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Michael S.

Michael S.

Joined on 08/21/05

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Most Favorable Review

Best of the best

Super Flower Leadex Titanium 1600W 80+ Titanium, 10 Years Warranty,  ECO Fanless & Silent Mode, Full Modular Power Supply, Dual Ball Bearing Fan, SF-1600F14HT
Super Flower Leadex Titanium 1600W 80+ Titanium, 10 Years Warranty, ECO Fanless & Silent Mode, Full Modular Power Supply, Dual Ball Bearing Fan, SF-1600F14HT

Pros: Amazing power supply, purchased to accommodate the power requirements of the Asus WRX80 motherboard, TR Pro 3975WX + two 3x8pin gpus.

Cons: The unit is enormous and barely fits in my Fractal 7 XL case, but has an extremely short 24pin cable. Strange

Overall Review: Buy it once, use it for life.

Most Critical Review

Design flaw - 10G network adapter is defective

ASUS ProArt X870E-CREATOR WIFI AMD AM5 X870E ATX Motherboard PCIe 5.0 x16 slots with full support for next-gen GPUs, 16+2+2 power stages, DDR5, dual USB4, 10 Gb & 2.5 Gb LAN, WiFi 7, four M.2 slots
ASUS ProArt X870E-CREATOR WIFI AMD AM5 X870E ATX Motherboard PCIe 5.0 x16 slots with full support for next-gen GPUs, 16+2+2 power stages, DDR5, dual USB4, 10 Gb & 2.5 Gb LAN, WiFi 7, four M.2 slots

Overall Review: Great feature set on this board but the 10G network adapter is defective - it does at random intervals, killing all internet access. Other people having this problem on reddit too. This was apparently also an issue on Asus x670 boards. I have no confidence that this can be fixed in software. Returning.

10/24/2024

Excellent!

ASRock X870E TAICHI AM5 AMD X870E Extended ATX Motherboard
ASRock X870E TAICHI AM5 AMD X870E Extended ATX Motherboard

Pros: Excellent feature set - better than the Asus ProArt. M.2 slots aren't electrically tied to how many pcie slots are being used, so all m.2 slots can run at full speed - this is really rare for boards these days

Cons: The box doesn't come with an adapter to plug all of the little case connectors into (power button, reset button, etc) - really strange that this is missing in 2024. Also the manual included is generic and useless. You need to download a copy from their website

Overall Review: Would purchase again

11/24/2024
Rosewill R2-JBOD - Aluminum 3.5" SATA I / II USB 2.0 Dual-Bay External Enclosure
Rosewill R2-JBOD - Aluminum 3.5" SATA I / II USB 2.0 Dual-Bay External Enclosure

Pros: Works just as advertised. I have a 1TB Seagate and 2TB WD in there now and it works flawlessly in JBOD mode. I cannot comment on the other mode as I do not wish to combine the two drives. Works great with my mac and windows machines. Also works with the new WD advanced format drives.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Initially the fan was loud and whinny, but after a few hours of being on (overnight) it is now a nice hum. I'm hoping to buy another when my current storage capacity runs out.