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James S.

James S.

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One power on cycle

Seagate ST6000NM0115 ST6000NM0115 6 TB Hard Drive - 3.5" Internal
Seagate ST6000NM0115 ST6000NM0115 6 TB Hard Drive - 3.5" Internal

Pros: The drive looks in good shape, no scratches or dust. I always check the smart data on my refurbed drive. The drive has a manufacture date of June 2017. When I checked the smart date there was only one power on cycle and zero hours. I have no problem with refurbed drives but I would like to know if it is new or the data has been wiped. I need 3 more and want to know if I should buy more.

Cons: None so far. I need to get them installed in my server and up and running.

Overall Review: Inquired with the seller and they were very helpful indicating that the drive is New old stock. Update 10-19-22 I got 3 more of these. They all came nicely wrapped in bubble wrap. All three of them had only 1 power on cycle and zero hours. They came partitioned MBR not GPT so looks like these are new drives. Update 5-20-23 Needed to repopulate and old Synology NAS that had 2TB WD Red drives. One had failed so decided to triple my storage space. This set of 4 drives are not new. 3 have about 800 days on them and one has 1100. The picture is not accurate. These have the older label. They have V5 on them. I had trouble finding the exact models when I searched for them online. They seem to be the Seagate drives with 2m MTBF not 1.2m of the older constellation drives. We'll see how they work.

Most Critical Review

They work so far

Cablecc CY U3-063 Up Angled USB 3.0 A Type Dual Female to Motherboard 20Pin 19 Pin Box Header Slot Panel Mount Cable 50cm
Cablecc CY U3-063 Up Angled USB 3.0 A Type Dual Female to Motherboard 20Pin 19 Pin Box Header Slot Panel Mount Cable 50cm

Pros: Quick delivery They work though I haven't benchmarked the port. I have an open case so long enough to mount the ports if you want.

Cons: I got this to use the internal USB 3.0 header on an old HP z420 workstation. The connector would not go into the port because power switch connector got in the way. I had to cut part of the side of the header end to get it to fit. This is a standard PC part from China so you never know if there will be any issues with this long term so minus one star for that and one for the fitting problem. It might be the motherboard but it is what it is.

Overall Review: Check your board before you purchase.

Cooling is noticable.

CORN Laptop Cooler Cooling Pad Gaming for 14-17-Inch Notebook Cooler Cooling Pad Stand Chill Mat with Four 120mm Blue Light Fans at 1200 RPM for Gamers and Office (SF-17-4)
CORN Laptop Cooler Cooling Pad Gaming for 14-17-Inch Notebook Cooler Cooling Pad Stand Chill Mat with Four 120mm Blue Light Fans at 1200 RPM for Gamers and Office (SF-17-4)

Pros: Two cooling zones. USB pass through. USB power. Light.

Cons: Laptop slides off if on a slope.

Overall Review: I have a Lenovo work laptop that I use on a daily basis. It is running a Ryzen 4600H/GTX 1650 Ti. Even just doing light computing it pumps out some heat. Worry about longevity I decided better cooling should help. I got this. It works really well. The fans on the laptop used to practically blow burning exhaust. The heat is cut in half or more. The one down side is that the laptop slides off of the cooler pretty easily.

Got these for 3 monitor gaming.

MSI 32" (31.5" Viewable) Full HD 165Hz with AMD FreeSync Premium 1ms Curved Gaming Computer Monitor Optix G32C4W
MSI 32" (31.5" Viewable) Full HD 165Hz with AMD FreeSync Premium 1ms Curved Gaming Computer Monitor Optix G32C4W

Pros: 1ms 165hz curved frameless freesync

Cons: It's 1920x1080 but not a con for me since I don't need 4k.

Overall Review: I saw these and got one to try out. The picture is nice so at 129 I grabbed 2 more so I can do triple monitor gaming setup. I have a 5900x/RX6950XT so it should be able to handle 3x1920x1080p.

Does not fit a Dell T5820

Scythe Mugen 6 Dual Fan Black Edition CPU Air Cooler, Intel LGA1700, LGA1151, AMD AM5, AM4 support ,120mm, Single Tower,  Aluminium Top Cover (Mugen 6 Dual Fan Black Edition)
Scythe Mugen 6 Dual Fan Black Edition CPU Air Cooler, Intel LGA1700, LGA1151, AMD AM5, AM4 support ,120mm, Single Tower, Aluminium Top Cover (Mugen 6 Dual Fan Black Edition)

Pros: Substantial twin tower cooler. Comes with 2 fans and thermal compound They include screw driver for installation Fan splitter cable included Had a problem with one of the mounting screws. The seller sent me a new set of 4 no problem.

Cons: Does not fit the the Dell T5820 which is socket 2066. I tried every one of the mounting brackets. None of them worked. Not sure what the issue is. I tend to blame Dell first because Dell sucks but a Noctua NH-D9DX i4 3U fit fine.

Overall Review: Bought this to cool a W-2145. I was looking forward to seeing how it performed compared to the DeepCool AK620 High-Performance CPU Cooler but had to put it on the shelf.

Dropped temps 15c over the stock cooler

DeepCool AK620 High-Performance CPU Cooler, Dual-Tower Design, 2x 120mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fans, 6 Copper Heat Pipes, 260W Heat Dissipation, Black.
DeepCool AK620 High-Performance CPU Cooler, Dual-Tower Design, 2x 120mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fans, 6 Copper Heat Pipes, 260W Heat Dissipation, Black.

Pros: Easy installation. Comes with 2 fans and thermal compound.

Cons: It's huge. Getting CPU fan error messages at boot.

Overall Review: I have a W-2145 which is a 140w part. The stock cooler in the Lenovo P520 was giving me 79c at full load. Reapplying the thermal compound helped 1-2c. I got a Noctua NH-D9DX i4 3U which did ok with full load temps 73-75c. But it is a compact cooler with 92mm fans. I plan on stressing this CPU so tried this. Full load temps dropped to 62c.

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These cretins failed to indicate delivery required a signature. Thanks for screwing up my surprise plans for this camera.

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