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Michael M.

Michael M.

Joined on 05/20/14

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Most Favorable Review

Good PC for the price

CybertronPC Gaming Desktop Computer Rhodium (Black/Green) AMD FX-8300 3.30GHz (8 Cores) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 DVD-RW Drive MS Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
CybertronPC Gaming Desktop Computer Rhodium (Black/Green) AMD FX-8300 3.30GHz (8 Cores) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 DVD-RW Drive MS Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

Pros: This is a pretty good PC for the price. There is alot in it and it looks really nice as well. Shipped out fast

Cons: Only con 2 cons I have seen. -the windows 10 key sticker for some reason was not placed well, dirty on 2 edges and not sure it will stay stuck on -the plastic side window had a little bit of marring from the power cord to the Vid card. I tied it back, but that should be a basic build practice for cables in general.

Overall Review: I build and repair PCs and this model is great overall. It would be hard to build one at this price and make any money on my end so this was the best solution for my customer. I would buy these again if the same sale and requirements were needed.

12/15/2016
Most Critical Review

No RAID?

MSI A78M-E35 FM2+ / FM2 AMD A78 (Bolton D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI A78M-E35 FM2+ / FM2 AMD A78 (Bolton D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Great design overall for this type of board

Cons: I really needed to get RAID 1 on this board. It sales that you can, but it seems impossible. There is nothing on documentation, could not find it on the MSI website, or any other searching I did. Something this simple should not be that difficult

Overall Review: For RAID I have never had trouble or difficulties doing this with Gigabyte. Will probably stick with them in the future.

Very Disappointed

SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 32 layer 3D V-NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 32 layer 3D V-NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM

Pros: Well it was well priced for an SSD

Cons: I love Samsung products and SSDs for that matter but this one has failed me right out of the box. After a fresh install within a few days Windows starting locking up during boot. Then after several attempts to reboot including failing to go into safe mode, the drive just uninitialized and it was like all was gone. I had made a full backup and restored it, and soon had the same problems again. So I replaced with a standard 500 Hard drive and all the problems went away. To make matters worse, I am now trying to get an RMA with Samsung, and that looks like it could be more difficult than needs to be.

Overall Review: I am a business owner building PCs. Getting an RMA on a bad drive should be easy. With Western Digital it is all done online with their website. For Samsung I have to wait until I can call them at a certain time at a certain number going through 5 phone options before I will get someone...the online chat support told me that and that they could not help me.

Disappointed

Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus - Mid Tower Computer Case with Windowed Side Panel and USB 3.0
Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus - Mid Tower Computer Case with Windowed Side Panel and USB 3.0

Pros: It is a nice all metal case with easy tool less drive install

Cons: Not worth the price. It only has 1 case fan in the front. It has no drive hardware for SSD install. It has the front openings for smaller drives like a Card Reader that I ordered, but again, no hardware to actually install anything other than a standard sized hard drive.

Overall Review: I build alot of computers and love Cooler-Master, but this case was very disappointing for the cost and lack of what it is. It could be a great case at this price if it had a few more fans and the proper hardware for SSD and such.

Working but not Plug and Play

BitCrane T-110S 1 Th/s Ultra-Silent BitCoin Mining System
BitCrane T-110S 1 Th/s Ultra-Silent BitCoin Mining System

Pros: I rated this before, just an update...seems to do what it says

Cons: I could not get into it with the stated IP of 192.168.1.140. After several days and hours "tinkering" Here is how it went: So with the 192.168.1.140 not working, I finally got my 110s miner running today...way too many hours in on this. Here is what I did: So no luck on my direct connect to laptop. I configured my spare router to 192.168.1.1 and 255.255.0.0 and left everything else blank. I had the laptop and 110 connected to the spare router. Checked my client list and found it at 192.168.1.19 with host name Cubian as a DHCP client. In Chrome I entered 192.168.1.19 and went direct to the console. However the Network settings on the console were 192.168.2.7 ; 255.255.0.0 ; and 192.168.1.1 So I changed the network settings on the miner and saved to 192.168.1.110 ; 255.255.255.0 ; and 192.168.1.1. So I saved the changes and shut down the miner. I left my spare router settings to 192.168.1.1 ; 255.255.0.0 and turned on the miner and the new IP does not work. I rebooted my router and all I could see was my Laptop. After some time the miner shows back up as 192.168.1.19 again as a DHCP client. It would appear that DHCP is configured on this, or the 192.168.1.19 is default and the setting changes made do nothing to the miner. I have spent hours chasing my tail trying to figure this one out and no luck. My last step in all of this was to put it online with my home network. The only change I made to this router was the subnet to 255.255.0.0 When it is plugged into it I have nothing. I tried several times rebooting the miner and the router, but the miner never shows up as a client. I went back to the spare router and again after some time, the miner shows back up as 192.168.1.19. I tired once again to change the IP in the console, and after rebooting the miner, this time it finally changed. So just to make sure my home network router would see it for sure I created a manual IP with the MAC of the miner for the new IP I set. And finally after several days and hours of for some reason magically it is working. So much for Plug and Play. Had I not had an extra router I don't think I would have ever got this working.

Overall Review: So there were no instructions or software shipped that could have helped resolve this. Maybe some kind of app to install that would see all BitCranes on the network or something. Contact Tech support via facebook and email on a Friday. They did get back to me on Monday after another post on facebook. The instructions they gave did not help much in this case, but at least they did try to help and get back to me.

Great printer

Samsung SL-M2070FW Wireless Monochrome Multifunction Laser Printer
Samsung SL-M2070FW Wireless Monochrome Multifunction Laser Printer

Pros: Great price. Easy set-up. Prints fast. Does everything as advertised and expected

Cons: None