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Nolan T.

Nolan T.

Joined on 11/22/04

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Halfway still running...

Seagate BarraCuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Runs cool, relatively quiet, not too slow, cheapish

Cons: One of my two drives in a raid mirror is reporting a SMART failure after 2 years of constant operation - but then again that's why I mirror :)

Overall Review: This has been a good drive up until about a week ago, I've been a fan of Seagate for a long time now and will probably continue to be. My drive just went out of warranty (of course) now that it's about to fail..

Most Critical Review

Fifty Fifty

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: One of the drives I ordered worked.

Cons: The other was DOA. No spinup, no nothing. Dead.

Overall Review: I'm running 2 Seagate 400GB's in a RAID 1 array, it's been perfect the past couple years, just ran out of space. You're better than this, Seagate. Step it up.

Great RAM so far, works at advertised timings.

CORSAIR Vengeance LPX (AMD Ryzen Ready) 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) AMD Optimized Desktop Memory Model CMK16GX4M2Z3600C18
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX (AMD Ryzen Ready) 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) AMD Optimized Desktop Memory Model CMK16GX4M2Z3600C18

Overall Review: No issues setting up the XMP profile (or DOCP in Ryzen's case, same thing) on a new Asus X570 Plus board. Has been running at advertised timings for a few weeks now. Love Corsair and NewEgg!

Be sure to check what interface type your board needs for m.2! SATA III or PCI-E

Samsung 128GB CM871a SSD M.2 2280 NGFF MZ-NTY1280 80mm Solid Sate Drive 00UP420
Samsung 128GB CM871a SSD M.2 2280 NGFF MZ-NTY1280 80mm Solid Sate Drive 00UP420

Pros: I'm sure this drive would have worked fine but I found out there are SATA III and PCI-E based M.2 drives - this drive is SATA III so if your board like my Asus Z97-A only supports PCI-E based M.2 you can not use it.

Cons: It's the size of a stick of gum - tiny!

Get this combo

Rosewill RKM-800RF 2.4 GHz Cordless Slim Keyboard and Mouse Combo
Rosewill RKM-800RF 2.4 GHz Cordless Slim Keyboard and Mouse Combo

Pros: Really good range! I actually can't go far enough in my room to see how far it will go. The mouse is excellent, I usually detect some lag with wireless mice but this one is quick enough I can't - major plus for games, has dedicated on/off switches for both mouse and keyboard if you want to take em somewhere, cool tiny usb receiver.

Cons: None that I can find

Saved my LAN Parties

NETGEAR WNR3500-100NAS RangeMax Premium Wireless-N Gigabit Router IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft
NETGEAR WNR3500-100NAS RangeMax Premium Wireless-N Gigabit Router IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft

Pros: Super fast, pretty easy to set up, rock solid operation, completely silent, gigabit ports, updates firmware by itself, its pretty :)

Cons: Only 5 ports. Have to get another switch to accommodate all my gear. If they only made one with 8 ports...

Overall Review: Old router was bogging down traffic on the network, dropping connections, etc. Just was worn out. This fixed everything and I was able to replace that router and an access point with this one unit. It's been perfect ever since. No reboots or anything. My only suggestion is to let it grab whatever updates it needs before setting up anything, then all will be good.