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Jean R.

Jean R.

Joined on 12/29/06

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Most Favorable Review

Useful Small/Medium office network UPS

CyberPower OR500LCDRM1U Smart App LCD UPS Systems - 500VA/300W, 120 VAC, NEMA 5-15P, 1U, Rackmount, 6 Outlets, LCD, PowerPanel,  4 x 5-15R Battery/Surge Protected 2 x 5-15R Surge Protected Outlets
CyberPower OR500LCDRM1U Smart App LCD UPS Systems - 500VA/300W, 120 VAC, NEMA 5-15P, 1U, Rackmount, 6 Outlets, LCD, PowerPanel, 4 x 5-15R Battery/Surge Protected 2 x 5-15R Surge Protected Outlets

Pros: This unit is great for protecting standard office rack-mount networking hardware - I've deployed it with several customers and never had a problem with the unit.

Cons: none

Overall Review: The best 1u racking UPS bang for your small/medium office buck

Most Critical Review

RMA hell

ASUS RS300-E6/PS4 1U Rackmount Server Barebone LGA 1156 Intel 3420 DDR3 1333/1066
ASUS RS300-E6/PS4 1U Rackmount Server Barebone LGA 1156 Intel 3420 DDR3 1333/1066

Pros: I wouldn't know - DOA

Cons: Server DOA - Asus RMA sent back different server with different cpu socket and 2 fewer memory slots - they asked about it fist, i said no because of CPU sock - they replied with shipping confirmation

Overall Review: Extremely dissatisfied - i will not be purchasing any more asus server products my customer paid for this server almost a month ago - this is unnacceptable

Asus rma Support fail

ASUS RS300-E6/PS4 1U Rackmount Server Barebone LGA 1156 Intel 3420 DDR3 1333/1066
ASUS RS300-E6/PS4 1U Rackmount Server Barebone LGA 1156 Intel 3420 DDR3 1333/1066

Pros: Im sure it would have been great if it had worked

Cons: DOA onboard video, went through RMA; Offered to send me a newer server, I informed them of issues with CPU socket (it was different) and 15 days later Asus sent back a server with a different CPU socket type and 2 fewer memory slots its been almost a month since my client paid for this server and they still don't have it.

Overall Review: This is utterly unacceptable - based on this experience i wont be buying any Asus Servers anytime soon

Good Board with Some Crititcal Flaws

ASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Great oc'ing features really stable for a new board, i've always been a fan of asus boards

Cons: There are two major flaws i found in my build: 1. This board does not support 3 - way SLI the chipset heatsink bumps down the pci slots by one so if you try to install the third vid card two things happen, if it takes up two expansion slots it wont go in because the case has no more expansion slots, and the vid card will cover the usb, firewire and front panel pins. 2. I tried to install OCZ Reaper memory modules but the heat sinks were to wide so that i could not install them next to each other. The end was i could only install 3 of six modules

Overall Review: I feel that the jumpers for taking voltages with a multimeter are a big culprit here, if the board didn't have those (which are fairly useless since you shouldn't be sticking your hands in your case when your computer is on anyway) the memory slots could have been given some more space and the chipset heatsink could have been moved over to allow space for the PCI X 1 sound card to be in the first slot and fully allow three vid cards all together, faults taken into consideration this is still a board to be reckoned with, Hopefully there will be a rapage II formula that addresses these problems

11/22/2008