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David B.

David B.

Joined on 04/21/16

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Most Favorable Review

Very good

Reolink PoE Security Camera 5MP Support 100ft Night Vision, Motion Detection, Local Storage, Audio, 24/7 Recording RLC-420-5MP
Reolink PoE Security Camera 5MP Support 100ft Night Vision, Motion Detection, Local Storage, Audio, 24/7 Recording RLC-420-5MP

Pros: -1440p 25fps Day (12 ftps Night) @ upto 8192 kbps Day (4105 kbps Night) -All-Metal Construction -PoE -Good Day & Night Picture Quality -Competent Software -Records Audio -Easy to install and use -Very sturdy mount, easily attaches to siding

Cons: -100ft Night Vision is iffy at best, more like 60ft to see a person and more like 40ft to have a change of capturing a clear image of a face -AC Power Cable is not detachable -Proprietory Data Cable is not detachable -Cable leak protector assumes you are using a patch cable and it is impossible to fit over an ethernet jack, I used a lot of duct tape and put in a sheltered area, just as precauation, it is advertized as water resistant. -12fps max at night

Overall Review: Overall, I'm very happy with this camera's performance, I own 5.

Most Critical Review

Good CPU, bad value unless you have very specific needs like me

Intel Core i3 i3-7100T Dual-core (2 Core) 3.40 GHz Processor - Socket H4 LGA-1151Retail Pack - 512 KB - 3 MB Cache - 8 GT/s DMI - 64-bit Processing - 14 nm - 3 Number of Monitors Supported - Intel HD
Intel Core i3 i3-7100T Dual-core (2 Core) 3.40 GHz Processor - Socket H4 LGA-1151Retail Pack - 512 KB - 3 MB Cache - 8 GT/s DMI - 64-bit Processing - 14 nm - 3 Number of Monitors Supported - Intel HD

Pros: -Good Dual core for light applications and server duties. -35 watt TDP.

Cons: -Terrible price, considering you can get a Ryzen 3 2200G for $130 CAD or a Ryzen 5 2400G for $210 CAD both of which would outperform this CPU in every work load by a large margin

Overall Review: I got this CPU specifically for the 35 Watt TDP, because I'm passively cooling my entire Server Build with no fans whatsoever, and I didn't want to risk using the somewhat higher TDP (of 65 Watts) on the Ryzen Ravenridge Platform. I think I made the right decision, as I'm getting 35-40 * C at idle, 50-60 * C under typical load and 70-75 * C under full synthetic load using a Be Quiet Dark Rock 3 (non-Pro) with the fan(s) removed. If your not passively cooling your system, get a Ryzen Ravenridge APU or even a Pentium, or at this price you may as well step it up to an Intel i5 or an AMD Ryzen 5. I paid through the nose for that low TDP, but I think in my case it was worth it.

The Best You Can Get Without Buying Industrial Equipment

BELKIN BP112230-08 8 Feet 12 Outlets 4320 Joules Pivot-Plug Surge Protector
BELKIN BP112230-08 8 Feet 12 Outlets 4320 Joules Pivot-Plug Surge Protector

Pros: -Extremely High Joule Rating -12 Outlets -Plenty of space for large AC adaptors -Flexible Outlets -Massive $300,000.00 Warranty

Cons: -LEDs are very bright -The surge protector is fairly heavy making it difficult to wall mount

Overall Review: These Cons are minor complaints though. And some heft is to be expected for this kind of performance.

Better than I expected

M.2 NVMe Heatsink for SM951 SM961 950PRO XP9410 M.2 SSD Cooling Heatsink - Black, Support Playstaion 5 Cooling
M.2 NVMe Heatsink for SM951 SM961 950PRO XP9410 M.2 SSD Cooling Heatsink - Black, Support Playstaion 5 Cooling

Pros: -m.2 Temps went from 80*C down to 35*C! What ?!? -Came with mounting screws -Came with screw driver -Came with an extra thermal pad -Easy to install

Cons: -Did not come with any instructions, not a problem for me and there are tutorials online on how to install these coolers, but novices would likely appreciate detailed instructions in the box.

Overall Review: The m.2 drive in my server was over-heating, the server doesn't get a lot of airflow and the slot is right next to a 10Gbps Intel x540 T2 Network Card, which gets very, very hot. This cooler lowered the temperatures by 45*C, that shouldn't even be possible without water cooling, it's possible that this cooler is just shielding the temperature sensor (which may having been picking up heat from the aforementioned network card), but it's still impressive regardless.

Fast

SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5" 1TB SATA III V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-76E1T0B/AM
SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5" 1TB SATA III V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-76E1T0B/AM

Pros: -Very good speeds -Reliable

Cons: -Better deal when on sale, but at regular price, the WB Blue 2.5" SSD makes more sense.

Overall Review: I bought this drive to directly record security footage as my server's old repurposed HDD was having trouble keeping up with the 5 1440p 25fps @ 8192kbps video streams coming in over the network and it was very loud at night (the server's in my bedroom), this drive is way faster than I need and is dead silent, it only fits 4 days-ish worth of footage at a time, but that's fine for my use case as I'm constantly moving the data of the recording drive and onto archival HDD storage; Now at my convenience instead of twice a day. (Old HDD was only 300 GB).

Very Good HDD

HGST DeskStar NAS 3.5" 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s High-Performance Hard Drive for Desktop NAS Systems Retail Packaging 0S04005
HGST DeskStar NAS 3.5" 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s High-Performance Hard Drive for Desktop NAS Systems Retail Packaging 0S04005

Pros: -4TB at a pretty good price, if you can buy on sale, although during sales, the higher capcity varients are often a better value. -7200 RPM, SATA 3.0 -Arrived in very sturdy packaging, Seagate & WD could learn from these guys! LOL!

Cons: -None really

Overall Review: -I honestly think the entire HDD industry needs to embrace large on-board cache as a necessity, people don't buy drives in 4TB+ Capacity to store small files under 128MB (Currently even the highest-end Enterprise HDDs from the likes of Seagate & WD max-out at 256 MB of cache), I think at a bare minimum all large capacity HDDs should have 1 GB of onboard cache, which would drastically increase transfer speed for medium-sized files and actually justify SATA 3.0 existing. Yes you could set up a caching solution with a SATA SSD in an array, however that's inconvenient, cumbersome and not worth-the-cost for my purpose for these drives. Just leaving my thoughts, these are great drives, I own 4 now, 1 in my server, 2 in my desktop (Game Library) , 1 for back-up.

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Canada Post Only ?!?

I bought an i3 7100t on the 15th of Feb., it was scheduled to arrive on the 19th. It did not arrive until the 1st of March. The tracking information was not kept up-to-date. The only option for shipping was Canada Post, I would have preferred to spend more money on a more reliable company such as Fed Ex or Purolator and have my item on-time than use Canada Post for free. My CPU did arrive in 1-piece though, so there's that.

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Great Product!

I would highly recommend this companies' coolers! Got the Dark Rock 3 passively cooling an i3 7100t in my server!

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