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Tze L.

Tze L.

Joined on 12/05/01

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Most Favorable Review

Running 24x7 for 2 months

Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Server Memory Model KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G
Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Server Memory Model KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G

Pros: All 8 GB recognized on DELL T110. Added to existing 2 GB 1066 memory. System detected 12 GB. System much more responsive. Surprising improvement in SMB performance. Prior to installing memory, getting 65 MB/s Reads 55 MB/s Writes from Windows 2008 Server R2 Software RAID 5 4x1TB Samsung F3. After upgrade, 85 MB/s Read 75 MB/s Writes.

Cons: First try failed. 1 Bad Stick. RMA with Newegg was painless.

11/24/2011
Most Critical Review

Worked great while it lasted

PLANTRONICS In-The-Ear Bluetooth Headset Black Bulk (Discovery 925)
PLANTRONICS In-The-Ear Bluetooth Headset Black Bulk (Discovery 925)

Pros: Very portable. But also easy to get lost if you are not careful :) Looks cool. Easy to use. One button to turn on. Same button to accept calls. Same button to end calls. One of the better headsets I had while it worked.

Cons: There are only 4 volume levels. No battery level indicator. Sometimes difficult to jam it into the charger. Initially the unit stays in place well in the ear, but over time, plastic cover loosens up, and the headset rotates/moves while in the ear.

Overall Review: One day, while I was placing it into my ear, I accidentally touched the metal contacts of the mini-usb jack, and I felt a static discharge. Ever since then, the unit sounded bad, all phone converstation were filled with static noise.

Works with Tomato

ASUS RT-N12 Wireless Broadband Router SuperSpeedN 802.11b/g/n up to 300Mbps/ Open Source DD-WRT Support
ASUS RT-N12 Wireless Broadband Router SuperSpeedN 802.11b/g/n up to 300Mbps/ Open Source DD-WRT Support

Pros: Used a pair to create a bridge network. Never had to reboot. Works reliably for general PC traffic. Some issues with Video over IP.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Looking to extend network that includes Video over IP. At the time, there was no devices that supported unicast traffic over wireless. Found a pair for cheap. Works fine with SDTV traffic, but not for HDTV traffic.

11/24/2011

RAID 5 in Server

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Used 4 in Windows 2008 Server R2 Software RAID 5. Been running since last September with no issues. Since I've seen other reviews mention that they fail over time, I have enabled Hard Driver Standby on Idle, and confirmed that they do spin down after 10 mins.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Now that Samsung is not a hard drive company anymore, I just purchased 1 more as a backup. May get more because they have worked out great. 2.77 TB in RAID 5 with 4 drives.

11/24/2011

Worked in 2011 27 iMAC

Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 Laptop Memory Model KVR1333D3SOK2/8GR
Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 Laptop Memory Model KVR1333D3SOK2/8GR

Pros: No issues plugging into the remaining memory slots in my 2011 27 iMAC, which originally came with 4 GB. Memory upgrade immediately recognized by OSX Lion. Sure beats paying sky high prices for regular vendor upgrades.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Crazy OSX Lion is eating it all up. Last night, there was only 400 MB remaining out of 12 GB. Glad I went with more memory. Would be silly going with the 256 GB SSD upgrade with only 4 GB RAM. Specs: 2011 27inch iMAC 3.4 GHz Core i7 256 GB SSD + 1 TB 4 GB Ram (Initial) + 8 GB (This RAM) 2 GB AMD 6970M

Seems to be working

Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: 4 Drives working in Windows 2008 Server SW Raid 5. After formatting, that came out to 2.6 TB...

Cons: Packaging was suspect. The bubble wrap did not completely encompass all four drives.

Overall Review: I was a little concerned when I received all 4 drives, and noticed that the bubble wrap did not fully enclose all four sides of the drives... Plus the box that it came in was too big, and they used paper to fill up the space, but it does not look like there was enough to stop the drives from shifting within the box. First thing I did, was stick it into the servers, and run WD's full disk diagnostics. Surprising they ran clean. Then I proceeded with configuring all 4 drives in a RAID 5 Set. Have been using the RAID 5 for the 3-4 months with not major issues. Have loaded over 150 GB so far. Sometimes, the RAID 5 stops responding, and can see that at least one of the drive's Queue Length went up, and stays up from anywhere for a couple seconds to about a minute. I don't think this is a drive problem. Maybe Windows 2008 SW RAID 5 implementation is faulty.