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BENJAMIN G.

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Most Favorable Review

Awesome price, great product.

EnGenius EOC1650 Outdoor Wireless AP/Bridge /200mW High Power for Long Range 802.11b/g
EnGenius EOC1650 Outdoor Wireless AP/Bridge /200mW High Power for Long Range 802.11b/g

Pros: Great range, PoE, includes injector, external antenna port.

Cons: Not really a knock on the product itself, but they advertise this as capable of running DD-WRT, which it is, however the DD-WRT guys are now charging for "enterprise" equipment, which this now falls under. I'm still unsure how they can charge for software they dont own...but that's beside the point. Only con I could find was the antenna connector is easy to twist loose if you tighten the antenna down too much.

Overall Review: I use 5 of these to run a small Wifi/Satellite ISP for US servicemembers in Afghanistan. The 220v support, as well as their semi-sealed design and ease of mounting make these PERFECT. With 5 of these devices, I am able to support almost 80 soldiers with large overlaps in wifi coverage.

Most Critical Review

Passable construction, not worth the money IMO

Rosewill RSV-L4000C - 4U Rackmount Server Case / Chassis for AI / Bitcoin Mining Machine, Supports 8 Graphic Cards
Rosewill RSV-L4000C - 4U Rackmount Server Case / Chassis for AI / Bitcoin Mining Machine, Supports 8 Graphic Cards

Pros: Plenty of room in the case. Has front 120mm grilles.

Cons: No space for a second PSU In order to run 8 cards, you need some serious CFM fans in the front, with the front bezel removed, (restricts airflow significantly) Somewhat flimsy construction. Fan wall needs to be removed to maximize airflow.

Overall Review: With all of the modifications required to make this case usable in it's intended role, it should be under $100, but it's double that. Most of Rosewill's products are in that range, and I don't see what makes this so special other than the company is trying to gouge miners. Unfortunately there's a big lack of quality 4u bitcoin cases on the market. I'll buy another one, only because there isn't good alternatives.

12/14/2017

Good value for price/quality

Rosewill RSV-L4500 - Server Case or Chassis, 4U Rackmount - 15 x Internal Bays, 8 x Cooling Fans Included
Rosewill RSV-L4500 - Server Case or Chassis, 4U Rackmount - 15 x Internal Bays, 8 x Cooling Fans Included

Pros: Pretty solid, good construction for the price. A few sharp edges but nothing dangerous. I purchased this for a mining rig, and bought a drop-in GPU rack from Spotswood Computer Cases, over buying the now scalping-prices of the Rosewill offering. Will not be purchasing THAT case any more since it comes with less hardware and process than this one, but costs over 2x as much.

Cons: No real cons that I have found yet. Others have complained about the drive mounting, but before I removed the cage they didn't seem that bad for a <$120 case.

Bad luck

MSI 870S-G46 AM3 AMD 870 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI 870S-G46 AM3 AMD 870 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Was nice and fast, saw all of my drives, and was very quick under Raid 0 for the disk controllers

Cons: Components on the board literally exploded and caught fire while I ran Prime95 on a 1090T, which is documented to support it

Overall Review: Suppose this is the last MSI product I own, I had a similar issue with one of their video cards a few months ago, just junky components. Pity, I used to buy their stuff for OEM builds pretty frequently and never had any major issues.

11/16/2011

Great for the price

G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBSQ
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBSQ

Pros: Nice and fast. Great price for 8gb! Who cant afford to max out their laptop's ram at this price point?

Cons: My laptop does not detect the correct timings, (may be a BIOS/chipset issue) Still stable though. Had a strange film on one of the sticks. A wet-wipe cleaned it off no problem, and it works just fine, but thought it was kind of strange.

Overall Review: Packaging was a bit lacking, but that seems par for the course with most manufacturers these days. I will be picking up two more kits, one for my netbook and another for the wife's Envy.

Oh seagate, how I love thee

Seagate Momentus ST9750420AS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Momentus ST9750420AS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Good price, fast drive.

Cons: None yet. OEM packaging but isnt really a con..

Overall Review: Using this as a storage/secondary drive in my Alienware M17R1 with a OCZ240gb SSD. When copying from the SSD to the drive it averages write speeds of 95-100mbyte/sec which is darn good. I cannot hear it operating when I put my ear up to the laptop, (although it has a somewhat noisy CPU fan)