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George E.

George E.

Joined on 10/26/04

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Most Favorable Review

Worked out of box no issues.

ASRock X299E-ITX/AC LGA 2066 Intel X299 USB 3.1 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
ASRock X299E-ITX/AC LGA 2066 Intel X299 USB 3.1 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Pros: ITX form factor x299 for my Corsair 380T itx case. Loads of features. 4 Ram slots!

Cons: VROC RAID intel Stupidity not really the OEMs fault more intels. Kinda slow bios but it's only 5-10 secs. SODIMM RAM but you get 4 slots on an ITX board so not much of a con.

11/16/2017
Most Critical Review

Easy Sync Poor Battery Life

IOGEAR GME228BW6 Silver 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse
IOGEAR GME228BW6 Silver 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse

Pros: Easy to sync & setup with existing blue-tooth.

Cons: Charging options are a usb power cord "why even have a wireless mouse?". However with a 4-6 hour life between charges 3 buttons are also another gripe. In hindsight I wish I had ordered a usb stick wireless mouse. 8 buttons 4 days on 1 battery & cheaper.

Unstable on Xfinity

NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S AC3200 Wi-Fi DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem Router (C7800)
NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S AC3200 Wi-Fi DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem Router (C7800)

Pros: Pretty Lights

Cons: The device constantly drops internet connection T3/T4 timeouts from the ISP. I opened tickets with both Comcast and Netgear. Netgear blamed Comcast and Comcast blamed Netgear. During the troubleshooting I swapped the Netgear device for a Comcast provided Cisco device I had 0 interrupts for 12 days. I reconnected the Netgear device and within 10 minutes of operation I received connection timeouts T3/T4 again. I swapped back to Cisco and no timeouts. Updated FW, reprovisioned the device, even onsite line techs saw nothing on Comcasts end. Bottom line is it looks fast, but I would pass on this device. Apparently the (C7800) is flagged by Comcast Tier II support as being a problem child.

Bad firmware patches no solutions

SAMSUNG 960 PRO M.2 1TB NVMe PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V6P1T0BW
SAMSUNG 960 PRO M.2 1TB NVMe PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V6P1T0BW

Pros: None

Cons: Expensive slow SSD due to borked 3B6QCXP7 firmware. https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/memoryandstorage/thread-id/1003/page/1 The firmware fix may be release this month. For a 600$ drive this is a no go. My drive has become unresponsive with numerous lockups. I will be refunding this drive. Not pleased!

Fast, good benchmarks, great for extreme multitaskers

Intel Core i9 X-Series - Core i9-7940X Skylake X 14-Core 3.1 GHz LGA 2066 165W BX80673I97940X Desktop Processor
Intel Core i9 X-Series - Core i9-7940X Skylake X 14-Core 3.1 GHz LGA 2066 165W BX80673I97940X Desktop Processor

Pros: Upgraded from a 4770k runs Adobe Photoshop / 3dS Max / and more simultaneously with no slowdown. Overkill for gaming but still eats everything I throw at it alive. Thermals seem to be low for me which I'm more then fine with.

Cons: Price! VROC M2 / Raid intel stupidity lost an egg because of it.

11/16/2017

2nd H90 I own

CORSAIR Hydro Series H90 High Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 140mm
CORSAIR Hydro Series H90 High Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 140mm

Pros: Does work with Intel 2066 socket just use 2011 Parts Cools I9 7940X just fine. Mind you not overclocking. Idles around 30-33C under normal load 45-52C. Stock thermal pad used.

Cons: Nothing Really cept updated docs for 2066 support.

11/16/2017