Joined on 08/10/05
Very Fast!
Pros: Very fast adapter. Faster than the thunderbolt adapter i purchased for $115. I tested the same SATA III drive in both adapters and this is what i got, Thunderbolt: Write: 320 Read: 360 Startech Adapter: Write 360 Read: 410 Programs load like lightning. Cant beat the price. Another pro is that is has an led hard drive activity light, its dimmed so its not obnoxious. This could possibly be the best $15 ive ever spent.
Cons: Nada
Overall Review: Late 2012 iMac 27" i5 (3.2GHZ) 24 GB Ram Graphics: Nvidia 675MX
Ugh
Pros: One stick worked so i was able to install windows for a cmptr build for a client.
Cons: The other stick didnt work. As a "supposed" computer builder i look unprofessional because i have to tell my client it wont be ready till i get the ram back which will be about a week - week and a half. I dont feel like im guaranteed to get a working set the second time around. Corsair i know your listening, for the people who rma ram, please make sure the replacement set is 100% working. If people get extremely frustrated having to rma imagine how they feel having to do that a second time. Open the box up and pop the ram into a working computer. I dont care if the box has been opened, i just want a working set.
Overall Review: Went with corsair because of their track record. Decided not to rma through corsair due to previous reviewers experience rmaing through manufacturer. Doing a replace rma through newegg and praying i get a good set.
El Capitan Ready
Pros: Wanted to post update about installing under el capitan.I was able to get this working in el capitan, heres how i did it. Its very easy to do. disable csrutil via recovery mode prior to installing via pacifist. To disable csrutil, (cmd +r during boot, takes you into recovery mode then at the top of this screen look for utilities then open terminal and type in "csrutil disable." Note says successful then you restart, then I installed 10.10 driver via pacifist then reboot again. Here is how to do pacifist install. 1) download the driver for your Wifi stick 2) download pacifist program 3) open the installer.pkg file from the driver you downloaded in pacifist, and select to install to default location, and use administrator privilege 4) reboot
Cons: Neine
OS X all day!
Pros: Works on my imac osx yosemite install. Im sure antennae increases reception. Utilizes the bandwidth of usb 3.0. I got this to hook up to xfin wifi hotspot on my imac. These wifi hotspots only allow portable devices and sees the wifi hardware on my imac as a non-portable. At least thats what i think was happening. If you go to xfin website you'll notice theres no part about how to connect a desktop, its all laptops, android and ipnones. My neighbor agreed to let me piggy back off their built in hotspot so i have a zero dollar internet bill and 15 mb down and 2 up. Im quite happy.
Cons: Edimax website says driver works with 10.10, no driver for el capitan. That didnt stop me from trying though. So a few installs of el capitan and yosemite later 10.10 is a go, 10.11 not yet. Im sure drivers will be released soon and i knew it wouldnt work with el cpaitan before i bought it.
Overall Review: 27" imac 2014 i5 8gb ram 1 tb HDD
Excellent amp!
Pros: Pros include, lots of power for the price, 5 channel amp is an all in one unit vs having to have two amps. Its nice not to have to jam multiple speaker wires into single wire output sockets like you normally do with a 2 channel amp. For adjusting the amps gains you get two flat head slots as oppose to the usual one, however i dont recommend using a phillips as the plastic can get stripped easily. Bass knob is awesome, i wouldn't recommended using different ethernet wire or knob from another brand, i tired that using a fusion bass knob and fusion phone cord and i heard loud popping noises. If youre going to hookup bass knob only use oem parts that were made for this specific amp.
Cons: Cons include, you have to use 4 gauge wire. Bass boost, when turned up a little bit it causes a ground loop noise to be heard on the mids and highs. I could not figure out what was causing this for a very long time. I had all new speakers, new headunit and was still getting that awful noise. Its possible the HP filters have a bad ground as well, pls read other thoughts. Turning up the bass boost a little shouldnt cause engine noise in the mids/highs and it took weeks of trying to figure out what was causing the bad ground, so i have to deduct one egg.
Overall Review: I was using the high pass filters for both the front and rear on the amp itself while I had the bass boost turned up about half way. I changed the HP filter to off on both and turned the bass boost gain all the way down. I have no ground loop noise and i could not be happier. I adjusted the filters for the front and rear using the headunit, my higher end alpine had this option. I had checked everything many times to try to get rid of the engine noise in the mids and highs. The last test i should have done was try the filters on the amp with the bass boost turned all the way down. However i know that with those filters set to off and the bass boost down all the way i can crank up the gains for both the sub and mids/highs and not get any engine noise. So if you get that dreaded noise and have all new stuff like i did, try turning the bass boost all the way down and if that doesnt work turn the filters for front and rear to off or full range. After trying what seemed to be everything to get rid of ground loop noise i now have an extremely loud system and am very happy. P.S. Bass boosts usually just causes distortion anyways which can cause hearing damage and also this is a bad time of year to be trying to hookup and tune a system outdoors in new england.
Puts me right to sleep
Pros: Got this because i had trouble falling asleep at night. They say the sound of moving water is good for trying to fall asleep. I like how its not girly looking as most fountains tend to be. Didnt want to get one of those white noise things because they probably chew up more juice whereas the small pump/ motor would have to consume less energy im guessing. I felt this was a significant factor since this needs to be left on all night.
Cons: Pump was loud at first but i think it just needed to be worked in a little. Now its very quiet. It also may not have had enough water in it. Wish there was a way to turn off led and not ruin components but im getting used to having a night light on now. Also wish there was a switch on the fountain itself, i hooked it up to a power strip and just use the switch on that to turn it off and on.
Overall Review: Fountain is very light and it serves its main purpose very well. Connecting the wires and getting it all setup was a breeze as well.