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Joe S.

Joe S.

Joined on 02/15/02

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Most Favorable Review

Good fo the money

TP-Link N300 Wireless Extender, Wi-Fi Router (TL-WR841N) - 2 x 5dBi High Power Antennas, Supports Access Point, WISP, Up to 300Mbps
TP-Link N300 Wireless Extender, Wi-Fi Router (TL-WR841N) - 2 x 5dBi High Power Antennas, Supports Access Point, WISP, Up to 300Mbps

Pros: Great price, good signal strength, easy configuration. Since this 300Mbps dual-antenna model is only $5 more than the single-antenna 150Mbps speed TP-Link model, it's a great deal. Have used 25+ of these and so far no failures or DOA units.

Cons: Signal strength and speed ARE little less than some of the more expensive models I've used, but for the price it's hard to beat.

Overall Review: Keep in mind it's only $25 when you buy it and don't expect the top-of-line performance you would get from a $300 high-end wireless router. I've been an IT tech for 25 years and have used just about everything from Linksys, Cisco (real Cisco-not Linksys!), D-Link, NetGear and others. To be fair the high end models do offer features and performance better than this one... but you pay for it. If all you need is a simple wireless setup to surf the Internet, this one is hard to beat. Even if you buy 2 of them for different areas to get the coverage you need, that's still cheaper than a high-end router. I've seen a lot of complaints about tech support, but honestly I've never had to use it so I can't comment on that. But, if you're wanting a complicated setup, you shouldn't expect free training from tech support though - that's not their job. Call a local computer tech to help instead of expecting tech support to train you and do it for you for free. For a product in this price range, it's geared for a simple home user; not a business setting... and tech support is probably trained for that type of user - so don't blame them it they aren't able to help with high-end setups for a low-price product. I've been Cisco certified for years and if I have a problem and call their tech support, they are geared for business support because their products are very expensive. I don't expect the same level of support for a $25 router that I would get from a $1,000 router.

Most Critical Review

Good, but failed after 7 1/2 months

EVGA 8 GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Graphics Card 512-P3-1300-LR
EVGA 8 GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Graphics Card 512-P3-1300-LR

Pros: great price, good speed, dual video support

Cons: cooling fan failed after 7 1/2 months

Overall Review: For the price, this was hard to beat for a dual video card. It has DVI, hdma and VGA. To use the VGA port does require taking up an extra slot for the connector though

Great steady stand for matching dual monitors

VIVO Black Dual Monitor Articulating Desk Stand Mount, Fits Up to 27" Screens
VIVO Black Dual Monitor Articulating Desk Stand Mount, Fits Up to 27" Screens

Pros: heavy metal stand and construction. Adjustable in every direction.

Cons: Just make sure both monitors are the same weight or it could be off balance.

Great for the price

StarTech.com RK812WALLO 8U 8U Open Frame Wall Mount Equipment Rack
StarTech.com RK812WALLO 8U 8U Open Frame Wall Mount Equipment Rack

Pros: Sturdy and inexpensive

Cons: none

Overall Review: We have used these in the past and they work great. Like someone else mentioned, the "ledge" is big enough for a small UPS. If creative, you can place something like a custom cut piece of board on the ledges to make a "real" shelf. Also, the price is lower now than the last one we ordered, so its an even better bargain!

inexpensive and works

TP-Link TG-3269 Gigabit Network Adapter 10/100/1000Mbps PCI 1 x RJ45
TP-Link TG-3269 Gigabit Network Adapter 10/100/1000Mbps PCI 1 x RJ45

Pros: Easy install and inexpensive GB card

Cons: none so far, but the mini-cd disk might be hard to install from with a verticle CD/DVD drive

Overall Review: hard to beat for the price. I haven't ran any speed tests on them, but they show a GB connection and seem faster than 10/100 cards

Great price not only OK speed

SEgoN ”Power-X” of Power series 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Disk Model Power-X -64GB
SEgoN ”Power-X” of Power series 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Disk Model Power-X -64GB

Pros: Definately a good price for 64GB as long as write speed isn't your biggest concern. Read speeds are good though.

Cons: I bought this to replace a 2 year old Patriot Xporter XT Boost 32GB Flash Drive that I broke. The old Patriot was at least 3 to 4 times faster writing data to the flash drive than this one. Read speeds are very good though.

Overall Review: As an IT tech, I use the drive to hold about 30GB of utilities, program CD, install files, drivers, service packs, etc. Read speed is important to me and this one does a good job for that. However, writing the 30GB of mixed size files took about an hour (58 min, 34 sec). After my initial copy though, I only update just a few files at a time so it's not a big deal. If you will be copying a lot of files to this at a time and doing the copies pretty often, then expect to spend a lot longer than with some of the faster drives! If you won't be daily writing a lot of files, then this one should be good enough. Also, if you've never spent the extra on a very fast drive, you might be happy since this one is about average on write speeds. I've been spoiled with a VERY fast one in the past so I can really feel the difference.

seller reviews
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Dissapointed so far

After normal 2-3 day shipping from Newegg, waiting over a week and still no shipment is disappointing. The tracking number given doesn't even work so I have no clue if it really shipped or not. After reading other seller reviews, I wish I would have ordered from another seller at this rate. Will review the product if it ever shows up.

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