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Zachary O.

Zachary O.

Joined on 07/06/03

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Very Reliable

Seagate BarraCuda ES.2 ST3250310NS 250GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda ES.2 ST3250310NS 250GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Have had these in RAID 0 for almost 2 years with no issues. Very fast 32mb cache for such a small drive is a plus.

Cons: Pricey for size.

Overall Review: PC on 24/7 with light I/O have had 0 issues.

Most Critical Review

Dying left and right

Western Digital Blue WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Blue WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: On a small scale might be OK..but on a large scale lots of failures seem likely.

Cons: These drives came in our company ordered M58p. So far we have had 4 fail with no warning. We have purchased 100 of these so far and within 3 weeks for 4 to fail is not good at all. These drives are all from the same batch made 02/2009.

Overall Review: Drives are being replaced under warranty with a different brand....

Works Great

D-Link DWA-556 Xtreme Desktop Adapter IEEE 802.11g/n PCI Express
D-Link DWA-556 Xtreme Desktop Adapter IEEE 802.11g/n PCI Express

Pros: When matched with the DIR-655 seems to keep a very stable connection. I use this with my gaming desktop and never have any issues with latency, timeouts, or dropped packets. Computer sits one floor up 40 ft away and I have thick plaster walls. Also LAN ftp transfer average 8-9 mb/sec. It does work w/ Windows 7 Pro 64bit.

Cons: I did have trouble with the driver when I installed the card a year or so ago. 3 Antennas are a bit excessive I think.

Large, Quiet, and a pain to install

XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler  I5 775 AMD compatible
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler I5 775 AMD compatible

Pros: Very well built cooler, keeps my x3350 cool on all cores. Very large unit, with a good fan. Very quiet for as larger of a fan on it.

Cons: Not the easiest to install, if you have a cramped case....good luck. Installed in a Antec P182 w/ x38 board and it was not easy. Bleeding knuckles and all..

Overall Review: Still thinking about purchasing a better mounting kit of this cooler, the push pins are kind of a pain and put a decent amount of flex on the board.