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Brett L.

Brett L.

Joined on 08/07/06

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Most Favorable Review

Powerful, easy install, but noisy cooling

AMD Opteron 6376 Abu Dhabi 2.3 GHz 16 MB L2 Cache 16MB L3 Cache Socket G34 115W OS6376WKTGGHKWOF Server Processor
AMD Opteron 6376 Abu Dhabi 2.3 GHz 16 MB L2 Cache 16MB L3 Cache Socket G34 115W OS6376WKTGGHKWOF Server Processor

Pros: Powerful, easy to install/use.

Cons: Fans are noisy if you're not doing liquid cooling

Overall Review: I should have invested in liquid cooling, because when I run these babies at 100% capacity the fans are very loud! I realize most people buy these for virtualization, but I'm using them for data modeling/mining, which means I want to max them out as much as possible to get the jobs done faster. So -- I love these, they're pure awesome. Be ready for some fan noise, however, if you're going to use them at full capacity and don't have liquid cooling.

Most Critical Review

Had to remove front doors to seat the drives correctly

Rosewill Transclosure RX200R-APU3-25B External Hard Drive Enclosure - Dual Slots for 2 x 2.5" SATA SSDs / HDDs with RAID 0 / 1 & JBOD / 2 LUN, USB 3.0 Connection, 100% Screw-less, Aluminum Body
Rosewill Transclosure RX200R-APU3-25B External Hard Drive Enclosure - Dual Slots for 2 x 2.5" SATA SSDs / HDDs with RAID 0 / 1 & JBOD / 2 LUN, USB 3.0 Connection, 100% Screw-less, Aluminum Body

Pros: Once you get it working, it works great.

Cons: Drives do not seat properly

Overall Review: Out of the box my slim SSD's would not seat in the connectors properly, I had to remove the front doors by pushing the hinge pins out, and then I noticed that the left connector wasn't even centered...so it took some maneuvering to get the drive to seat correctly. Once I did that I was able to use it as explained in the manual.

Only ok

Pantum P2502W 1200 x 1200 DPI Wireless / USB Monochrome Laser Printer
Pantum P2502W 1200 x 1200 DPI Wireless / USB Monochrome Laser Printer

Pros: - cheap

Cons: - user manual isn't clear on how to set up wifi (hint: you have to have your printer plugged into USB of your computer, run the CD driver install but select WiFi option, enter your SSID, etc.) - faint part in printed pages, user manual says to replace toner -- which I really don't like because this is brand new with stock toner, and extra toner cartridges are out of stock / backordered - manual doesn't explain how to set up on a Mac, nor does the CD appear to have Mac software on it (I have both Windows and Mac computers that need to print to it)

Overall Review: At the Black Friday price of $30, it's a no-brainer. I wouldn't pay more than that, however....