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Joel S.

Joel S.

Joined on 01/23/03

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Excellent; consistent with my high expectations for Noctua products

Noctua NH-D9 AMP-4926 4U, CPU Cooler For Ampere Altra Family Processors (LGA4926)
Noctua NH-D9 AMP-4926 4U, CPU Cooler For Ampere Altra Family Processors (LGA4926)

Pros: Temperatures of M128-26 under load dropped by approximately 20C compared to my prior cooling solution, which was a passive heatsink (which shipped with the Ampere/AsrockRack bundle from Newegg) plus an $8 fan aluminum taped to it.

Overall Review: Noctua continues to set the gold standard for cooling solutions, consistently meeting my high expectations they've established over the years. Each purchase reaffirms their commitment to quality and performance. That Noctua offers this product is commendable and greatly appreciated.

Most Critical Review

Slow

PQI U172P 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Black) 6172-004GR1001
PQI U172P 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Black) 6172-004GR1001

Pros: Free w/ purchase of some RAM for my macbook pro. Small size (the usb ports on MacBook pro are stupidly close together), so this drive fits with a mouse plugged in.

Cons: Very slow (~ 2 MB/sec) writes. All my other flash drives are at least twice as fast. Not fast enough for Win7 ReadyBoost. The cap over the USB plug fits very loose

10/26/2010
ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: UEFI bios is kinda neat. First time using something like it.

Cons: A little flimsier than other boards I've used in the past.

Overall Review: Works great with Linux.

11/16/2012
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PD256BW
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PD256BW

Pros: Awesomely fast.

Cons: Expensive

Overall Review: Worth it.

11/16/2012
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.2 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8350FRHKBOX Desktop Processor
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.2 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8350FRHKBOX Desktop Processor

Pros: 8 cores, cheap

Cons: stock heatsink fan sucks. fan is really loud. heatsink has some heatpipes that hiss

11/16/2012
iRam 4GB DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Memory for Apple MacBook & iMac Model IR4GSO1066D3
iRam 4GB DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Memory for Apple MacBook & iMac Model IR4GSO1066D3

Pros: No problems so far

Cons: Of course as soon as I order two separate sticks, they introduce an 8GB package that's $20 cheaper than buying two 4GB sticks individually.

Overall Review: I ordered two 4GB sticks for my MacBook Pro. Ran Memtest86+ on it and it showed many errors. Put the original RAM back in and ran Memtest86+ again - got more errors. A little research revealed that Memtest86+ on Apple's intel hardware can give false positives. Downloaded a memtest frontend called "Rember" and ran it with the new RAM, no problems.

10/20/2010