Joined on 07/26/05
Faster than 24x CD/RW, and...

Pros: I am a software tech- Backups are faster, more dependable/manageable than 24x CD/RW. Nearly as fast as my 7200 rpm slave HD. Do your backups, and turn it off in case you are infected with a virus... Works great with my Acronis 9.0 System Image software. Never gets hot. XP system installs drivers, & recognizes- Forget their WD software. Needs to be reformated from FAT32 to NTFS, for XP/more partitions- Right click om My Computer, manage, Disk management..., RESTART.
Cons: None
Overall Review: I'm sooo tired of my CD backups, becoming unreadealbe! This is the "Cat's Meow"!
Good hardware Value, but Lousy support...!

Pros: On paper this looks like a good hardware value, until you need software support....
Cons: Outsourced tech support is very nice/polite, unable to answer the simplest questions, and give BAD information like they know what they are talking about (Not!)/ corrupted my system. USA M-F based support Slow to answer "polite" voice mail requests (2-5 days), or not at all! :o( Driver Reinstall CD is out-of-date, with many driver/program options that have no details?- clueless tech support had me install "all" of them "at once" (chipset too). -One Resource Hog program that made hidden/mirror images of every program/file on my computer (like a faux Raid). -Another was a Huge Resource Hog like Windows Desktop (I like freeware Search Everything/hidden files too), that redundantly dupe indexed everything (no better than the Start Searchbox).
Overall Review: Win 7 Pro OEM CD was useless, but able to use the key code with a full CD copy from another computer.
Faster than SSD for normal computing, and...

Pros: After I "upgraded" to the Raptor sata6, and Consolidate defraged with Auslogics Free...- My computing is Much faster!
Cons: No 3 1/2" desktop cradle, and no Newegg prompt to add to purchase...! For this price, they should include one!
Overall Review: CCleaner has a default option set called "Wipe Free Space", that ruins a SSD drive (too many writes). It takes "hours" to complete on the Raptor, with No performance improvement- "The wipe free space option creates a Huge file that takes up all your space, then it deletes this huge file, in turn overwriting all deleted information so it is, in theory, unrecoverable. It can take a substantial amount of time".
Samsung HD502HJ HD, has a low hum!

Pros: Low price. As slave HD- Transfers data faster than my old LOUD 32mb WD 640gig.
Cons: It has a "low" pulsing hum (1sec)- that is VERY Irritating to me! If you read enough user reviews- others also mention this Samsung HD hum!
Overall Review: I HAPPILY use a single WD Raptor 10k rpm HD for my C: System drive (WOW!- FAST!)- Blows a single 7200rpm drive out-of-the-water! I just do normal computing, and don't want to mess with RAID! I'm buying a new custom ZT Affinity core i7-2600 desktop, and hope the WD HD's are Silent!?
WOW!- SB6120 on a Docis 2.0 ISP!?

Pros: My Bresnan ISP advertises 8mbps download, and 400kbps upload on a Docis 2.0 system. MUCH faster since upgrading from Docis 1.0! I Was renting a Ubee Docis 2.0 modem, and it was doing a BLAZING 81Mbps down, and 365kbps up. WOW!- I "Upgraded" to the SB6120? Speeds jumped to 131Mbps down, and 395kbps up! This is with my Antivir AV active! HUGE files download in less than 10sec! #s are Not typos, and all 3 test averages (from 100mi away)!
Cons: Minor- had to power off 15sec, after Mac ID entered before IE8 would recognize it. Couple of minutes before all lights came on/solid. Not All ISP's will support this modem~!- Call them before buying!?
Overall Review: Hmmm?- I like owning my own Modem, and it will "only" take 3ys of "no rental fees" to pay for the 6120 (sure glad it's faster!). I bought Newegg's 2yr extended replacement warranty (3yr total)?- This is a fairly New model with No track longevity record?
Kingston ram would not work on Sony Vaio

Pros: Price
Cons: DOA?-My Sony Vaio would not recognize this ram, and I couldn't even get to F2 (bios info) Now I will see how Newegg Returns does?
Overall Review: UPS NOTE!-delivery was on time, as usual!-I have a signature on file with them- so left on porch(low crime neighbourhood!