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Alexandru T.

Alexandru T.

Joined on 03/30/06

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Most Favorable Review

Absolutely great!

Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV425-S2BD/128GB 2.5" Desktop Bundle 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV425-S2BD/128GB 2.5" Desktop Bundle 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Pros: Hands down, the best value/price ratio I have seen so far. Before buying this ssd drive, I have read quite a few reviews on ssd performance to price ratio, and as I have said before, this is probably the best so far. I have clocked about 180 MB peak data write as pointed in a few reviews and could not have been happier with the drive. Performs really well with Win7 x64 with a boot time from POST to the login screen of 10 seconds on my P6T Deluxe v2 board. Was using a WD Raptor 300Gb 10k RPM drive.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: My config: Intel i7 3.06GHz Quad Core Asus P6T Deluxe V2 board 12GB DDR3 2000Mhz RAM GeForce 285GTS 1GB 1x Kingston SSDNow 128 SSD drive SATA II 1x WD Raptor 300GB 10k rpm drive SATA 1x WD Green 1TB drive SATA 1x WD 250GB drive SATA

Most Critical Review

Good card, extremely bad ASUS support!

ASUS GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5
ASUS GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5

Pros: Good card overall, really fast, able to play everything on Extreme performance.

Cons: ASUS's tech support = extremely bad! If you are lucky to get a card that works great and doesn't require servicing within the warranty period then you're good. I purchased 2 of these cards - one for me and one for my little brother. Unfortunately his card was/is having an issue with the HDMI port, and if it wasn't for the 3D monitor that he has, I would be ok to use DVI. I sent the card 2 times for "servicing" and not only did I receive the card in an inadequate box (the card itself is huge, the box I received it in was the same size with no room for padding at all) but the issue was still there. I specifically told their support that it is only the HDMI that is causing the problem, and not the DVI, but somehow I guess they see it as "working" and send it back. I really don't know what to do at this point besides write this review and warn other potential buyers. Stay away from ASUS's support!

Overall Review: I can only give 3/5 eggs because my card worked just fine. -2 for their incompetence on attempting to fix the other card's issue.

12/14/2011

The little server that could...

HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer Server System AMD Turion II Neo N40L 1.5GHz 2-Core 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3 1 x 250GB LFF SATA 658553-001
HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer Server System AMD Turion II Neo N40L 1.5GHz 2-Core 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3 1 x 250GB LFF SATA 658553-001

Pros: Really quiet, small form factor, working beautifully with VMware vSphere ESXi 5 (FreeNAS and Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard) with upgraded memory to 8GB. Owned the server for the last week and it definitely is a really nice micro server for the home office and would certainly recommend it for anyone who wants "blade server brains" into a small-form-factor server with 1/4th of the electricity cost.

Cons: The inside could be a bit better - feels a lot like cheap plastic I am also a bit iffy about the hdd cages as you need to screw the hdd's onto the drawer and then push them into the slots - would've wanted to see a screw-less design but again the price is unbeatable.

Overall Review: Would've liked at least another nic port stock specifically for management and section off VM's one another port however I guess the expansion slots (2x pci-e) will do. Will just have to get a nic card for one of the slots.

Great little product

ASUS USB-BT21 Mini Bluetooth Dongle
ASUS USB-BT21 Mini Bluetooth Dongle

Pros: Compact Bluetooth adapter that offers the same reliability as any on-board Bluetooth modules found in the newer computers. I have bought this for my old laptop to work with over-the-air sync for my blackberry phone - works great Great pricing from newegg so I had to purchase 2 units. No defects.

Cons: Other than the fact it uses a USB slot to enable your computer to have bluetooth - none. I know I shouldn't complain about this - was just taking a stab at my computer's manufacturer for not making bluetooth standard *raises fist in anger*!

Overall Review: None. Great devices, great price, really fast shipping! Thanks newegg.