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Christopher H.

Christopher H.

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Most Favorable Review

Great low cost secondary drive

Mushkin Enhanced RAW Series 2.5" 1TB SATA III 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDRW1TB
Mushkin Enhanced RAW Series 2.5" 1TB SATA III 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDRW1TB

Overall Review: Recently updated my Motherboard, Processor, Memory and M.2 SSD as main drive. This was on sale and inexpensive to add an additional 1TB of secondary space in an SSD format.

12/27/2020
Most Critical Review

Don't buy Nvidia 5070 or trust Newegg to do the right thing.

ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC 12GB 192-Bit GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 DLSS 4.0 Graphics Card PRIME-RTX5070-O12G
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC 12GB 192-Bit GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 DLSS 4.0 Graphics Card PRIME-RTX5070-O12G

Pros: I previously had a RTX 3070, then upgraded last year to an AMD RT 7900 which was a good card and I had no trouble with it. I took advantage of Newegg's trade in program and upgraded again to the RTX 5070. For the games I play and the work I do both cards serve my purposes with the 5070 having a slight edge. 6/24 - Amending my review to give a big thumbs down.

Cons: However drivers for the 5070 still need some work, so make sure you download the Nvidia App and keep the drivers up to date. Even so, I found that when I have HDR activated, I was getting arbitrary freezes and even reboots for no apparent reason. I've disabled HDR and haven't had this happen for a few days. I really didn't see much difference with HDR on or off. I do have a high end QLED monitor. 6/24 - After a month of using this card and making every attempt to make it stable, I'm sending for Warranty repair, although I don't think that will fix anything. Many users are experiencing Black screen lockups which require system to be Forced shutdown, then reboot. Updated drivers have not helped. Newegg refused my request to return the card for credit against the purchase of an AMD based card. Past 30 days (9 days) 20+ year customer and that's all they can do. Bye Bye Newegg.

Overall Review: Was it an absolutely necessary upgrade? Was there a dramatic improvement? As mentioned earlier, my previous card did what I needed well even on newer games, so there was really no reason that I needed to upgrade, however being one who likes to keep my computer as up-to-date as reasonable and there being the trade in program to take advantage of, I did it. 6/24 - After a month of using this card and making every attempt to make it stable, I'm sending for Warranty repair, although I don't think that will fix anything. Many users are experiencing Black screen lockups which require system to be Forced shutdown, then reboot. Updated drivers have not helped. Newegg refused my request to return the card for credit against the purchase of an AMD based card. Past 30 days (9 days) 20+ year customer and that's all they can do. Bye Bye Newegg.

Great little Wifi Bridge for remote printer

WAVLINK USB Wireless Print Server, WiFi Print Server with 10/100Mbps LAN/Bridge, 480Mbps USB2.0, Support Wired/Wireless/Standalone Modes, Compatible with Windows/Mac and All RAW-supported Printers
WAVLINK USB Wireless Print Server, WiFi Print Server with 10/100Mbps LAN/Bridge, 480Mbps USB2.0, Support Wired/Wireless/Standalone Modes, Compatible with Windows/Mac and All RAW-supported Printers

Pros: I bought a sublimation printer that had no wifi ability, only USB or a network cable. This product has both. Setup Wavlink USB Wireless Printer Server on network and then plugged printer into bridge port. It is visible and works great on my network.

Cons: Setup instructions could be a little easier to understand

Overall Review: If you have a remote printer or a computer without wifi, but has a network adapter, this product should work well for your needs.

12/19/2024

Updated older Intel I7

Intel Core i7-10700KA Comet Lake 8-Core 3.8 GHz LGA1200 125W Desktop Processor w/ Intel UHD Graphic 630 - Avengers Special Edition (Avengers Game Not Included) - BX8070110700KA
Intel Core i7-10700KA Comet Lake 8-Core 3.8 GHz LGA1200 125W Desktop Processor w/ Intel UHD Graphic 630 - Avengers Special Edition (Avengers Game Not Included) - BX8070110700KA

Pros: I came from an i7-4770K slightly overclocked to this which I haven't overclocked yet. User benchmarks show about a 14% improvement, however I really don't notice it. I also updated my motherboard, SSD drive to M.2 and video card to RTX 3070. The M.2 drive and video card made more noticeable improvements.

Cons: I don't know that it was worth the cost of a new motherboard and processor.

Overall Review: Happy with overall upgrade

12/27/2020