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Nathan D.

Nathan D.

Joined on 02/20/03

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Excellent home lab rig

HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus Intel Xeon E-2224 S100i 4LFF-NHP (3.5") 180W External Power Supply Server
HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus Intel Xeon E-2224 S100i 4LFF-NHP (3.5") 180W External Power Supply Server

Pros: - Use all the same management and update tools as it's big brothers in the data center- HP build quality- Quiet- ILO

Cons: - 32GB limit (officially -- some say 64GB is possible)- all documentation is on-line, but to their credit is easy to navigate- onboard RAID supports Window only

Overall Review: I bought this to run ESXi 7 at home, supporting a handful of small VMs. Installing ESXi to a USB stick for boot was pretty easy, and everything just worked out of the box.

Great product, but not this seller

nixplay 10.1 inch touch screen digital picture frame with wifi (w10k) - wood effect - share photos and videos instantly via email or app
nixplay 10.1 inch touch screen digital picture frame with wifi (w10k) - wood effect - share photos and videos instantly via email or app

Pros: Product is easy to set up, nice for the entire family to be able to send pictures to it.

Cons: Would love a direct load feature over wifi rather than via their cloud service. The mobile app is not as intuitive as it good be, but over all works right out of the box with little issue.

Overall Review: To Be clear: I am not unhappy with the product or the reseller; I am unhappy with NewEgg allowing resale under their moniker of product from another reseller. Not cost effective to buy from the NewEgg sponsored reseller. My wife put this on her "other big on-line reseller" wish list. It was out of stock there until a certain date. I came here where it was claimed to be in stock. It did not really ship until about the date "other big on-line reseller" would have it in stock, and arrived in an "other big on-line reseller" box! I paid an $80 premium for them to process an "other big on-line reseller" order. Buyer beware, I guess.

Spacious, easy, quiet, well built

Cooler Master HAF XB EVO - High Air Flow Test Bench and LAN Box Desktop Computer Case with ATX Motherboard Support
Cooler Master HAF XB EVO - High Air Flow Test Bench and LAN Box Desktop Computer Case with ATX Motherboard Support

Pros: spacious case with excellent fit and finish. Plenty of room for fans, radiators, and so forth. Well thought out layout for cable management. Room for 4-6 drives. Removable drive trays can accommodate 2.5" or 3.5" drives

Cons: all the room comes at he cost of a larger than usual desktop foot print. if you use the hidden drive bays, the cables are a little tight, but manageable

Overall Review: Highly recommended if you have space for it. You'll need straight, not 90 degree SATA cables for the removable drive tray interface.

Everything a NAS should be

Synology DS216j Diskless System NAS DiskStation
Synology DS216j Diskless System NAS DiskStation

Pros: Easy to setup, very robust web based management software. Nearly all the features of their high end devices on this entry level unit. This unit has the ability to add modules to make it a mail server, media server, database server, etc. The web management console has a tablet optimized interface, should you use one to connect. At it's core this device is Linux based, but the management interface means never having to deal with it. But, you can enable SSH and play under the covers if you wish.

Cons: Drives are not hot swappable. The tiny little screws that hold the case on actually screw into the plastic housing, so take some care not strip them out when assembling the unit

Overall Review: I've set this up with two 3TB Seagate HDD's, and created shares to use as the target for Windows 10 backups of our devices here at the house. It was about an hour from the time I started unpacking everything to when it was ready to use. I haven't yet tried out connecting to it with the mobile app from outside my network. I was please to discover when I plugged my APC UPS into one of the USB slots, the device recognized it and can be configured to shut down safely before the UPS dies. The ability to adjust the intensity of the front LEDs is cute, and kinda cool.

DC Comics Funko POP Vinyl Figure Roller Derby Harley Quinn
DC Comics Funko POP Vinyl Figure Roller Derby Harley Quinn

Pros: Well packaged, reasonable price.

Cons: None

Another outstanding MSI board

MSI KT6V-LSR 462(A) VIA KT600 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI KT6V-LSR 462(A) VIA KT600 ATX AMD Motherboard

Comments: Just replaced an Asus A7V333 with this board <font>-</font>- AMD2500XP+, 512MB PC2700, SB Audigy, AOPEN vid card (128MB nVidia 5200). Running XP/SP2. Solid performance, much faster than the Asus, easy set up. Requires the user to set the FSB for the CPU. If you don't know it, it takes about 10 seconds to find the chart on the AMD web site. Looks like it would be cool for over-clockers, though <font>-</font>- you can tinker with FSB, multipliers, DDR voltage, etc. Strongly recommend this board.

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A good experience

The product shipped on time, arrived on time, and worked. What more do you need? Would definitely recommend this vendor.

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Ordered through newEgg, arrived in a box branded by a really big online reseller whose name I can user here that begins with "A".

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