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Casey N.

Casey N.

Joined on 12/26/07

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Most Favorable Review

Good Product for a cheap budget

EAGLE Consus ET-CSDU2-BK DUAL 3.5" SATA to USB 2.0 2-BAY RAID 0 & JBOD External Enclosure
EAGLE Consus ET-CSDU2-BK DUAL 3.5" SATA to USB 2.0 2-BAY RAID 0 & JBOD External Enclosure

Pros: Great Price! ($30 after mail-in rebate). It works, and hasn't failed me yet. Setup and installation is easy and strait forward. This was the cheapest dual SATA enclosure I could find.

Cons: JBOD versus Raid 0 has no performance difference. File transfers overall are very slow with this product. Cables are a slightly tight squeeze, but nothing major. After 6 weeks I haven't received rebate yet, but they have acknowledged receiving it, and they are well within the 12 week time frame and I do expect to receive it.

Overall Review: When transferring either a lot of files, or large files, the completion bar will often times freeze for a minute, until continuing and completing the request. This is not a fast product, but will get the job done adequately. Also, when installing make sure that the SATA power cable doesn't touch the fan. I initially noticed that the fan wasn't spinning, but moved the cord off of the fan blades and it worked fine....my fault. I would purchase this again if I had to do it over. I gave it 4 eggs because of the rebate gave me a great price, I would probably give it 3 eggs if there was no rebate and I had to pay the full $50

Most Critical Review

NO WARRANTY

HGST Ultrastar He8 HUH728080ALE600 (0F25739) 8TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Helium Platform Enterprise Hard Disk Drives Bare Drive
HGST Ultrastar He8 HUH728080ALE600 (0F25739) 8TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Helium Platform Enterprise Hard Disk Drives Bare Drive

Pros: When it works, it works.

Cons: When drive fails outside of the return window, the manufacturer will say "The drive is not valid for warranty through HGST. Please return product to your point of purchase."

Overall Review: The warranty is false advertising to say the least. This is a complete con and rip off. I was cheated. This also wasted roughly 2 hours of my time trying to get a replacement that the manufacturer refuses to give me, even though I have proof of warranty and purchase. They claim that ONLY the place of purchase can fix this issue.

3.5in Black eSATA USB 2.0 to IDE SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure
3.5in Black eSATA USB 2.0 to IDE SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure

Pros: SATA and IDE with USB or eSATA connections Works like a gem.

Cons: Fan guard came loose once, but I was able to get it back one just fine without breaking anything. I did use this a lot and swapped out a lot of HDDs though.

Overall Review: I just ordered a second one of these so I don't have to swap HDDs as often. I've been very happy with it thus far.

Awesome Unbelievable Sound!!!

Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 Speaker System
Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 Speaker System

Pros: Looks great, sounds even better. Easy to hook up.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I just got these and am amazed at the sound quality that is coming out of them. I have no idea what the other reviews are talking about when they say there's no mid level sound. These speakers are the whole package for 2.1 speakers. I am very happy with my purchase.

Excellent dependability

Kingston 4GB ECC Fully Buffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Server Memory Model KVR667D2D4F5/4G
Kingston 4GB ECC Fully Buffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Server Memory Model KVR667D2D4F5/4G

Pros: High quality, does the job, have had no issues at all, has a heat displacer attached to the RAM.

Cons: It's almost $100 cheaper each then when I bought 4 of them 6 months ago.

Overall Review: I use 4 of these on my ASUS DSEB-D16 Mobo and they work great. I plan on getting another 4 within the new few months. I use the server for running VMware and I have had the RAM under load. The cooling is very good, but I do have the MemCool fans blowing directly on the RAM.

DD-WRT works great on this

Linksys WRT54GL 802.11b/g Wireless Broadband Router up to 54 Mbps/ Compatible with Open Source DD-WRT (not pre-load)
Linksys WRT54GL 802.11b/g Wireless Broadband Router up to 54 Mbps/ Compatible with Open Source DD-WRT (not pre-load)

Pros: You can turn this $60 router into a $600 router by reflashing it with DD-WRT.

Cons: It doesn't come with DD-WRT already on it. Reflashing this unit with DD-WRT and configuring it requires a higher level of technical knowledge.

Overall Review: DD-WRT installed no problem when I reflashed it. I plan on using this router as a VPN server with the use of DD-WRT and a free DynDNS account. I would highly recommend this router for a geek that loves to tweak things.