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Alena N.

Alena N.

Joined on 11/17/03

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Most Favorable Review

Impressive

Seasonic PRIME Ultra 650W 80+ Titanium Power Supply, Full Modular, 135mm FDB Fan w/Hybrid Fan Control, ATX12V & EPS12V, Power On Self Tester, SSR-650TR
Seasonic PRIME Ultra 650W 80+ Titanium Power Supply, Full Modular, 135mm FDB Fan w/Hybrid Fan Control, ATX12V & EPS12V, Power On Self Tester, SSR-650TR

Pros: - High quality - Awesome warrenty

Cons: - none to date

Overall Review: I just received the unit but I'm impressed with what I've seen so far. In the interest of full disclosure, they are incentivizing customers to leave reviews with a 'FREE $25 STEAM eGift card'.

Most Critical Review

This is not the MB you're looking for; Move along.

ASRock AB350M Pro4 AM4 AMD Promontory B350 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock AB350M Pro4 AM4 AMD Promontory B350 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: cheap.

Cons: freezes frequently. ASRock seems to have no solution other than recommend replacing the board: http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7651&PN=1&title=asrock-ab350m-pro4-freezing

Useless in pfSense

Topwin New 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet LAN PCI-E Express Network Desktop Controller Card
Topwin New 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet LAN PCI-E Express Network Desktop Controller Card

Pros: Cheap

Cons: Constantly throws 'PHY write failure' errors and freezes pfSense.

Poor Configuation Options

NETGEAR 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Plus Switch (GS105Ev2) - Desktop, and ProSAFE Limited Lifetime Protection
NETGEAR 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Plus Switch (GS105Ev2) - Desktop, and ProSAFE Limited Lifetime Protection

Pros: You can kinda sorta configure some things.

Cons: Saying it's capable of 802.1q VLAN tagging and then hiding that it can't port trunk in the datasheet is deceptive. It's not fully 802.1q compliant so just ignore their usage of that term.

Overall Review: I won't be buying Netgear products again.

Doesn't Perform as Advertised

CORSAIR Vengeance RGB DRAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model CMR16GX4M2D3000C16W
CORSAIR Vengeance RGB DRAM 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model CMR16GX4M2D3000C16W

Pros: RGB

Cons: Using XMP 2.0 threw so many errors (tested in MemTest) it destroyed my Windows installation and I can't only use it at DDR-2400.

Minimal Effect

6" inch Duct Muffler Inline Fan Blower Filter Grow Tent Silencer Noise Reducer
6" inch Duct Muffler Inline Fan Blower Filter Grow Tent Silencer Noise Reducer

Pros: The noise dropped 5 decibels (from 74 to 69).

Cons: The noise only dropped 5 decibels. The reason the description says, "Suggest to use with your 6" ducting" became apparent when I tried to connect the muffler directly to fan. They are pretty much exactly the same diameter so they don't fit together without some intermediary.

Overall Review: For reference the fan I'm using is the 'Homgrace 6" Inch 430 CFM Inline Duct Fan 3200 RPM Speed'.