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DAVID H.

DAVID H.

Joined on 01/14/09

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Excellent Product - Highly Recommended

Seagate Exos Enterprise Capacity 3.5'' HDD 10TB (Helium) 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache Hyperscale 512e Internal Hard Drive ST10000NM0016
Seagate Exos Enterprise Capacity 3.5'' HDD 10TB (Helium) 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache Hyperscale 512e Internal Hard Drive ST10000NM0016

Pros: These drives are the best and probably last hard drives I will ever own. I purchased Two drives and have them in a RAID Mirror now as a redundant backup location for my fileserver. They have worked flawlessly for the last 15 months. They are also quite fast - faster than any other hard drive I have ever owned and even in the redundant write array, they are faster to write than anything I have ever had. So, Fast and Reliable, 24/7/365. They run cool, they feel very cool to the touch in my chassis, but they are usually fed 72 degree air by a pair of 200mm fans, so I would expect this.

Cons: They are not Solid State Drives. I wouldn't mind a couple 10TB SSDs for the price. :-) Other than something silly like this, there is NOTHING that would stop me from recommending these drives. And the price is even way down since I purchased them. If you need spinner capacity for storage of your less than fast class data, these are the drives you are looking for. They simply are best in class.

Overall Review: If you need the storage space, and you are looking for a great hard drive to provide that space, then you really don't need to look anywhere else. Just remember, they are mechanical drives, they are ALWAYS going to eat your data! If you do not properly respect this aspect of any hard drive, you will be unhappy in the end. If you properly back them up and have them in a redundant array, you simply cannot go wrong with these. Sure, there will be bad ones, no amount of quality control can help that, so expect them to fail. And be happy when they never do. These have the best possibility of making you happy when you retire them to the shelf of drives that still works after their life is over.

Syba m.2 PCI-e to PCI-e 3.0 x4 Card Model SI-PEX40110

SYBA SI-PEX40110 M.2 M-Key NVMe PCI-e to PCI-e x4 Converter Card
SYBA SI-PEX40110 M.2 M-Key NVMe PCI-e to PCI-e x4 Converter Card

Pros: Does exactly what it's supposed to do. You plug in your PCI-e M.2 SSD and then plug the card into your expansion slot. Check drive management and there it is. Tah Dah!

Cons: I have found no cons as of this time. It is a simple thing, it simply works.

Overall Review: If you need this functionality, I have bought a total of 4 of these, they all have worked flawlessly to this point.

EXTREME FULL TOWER CHASSIS - Yes, it really means it!

Thermaltake Core V71 Extreme Full Tower Chassis, Compatible With Extreme Liquid Cooling Builds (CA-1B6-00F1WN-00)
Thermaltake Core V71 Extreme Full Tower Chassis, Compatible With Extreme Liquid Cooling Builds (CA-1B6-00F1WN-00)

Pros: 1. Thermaltake. 2. More space for radiators than a many trucks. 3. LOTS of giant blue fans (Yup, I'm a fan of the blue). I added 1 to the top, so 4x 200mm Blue LED Fans moving huge air. 4. Did I mention a space on the back for my Graphics Card's Radiator? And a big on up top and a big one in the front? Yeah. 5. An awesome side window with a lovely rainbow color effect (I don't think this is normal though). 6. The side view makes it look like a big 'ol NAS unit with blue tool less drive caddies. More blue coolness. 7. It's freaky huge. No REALLY! 8. A dream for cable management - actually so much space behind the motherboard and the side panel that it's almost to easy. 9. Everything that moves air INTO the case has a nice, easy to remove and clean, dust screen! 10. HUGE space, HUGE airflow, HUGE internal radiator slots. So, yeah, you guessed it, this is one awesome case! Just buy the thing already! Well, maybe wait for the sales that always save you 40 bucks or so I guess, but that's it... No more waiting, pull the trigger...

Cons: 1. The top 5.25" External Bay is all but useless if you put in that 2nd top 200mm LED fan. But you know this already, and if you don't, well, here it is. You need a very short 5.25" Multi-Flash Card reader to fit the bill. If you go this route, it's not going to disappoint. Or some other type of control unit, needs to be short though. 2. It makes other cases in your collection jealous... You'll need to pay them some attention so they don't get an inferiority complex. 3. The NY Strip Steaks I wanted to cook for dinner tonight are still frozen, my fault, didn't take them out of the freezer last night and put them in the fridge. I expect cases this awesome to remind me of such things!

Overall Review: OK, honestly, there is really nothing wrong with this case besides the fact that the top external drive slot will be compromised if you load in another 200mm fan on the top. And to be fair, this isn't the case's fault, it's simply the fact that it's not even more HUGE to make that top bay happy with a Fan and a full size drive/device. Nothing I take off an egg for, now if the handle breaks or something of that nature when I don't put undue pressure on it, then sure, off with the egg! But this did NOT happen! You want a nice case, with lots of room that looks good in BLUE LEDs and can take ALL the radiators you want and probably some you don't? Yeah, this is the bad boy! Thermaltake did not disappoint!

Great Laptop - Good set of features!

Acer 15.6" E5-575G-5341 Intel Core i5 6200U (2.30 GHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 8 GB Memory 128 GB SSD 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Gaming Laptop - "ONLY @ NEWEGG"
Acer 15.6" E5-575G-5341 Intel Core i5 6200U (2.30 GHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 8 GB Memory 128 GB SSD 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Gaming Laptop - "ONLY @ NEWEGG"

Pros: SSD C: Drive 128GB. Of course, bigger would be better, but at the price I paid, I wouldn't expect one at all. Boots up nice and quick. Has a Terabyte of a spinner for everything else, so plenty of space for your files. 8 Gigs of RAM, so enough for most things these days. And a goodly amount of graphics power for running the fun stuff - not godly, but way better than integrated graphics graphics. Pretty much a nice mix of parts that work well together.

Cons: No real cons, the only things I could say are you might find yourself wishing for a larger SSD or more RAM or an SLI'ed Graphics solution. Yeah, those are available, at a price. This is NOT that laptop - doesn't pretend to be. This machine is what it is and it works well at that level, better than most in the price range. Nothing about it would make me say take off an egg when I look at the price I paid.

Overall Review: I did give about $550 for it, so less than it is at the time of this review, and at that price, it was well worth it. Again, you can spend more and get more and spend less and get less. As far as build/fit/features at the price, it is a 5 egg happy spot.

Very Nice Headset

HyperX Cloud Stereo Gaming Headset for PC / PS4 / Mac / Mobile - Black
HyperX Cloud Stereo Gaming Headset for PC / PS4 / Mac / Mobile - Black

Pros: I've had two pair of these for about 2 months now and both pair are working very well. They sound nice and the mic is very well received by others having to listen to it during gaming. Overall, a very well built headset, much better built than many cost considerably more. I cannot overstate the value that this headset represents, and I'm buying a thrid pair now... :-) They are very comfortable for long periods of time, although you will probably want to go with the microfiber ear cup covers for long term wear (they breath better). They have METAL were it matters, making them very strong. I have had several lesser headsets that have broken because the manufacturer decided to cut corners and use plastic that ALWAYS fails at the stress points. Also, the cables are all wrapped in a braided fiber sheath, which is nice. The headset also comes with several extenders and adapters, making connecting them to your system very easy right out of the box.

Cons: As stated by others, they are not for someone with an extra large head. Fully extended, they fit my head very well, but not someone larger. The cups just don't extend down as far as many others do. I say anyone with an over 24" (hat size 7 5/8) head size would find these unwearable. Otherwise, I really cannot find an issue with this headset.

Overall Review: Has a large red "X" logo on each earcup and some bright red stitching on the headband. May or may not be to your liking. The packaging/box has got to be some sort of award winner. Really, it's too nice. Adds nothing to the headset once it's out of it.