri-Band Gaming Router  support 2.5GHz/5GHz/6GHz, AI QoS support
MSI RadiX AXE6600 WiFi 6E Tri-Band Gaming Router support 2.5GHz/5GHz/6GHz, AI QoS support

Pros: Nice looking unit. Stays cool. Decent speeds on all bands.

Cons: Huge security flaw On other routers, I setup reserved IP address for each device using the mac address. If a device gets plugged via Ethernet or WiFi, but isn't on the reserved address list, it would be rejected. On this device, a brand new device can just join the network, and it's actually assigned an IP address reserved for another device! When that happens the legitimate device gets knocked offline because the unauthorized, unreserved device is given its IP. COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS. I spoke with MSI tech support. They said it seems like a bug and they will pass it up the chain. He then said you could turn off dhcp and setup static IP addresses as a work around. I laughed and said, then can just run a script to try random ip addresses until they find one in range and not in use. How is this better? They said "Yes, I understand. I will put that in our notes to see if they can improve that in the near future. Thanks" There was no estimate on when or even IF this is going to get fixed. If MSI responds to this review with contact information, I'll update my review with the solution.

Overall Review: The router and the web interface looks nice but a basic security function found in cheap 15 year old wifi routers is missing or broken. This is a huge red flag.

Very fast drive for little $. (1GB version)

Western Digital WD Black SN750 SE NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 4.0 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS100T1B0E
Western Digital WD Black SN750 SE NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 4.0 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS100T1B0E

Pros: Getting 3431.9MB/s read and 2851.9MB/s write. See screencapture picture with crystaldiskmark in my review. Without any heatsink on the above test, in a 21.1C/70F room getting 41C Low and 51C peak under write activity. <Below is info about cheap heatsink I used and difference it makes> With the JEYI M.2 Heatsink, Heavy Duty Aluminum Convective Heat Sink FinsCold iGlacier8 unavailable at newegg but available at the other biggest online retailer... in a 21.1C/70F room getting 28C Low and 35C peak under write activity. That's a delta of 13C lower temperature on idle, and 16C lower on peak temperature.

Cons: Not a con for this drive but all nvme's. They all say that the MTBF (mean time between failure) is measured at 40C. So whenever your drive goes above 40C, you are increasing your chance of failure. I bought the heat-sink for around $16.50 so it's well worth the price.

Overall Review: I definitely recommend always getting a western digital drive. I started building PC's in 1987. Yes I'm old. I still have 15 year old WD drives that work. All my seagate drives have died. one in as few as 3 years. I currently also own the non-SE version of this drive also.

12/26/2021

fast drive

WD Blue 4TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD40EZAZ
WD Blue 4TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD40EZAZ

Pros: Came sealed in an antistatic bag. Drive seems to be working fine. Did a full format which took 4 hours. No error, drive stayed cool.

Cons: The shipping from Newegg shock absorbent wrap only covered top, bottom and right side of drive. Left side was bare with no protection.

Overall Review: Time will tell, in longevity but wd is better imho than Seagate. Been building pc's for 25 years.

P3 Kill A Watt Electricity Load Meter and Monitor
P3 Kill A Watt Electricity Load Meter and Monitor

Pros: Works great at adding up how many kwatts you are using. Used it with an extension cord so that I could measure appliances that had their outlets covered.

Cons: Would have been nice to have a feature that allowed you to plug in the cost of electricity so that you could know the $ amount of electricity used. No built in memory. Once unplugged, unit turns off.

Works great no problems

Kingston 2GB Secure Digital (SD) Flash Card W/ E-Tail clamshell Model SD/2GBET
Kingston 2GB Secure Digital (SD) Flash Card W/ E-Tail clamshell Model SD/2GBET

Pros: Has not given me any problems

Cons: none