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Joseph P.

Joseph P.

Joined on 11/30/01

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Most Favorable Review

Solid, stable, and no signs of sagging

XFX SPEEDSTER MERC319 Radeon RX 6750 XT 12GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Video Card RX-675XYTBDP
XFX SPEEDSTER MERC319 Radeon RX 6750 XT 12GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Video Card RX-675XYTBDP

Pros: (Owned for around 2 weeks) Around 250W, which adds another pro vs the Geforce It's been stable. I upgraded from a Radeon 5700 XT mostly because the card sags and occasionally the screen would black out. This card has been the opposite. It's been rock solid so far

Cons: It's large. I have a full ATX case and I had some trouble getting it in

Overall Review: It's been solid and stable. I didn't feel a huge performance boost upgrading from a 5700 XT in general, until I streamed, and the 6750 XT handles this better. I bet the extra VRAM and RAM performance helps with this If you can catch the right deal, paying the extra for the 6750 XT over the 6700 XT is worth it, but price compare if you want to get the most bang for the buck. In my case, the extra money didn't subtract from another component, so it was worth it.

Most Critical Review

Died on me after warranty was over

Seagate Desktop HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: 3 TB! Woo. It worked really well for games

Cons: It died on me after the warranty was over. I even had extended warranty, but it died right after it.

Using as a horizontal hard drive sliding dock

[Support UASP and 18TB Drives] ORICO Tool Free USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure Case for 3.5inch  SATA HDD and SSD - Black (3588US3)
[Support UASP and 18TB Drives] ORICO Tool Free USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure Case for 3.5inch SATA HDD and SSD - Black (3588US3)

Pros: Hard drive toasters are neat, except that the hard drives plug in where they could possibly wiggle at the connector. This enclosure has enough space to slide in a hard drive, then slide forwards to make the connection

Cons: Slight con: if you want a permanent install, you need to use foam (included with the drive). The foam will make it a little harder to swap drives in and out. Then again, you can probably get foam at the local department store The connector also feels a little tight, which might not be a bad thing

Overall Review: So far, it's working as a horizontal hard drive toaster... or sliding dock. I'm not swapping hard drives often, and if you do, you might want something more sturdy

A good companion SSD

Team Group CX2 2.5" 2TB SATA III 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253X6002T0C101
Team Group CX2 2.5" 2TB SATA III 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253X6002T0C101

Pros: Great option. A SATA SSD is a good compromise between a magnetic drive and NVMe.

Cons: SATA speeds

Overall Review: My laptop has a SATA drive bay, and it worked after I booted. I have NVMe ports, but the SATA SSD will help me free up the storage space from the M.2 drives. Performance has been very good. There are so many situations where a SATA SSD works great, especially when it comes to larger files * Many Games, especially older ones * Music * Photos * Videos

Retail box! 210 MB/sec write performance on an Orico USB 3.0 enclosure for large files

WD Blue 8TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5640 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD80EAAZ
WD Blue 8TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5640 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD80EAAZ

Pros: * Excellent performance * Runs quiet * Retail Box (mostly protection and screws) * No problem running in the Orico enclosure * Blue drive will have a higher performance than a green drive

Cons: It's a WD Blue, and some may prefer a Red for NAS or archive

Overall Review: Money is tight for me, so I got this on sale over something like a WD Red. It's not a bad compromise. Used a 128k allocation unit size since this will be a media drive. For a USB 3.0 magnetic hard drive, 210 MB/sec for write is fantastic. I'll see if it goes down once the drive starts getting filled, but I'm pretty happy with the performance.The 2 TB WD Green it replaced was getting around 110 MB/sec (the WD Green is an older drive and probably doesn't have the 128k allocation unit size to be fair). 110 MB/sec is more than usable, so mostly noting the difference With 8 TB of storage with great performance, I can easily start making disc images of some of these old PC games, throw some storage discs out, and get organized. This drive would probably work well for older games. 660 GB backed up in an hour. Nice Update: now that it's 50% full, the speed is down to 170 MB/sec, still really good performance.

Into an Acer Nitro 5 (AMD Ryzen) and the system saw it immediately. Very smooth upgrade

Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 32GB (2 x 16GB) 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Laptop Memory Model MES4S320NF16GX2
Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 32GB (2 x 16GB) 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Laptop Memory Model MES4S320NF16GX2

Overall Review: Went right into the laptop. The packaging is just a RAM holder with a sticker, but on the other hand, was very easy to open. This is as OEM as you can get. I guess I wasn't paying for the fancy packaging, but then again, I'm fine with that

11/16/2022