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Brant F.

Brant F.

Joined on 05/05/06

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Great little SDDs

Patriot P300 M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen3 x4, NVMe 1.3 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) P300P1TBM28
Patriot P300 M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen3 x4, NVMe 1.3 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) P300P1TBM28

Overall Review: These things are great. I just added two, one for OS and other for games directory. Windows boot time went from 4-5 min on a standard HDD to 35 seconds on this! I would recommend buying an additional heatsink for them though. They run pretty hot (not sure what an average temp is for a SSD) just to protect your investment. Mine run about 110 degrees F with a stock heatsink that came with my Asus X570-Plus (Wifi) and around 140 on the one with no heatsink. I have ordered two ARGB heatsinks with a cooling fan to make sure they last a long time. Hope you enjoy yours!

Most Critical Review

Finally got it working

SYBA USB 3.0 2.5" & 3.5" Dual bay Black SATA III, HDD Docking Station for Easy Clone and Backup, CL-ENC50060
SYBA USB 3.0 2.5" & 3.5" Dual bay Black SATA III, HDD Docking Station for Easy Clone and Backup, CL-ENC50060

Pros: Cloned close to a TB of files in about 3 hours, all with the push of a button. It formats the drive for you so be careful which drive you stick in which slot. There downside to it though.

Cons: It can only format to MBR so if your trying to use a drive over 2TB you will wind up with a lot of unusable space. I found this out after cloning to a 4TB drive only to find I couldnt use 2 of those terabytes.

Overall Review: I wound up having to use Acronis to clone which has taken over a day. It would be nice if there was a selector switch to allow your your choice of format, MBR or GPT

28" of HD goodness

ASUS VN289QR Black 28" 5ms (GTG) HDMI Ultra-Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor,300 cd/m2 ASCR 80,000,000:1 (3000:1) Built-in Speakers with Flicker Free Technology
ASUS VN289QR Black 28" 5ms (GTG) HDMI Ultra-Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor,300 cd/m2 ASCR 80,000,000:1 (3000:1) Built-in Speakers with Flicker Free Technology

Pros: Size, size, size, (yea guys, it does matter). Price was right on sale for 165! It really is a beautiful monitor, though not as good as my Asus 23.6" that started having capacitor problems after about 7 years. It is sharp, clear makes 720p images a tiny bit rough at the 28" size but I have not had any of the text issues that others complain about. My guess is they do not know how to properly calibrate a monitor of this, or any size. Lots of prebuilt settings to chose from that should suit most users needs. It is super bright, i had to turn gamma down to 72-78 range but it is not hard on they eyes even at 100 thanks to the blue light filter.

Cons: The blue light filter can make images dark so i keep mine off, the prebuilt settings take some getting used to and the buttons on the back are a wee bit inconvenient. I have not tried the built in speakers as i still have an old soundblaster audigy zx2 7.1 surround that cant be beat. Mine has 1 dead pixel in the top left 4 inches in and 2 down, not a big deal at this size but a bit of a disappointment from Asus as they rock. It takes 4 for an RMA and I am not to concerned about it as its red is only noticeable on black, green or other dark backgrounds. It does not affect my movie watching or game play (primary functions i use my computer for).

Overall Review: Take your time to get to know this monitor and it will not disappoint. Play with the settings and manually adjust it a bit and it is a great monitor. Text may appear fuzzy until you calibrate it correctly ( i noticed some pixelation on the win10 boot screen on text that was about 5 inches high until i tweaked it after playing with the settings)

12/14/2015

I love you Newegg

TOSHIBA PH3400U-1I72 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Desktop Internal Hard Drive Retail
TOSHIBA PH3400U-1I72 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Desktop Internal Hard Drive Retail

Pros: It's faster than most drives, it's very very quiet (as i had to put my ear to my docking drive when i cloned to it to even hear it working, exposed and all), it's 4TB of storage goodness!

Cons: None

Overall Review: I really wish I had bought two of these at the price i got it for.

12/14/2015

Still done have one that works

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 - Core 2 Duo Conroe Dual-Core 2.13 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80557E6420
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 - Core 2 Duo Conroe Dual-Core 2.13 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80557E6420

Pros: Couldnt tell ya

Cons: Going on two months and what will be my fourth - yes, i said fourth chip i still have yet to get one that works. I take that back... I had one that worked for 45 min before it died. This has been an absolute nightmare.

Overall Review: It just goes to show that some things are better bought locally. For what I saved buying from newegg over fXys i have spent sending it back to newegg, then waiting another week and a half for them to process the rma. Id rather have my money back and just buy it at fXys, if i get another that doesnt work, at least i can get a new one same day.