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James S.

James S.

Joined on 12/09/06

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Most Favorable Review

Great drive at an okay price

HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724040ALA640 (0F14688) 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Hard Drive Bare Drive
HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724040ALA640 (0F14688) 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: 4TB capacity, working well.

Cons: None at this time.

Overall Review: I bought 4 of these 4TB drives to use in RAID 5 config for home ESXi server. All is well currently with these drives.

Most Critical Review

Not terrible

SUPERMICRO MBD-X10DRI-T-O Extended ATX Xeon Server Motherboard Dual LGA 2011-3 Intel C612(EOL)
SUPERMICRO MBD-X10DRI-T-O Extended ATX Xeon Server Motherboard Dual LGA 2011-3 Intel C612(EOL)

Pros: Single or Dual Xeon E5-2600 v3 series, good amount of DDR4 memory slots, dual integrated 10Gb Ethernet ports, integrated IPMI.

Cons: Very unstable, kept losing connectivity with the second CPU, memory tied to second CPU, and PCI-E slots tied to the second CPU. ESXi would crash every few hours. After 2 BIOS updates, seems better now, we'll see. I hope it stays this way!

Great memory!

SAMSUNG 32GB ECC Load Reduced DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Server Memory Model M386A4G40DM0-CPB
SAMSUNG 32GB ECC Load Reduced DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Server Memory Model M386A4G40DM0-CPB

Pros: Slightly higher price than 2 16GB modules, much better overall memory expansion capacity when using these 32GB modules! Worked well in the SuperMicro X10DRi-T. Update: I have now owned this memory for almost 18 months, working great!

Cons: None at this time.

Very cool running case

Corsair Carbide Series 500R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Compatible with ATX (not included) Power Supply
Corsair Carbide Series 500R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Compatible with ATX (not included) Power Supply

Pros: Huge cooling fan on the side, 2 120mm fans up front, space for a R100 radiator or just 2 120mm fans on the top, bulge on the right side of the case to contain all of the internal wires (including cables from a PCIe SAS/SATA RAID card. All of this contributes to a cool running and cool looking computer system.

Cons: None yet.

Overall Review: Currently using a 8 port PCIe SAS/SATA RAID card with 6 SATA drives, and this case keeps everything running cool. This case expansive, and the 6 SATA drives are in an internal drive cage that leaves all of the front accessible drive bays empty for other stuff.

Great speed with a huge capacity

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin PC RAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin PC RAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL

Pros: Great speed, high capacity 32GB (4 DDR3 slots filled), I bought 2 of these kits to get 32GB.

Cons: None yet..

Overall Review: Awesome addition to my VMware ESXI server, allows me to run 19 VMs with no issues.

Bought 20 months ago

Kingston FCR-MRG2 Flash Reader USB 2.0 microSD / microSDHC Card Reader
Kingston FCR-MRG2 Flash Reader USB 2.0 microSD / microSDHC Card Reader

Pros: Small, keeps the microSD card very secure.

Cons: Not the fastest, but fast enough for most purposes.

Overall Review: I even used to boot an ESXi server off of, worked well, but a little slow. Great for taking information between smartphones (microSD card) and computers for backup purposes, as well as a very compact flash drive.