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Joel W.

Joel W.

Joined on 11/19/10

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Most Favorable Review

Faster Then Reg HDD

Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 2.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Solid State Hybrid Drive -Bare Drive
Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 2.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Solid State Hybrid Drive -Bare Drive

Pros: Fit into PS3 fat and slim (don't know about super slim) also Asus laptop with no issues PS3 & Laptop starts up faster 7200 RPM, 8Gb SSD built in cache memory Sata 3 a.k.a Sata 6.0GB/s

Cons: Seems to run a little warmer then my WD 500gb 2.5 drive, not really a issue for me thow. No bacon

Overall Review: Made start up faster by about 5-10 sec on my laptop after several restarts once installed programs launch at about same speed as before. PS3 doesn't even show the PlayStation log boot up screen, press power on the system and my wallpaper comes up 1 sec later and my XMB icons are on screen, game loading times are the same maybe 1-2 sec less

Most Critical Review

Only good for SSD

APRICORN ASW-USB3-25 USB3.0 to SATA Adapter
APRICORN ASW-USB3-25 USB3.0 to SATA Adapter

Pros: Nice adapter when needed USB 3.0

Cons: Software only works if using the adapter with it Software only works half the time and when it did still not good results See other thoughts

Overall Review: Not really a big con because it's kinda common knowledge that a USB port can't power a mechanical drive, but still adapter only works with SSD drives even if i provide power to a mechanical drive, the software is a cut down version of Apricorn full suite (which i have and works well) is spotty at best it was a 50/50 toss up if it worked even when it did the new drive would work slowly and poorly and or crash. Waste of time best to do a clean fresh install on a new drive. Overall Don't buy this just do a fresh install on your new ssd trust me best way of doing it.

Fixed a dead MB port

Intel EXPI9301CTBLK Network Adapter 10/100/1000Mbps PCI-Express 1 x RJ45
Intel EXPI9301CTBLK Network Adapter 10/100/1000Mbps PCI-Express 1 x RJ45

Pros: Small - low profile Intel Beast Networking performance as all ways PCIe x1

Cons: none no drivers in the box, used intel site (not really a con)

Overall Review: Ordered this for a client that had a lighting strike kill his router and the 10/100 port on a old hp SFF PC, this pop right in once installed the low profile bracket and downloaded lastets drivers from intel on a usb stick from my laptop since his windows vista had no drivers to use for it. Client is happy says his net is faster then before witch make me happy. Intel NIC wins every time.

It Works

EDIMAX EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g/n Nano USB Adapter
EDIMAX EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g/n Nano USB Adapter

Pros: Cheap Cheap and works better then expected for being well...... Cheap

Cons: (if your looking for over 300mb/s then....) Slow LAN Speed (if your want to be down the street or four floors away...) bad distance.

Overall Review: Down to it, it's $10 and work better then i was expecting i needed to turn my Mother's desktop wireless and i needed it done cheap. the desktop is about 50ft away and three rooms over (about 4 walls) and she can browse the net and watch Netflix just fine on her 1.5Mb/s connection. the best network xfers i got was aobut 5Mb/s according to windows. i get about 65Mb/s on my laptop on the same network and a desktop that is plugged into the router. In conclusion this thing is cheap and work just fine if you want extreme distance and network speed look else were. if you just need it to work this is perfect for cheap

10/13/2013

Awsome Enclosure

SilverStone RAVEN RVS02 Plastic 2.5" Black SATA I/II/III USB 3.0 Screwless Design External Enclosure
SilverStone RAVEN RVS02 Plastic 2.5" Black SATA I/II/III USB 3.0 Screwless Design External Enclosure

Pros: Hard Case dual usb connection for when a wall socket is not near by fits every 2.5" drive i have thrown at it securely with tool-less design. USB 3 good speeds

Cons: dual usb ports can be a con for some.

Overall Review: as said in pros and cons this uses two usb plugs one for power and one for data i find it great for when i am actually mobile and can use the drive when i am no were near a power outlet. This can be a con since it takes up two usb ports and on most laptops you don't have that many but i just got a usb to ac adapter and keep it in my laptop bag and power usb port is red making it easy to tell the two apart. I have actually gotten six of these for myself and Clients who upgrade there laptop drive and this a great thing to use for the old drive so they even have more storage space.

10/13/2013

Free game with GTX770

NVIDIA GIFT Batman Arkham Origins
NVIDIA GIFT Batman Arkham Origins

Pros: It was free

Cons: None really

Overall Review: What can i say it was free with my Gtx770, not a bad game either

10/13/2013