Joined on 09/16/06
Rock solid power
Pros: This PSU has one enormous 12v rail, and the cabling is not modular. (See other thoughts) The voltages are extremely tight under any load situation. The noise produced by this PSU is very tolerable, and it is almost silent under normal (non-gaming) loads.
Cons: This PSU is longer than others in its class. My old Lian Li case had a blowhole that was partially covered by this beast. I have since bought a NZXT Adamas, which houses this PSU very nicely. Visit pcpowercooling.com for detailed specifications on this, and all other power supplies they make.
Overall Review: If you do your research on modular cable, and multiple 12v rails, you will find that they are not that great. Underutilized rails "trap" power, while others (like the one supplying graphics cards) are over taxed. Modular cables just provide another place for a bad connection to occur. This PSU is great for anyone that wants to run a good gaming rig. My configuration is as follows. C2D 6400 OC'd, 2GB corsair mem, 8800 GTS 640MB, ASUS P5B-E,
Junk
Pros: They were cheap.
Cons: I tried to use these cables on my gigabit lan, and as soon as I connected one of these anywhere on the network everything froze. I reconnected the cat5e cables and all is well again.
Overall Review: Cat6 is overkill anyway.
Useless
Pros: It is supposedly a very fast tablet, though i have yet to be able to confirm that. It also feels weighty and of good build quality.
Cons: My wife bought this for me and I was initially thrilled at the prospect of having a truly powerful tablet to play various games and web surf on. Sadly, it runs its battery dead while on standby in <8 hours. it also will not turn off the 4G radio, and continually tries to get me to sign up for AT&T's service. (which in my area is unusable)
Overall Review: I'm baffled by the parasitic draw on this tablet as I have a Nexus 10 that lasts 7-12 days on standby. I'll be returning this and getting some socks; at least they won't be tethered to an outlet.
Excellent
Pros: This device seems like it's not even there. That's exactly what I was hoping for! I needed to run a projector from a laptop on a table in the middle of a room. Both the projector and the computer have a HDMI interface. I would have just ran a HDMI cable, but the pipe that was run through the concrete under said table is only 1/2" I.D. and the run is over 90'. I ran a cat 6 wire through the pipe and above the ceiling and placed these wonderful devices at each end and my problems were solved.
Cons: None
Overall Review: I needed to run a projector from a laptop on a table in the middle of a room. Both the projector and the computer have a HDMI interface. I would have just ran a HDMI cable, but the pipe that was run through the concrete under said table is only 1/2" I.D. and the run is over 90' long. I ran a cat 6 wire through the pipe and above the ceiling and placed these wonderful devices at each end and my problems were solved.
Excellent
Pros: This flash drive performs quite well. The read and write speeds in the description are accurate. (I use this drive via USB 3)
Cons: None
Overall Review: I will be purchasing another one of these when they're restocked.
Fantastic
Pros: This is a great little barebone for those of us who are sick and tired of overloading consumer grade routers. I installed 2 GB of gskill ram, an old HDD I had laying around, and a gigabit NIC. I could not be more pleased with the results. Running seven apps in untangle, and serving anywhere between 10-20 clients, the CPU usage is "low". Even with all of this going on, this unit only draws 40 watts; which means that operating 24 hours a day, this unit will cost about 12 cents per day (@$.12 per KWH).
Cons: As others have mentioned, the PSU fan is a bit noisy; though for my application, it really isn't even worth noting.
Overall Review: This really is a great piece of hardware for anyone looking to put together a router, or a basic computer. Seriously, if you have had problems in the past with those pieces of junk they call routers, get one of these and your problems will be solved. It may be worth noting that our internet speed is 100Mbit down / 5Mbit up, and this unit has no trouble handling it.
Slooooooooow shipping!
It took this company almost a month to get a package to my door. That is totally unacceptable for something that is supposedly "in stock"