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christopher b.

christopher b.

Joined on 09/28/04

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Most Favorable Review

Working out of the box with no fan needed

G.SKILL PIS Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 2200 (PC3 17600) Desktop Memory Model F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS
G.SKILL PIS Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 2200 (PC3 17600) Desktop Memory Model F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS

Pros: pretty simple, install turn on. no adjustments needed for the asrock extreme 1156 board i picked up. works perfect with no voltage adjustments

Cons: not cheaper? Doesn't do my dishes ?

Most Critical Review

Terrible mounting, good cooler

CoolIT SYSTEMS ECO-R120 Advanced Liquid Cooling (ALC)
CoolIT SYSTEMS ECO-R120 Advanced Liquid Cooling (ALC)

Pros: it does keep my overclocked 3.2 kuma cool at 33c. it is quiet as heck when the fan is under 50%

Cons: IT IS NOT FULLY AM3/AM2+ COMPATIBLE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A OEM BACKPLATE ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD THIS UNIT WILL NOT BE MOUNTABLE. ie, WHEN YOU BOUGHT YOUR MOTHERBOARD DID IT COME WITH E METAL BACKPLATE? IF YES, THEN IT WILL MOUNT. IF NOT YOUR HOSED. IF YOU CALL OR EMAIL COOLIT... THEY WILL TELL YOU YOUR OUT OF LUCK AND TO TRY GETTING A "LEGACY" BACKPLATE FROM THE MOTHERBOARD OEM. oh, and the hoses are very stiff.... matx cases owners may have placement issues. i felt like i was going to snap mine off.

Overall Review: aside from the terrible grievance of not including a am3/am2+ backplate in the event your motherboard did not come with one its decent. my other main rig beats the pants off it with its custom water cooler but this one is nice in that its sealed, and small.

works as designed .. this is my eighth drive of the same model and capacity. love them.

HP EX950 M.2 2280 512GB PCle Gen3 x4, NVMe1.3 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 5MS22AA#ABC
HP EX950 M.2 2280 512GB PCle Gen3 x4, NVMe1.3 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 5MS22AA#ABC

Pros: after cache exhaustion it still plugs away at 400MB\s before cache exhaustion pushed 2GB\s between each unit (I run VMS on each stick) Dont seem to suffer heat issues as i have abused them pretty good

Cons: no cons, i have bought 8 of these things and not one has had an issue, or performed unexpectedly

Overall Review: excellent / buy

Garbage for moderate or heavy use

Team Group CX2 2.5" 256GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253X6256G0C101
Team Group CX2 2.5" 256GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253X6256G0C101

Pros: They turned on..

Cons: After moderate load for 3 minutes *all 4 drives* can only write at 45-55 MB\s Bought 4 of these to replace a 4 very old of sandisk TLC drives. These are MUCH SLOWER and have a horrible cache less design .. copying 100GB of data to them runs fast for 30 seconds at about 700MB\s, then it dropped to 100ish, then it drop to under 60MB for the entire time.

Overall Review: do not buy for anything needed sustained transfer rates. all 4 drives are working normally.. they are just garbage

2 drives DOA 1 drive working

Kingston A400 240GB SATA 3 2.5" Internal SSD SA400S37/240G - HDD Replacement for Increase Performance
Kingston A400 240GB SATA 3 2.5" Internal SSD SA400S37/240G - HDD Replacement for Increase Performance

Pros: One of three drives working as expected

Cons: TWO drives now. It will not hold more than 5-gb of data then hangs windows. Second 'replacement drive' will transfer files but only at 5-10MBs. Tried to format the drive and wipe it with non-compressible data resulted in explorer hanging JUST like the last failed drive. #1 drive working as expected. swapped cables, opened up a new cable and the defective-replacement drive still hangs. No more Kingston. dooky-ssd brand. returning for full refund.

Overall Review: With a 20% failure rate it was a gamble. but now i have seen 2 dead drives and 1 working drive.

Failed after benchmarking

TEAMGROUP C175 128GB USB 3.2 Gen 1 Flash Drive Rounded Streamlined Unibody Design Black Pearl Seamless Construction Matte and Glossy Finish, Speed Up to 100MB/s (TC1753128GB01)
TEAMGROUP C175 128GB USB 3.2 Gen 1 Flash Drive Rounded Streamlined Unibody Design Black Pearl Seamless Construction Matte and Glossy Finish, Speed Up to 100MB/s (TC1753128GB01)

Pros: None

Cons: Failed right after running Crystal Bench .. obv won't buy again.

Overall Review: failed in less than 1 hour do not buy. the unit will not mount under Centos, or windows. It locks up Windows explorer when you try to open, or write to it.. it and Cent basically gives up after 5 minutes.