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Ronald B.

Ronald B.

Joined on 05/05/08

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Most Favorable Review

Nice board

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: Great features, eSata port works :}, UEFI bios, auto OC, etc., etc. This is a great board except for the Marvell 9128 controlled internal 6Gb ports. Thankfully, it also has 2 x Intel 6Gb ports and a JTron controlled eSata port that actually works! I'm not a big OC'er but the auto OC was easy and really improved Win 7 performance rating. (I have a Newegg purchased Cooler Master CPU cooler to keep temps down.)

Cons: Internal Marvell 9128 6Gb Sata headers. I took off one star for this, but there are 2 x Intel 6Gb ports and 4 x Intel 3b ports that work flawlessly. I don't understand why board mfgr's don't required Marvell to get their act together. The problems are reflecting on them and perceived board quality. What good are the ports if you can't use them? They don't work with WD 1Tb & 2Tb Sata III data only drives. Boot problems, system hangs, unresponsive, etc.

Overall Review: This is the third different board I have tried: two from ASUS and one from Intel. All had Marvell 9128 none of which worked. Marvell is useless. I'm surprised mfg's use them. This is the first board that has worked properly other than that. The first board (ASUS P8P67) did not recognize kb/mouse after bios post for dual-boot menu. The second (Intel DZ68BC) had problems requiring 2 RMA's. This one is perfect and I am very pleased. Even the JTron eSata works great! This ASUS has been the best board I've tried.

Most Critical Review

Bad choice

EnGenius ECB300 N300 High Transmit RF (up to 29 dBm) Wireless Access Point/CB/WDS w/ AP Management Software
EnGenius ECB300 N300 High Transmit RF (up to 29 dBm) Wireless Access Point/CB/WDS w/ AP Management Software

Pros: None for us.

Cons: Ordered three of these. I meant to order the ECB350 that works great for us. The ECB300 does not work well. Our telenet sessions to our database server timeout, lockup and dropout. Other network functions operate poorly. I updated the firmware but it had no affect. These are complete useless in our application.

Overall Review: I installed a temporary broadband router to get us running and it works perfectly. I ordered different access points from Newegg.com and will be discarding these units.

Fast, great drives

Crucial M500 CT480M500SSD1 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) 2.5" 480GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Crucial M500 CT480M500SSD1 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) 2.5" 480GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Pros: Fast, reasonably priced, easy installation. Fits in both 7mm and 9mm Dell laptop bays.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I purchased 3 of these and easily installed them in Dell laptops with 7mm and 9mm drive bays. There is a stick on adapter that must be used for some 9mm drive bays. I have been running other versions of the Crucial SSD's that I purchased from Newegg and am very satisfied.

Great scanner

EPSON WorkForce DS-6500 48 bit CCD Flatbed 1200 dpi
ADF 600 dpi Duplex Document Scanner
EPSON WorkForce DS-6500 48 bit CCD Flatbed 1200 dpi ADF 600 dpi Duplex Document Scanner

Pros: Good form factor and great features.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: I bought this for one of our employees. He came to me today and said "I love this scanner!" He makes duplex images from time to time and it handles them in one pass. Based on what I have seen it is a great scanner.

Great access points

D-Link AirePremier DAP-2310 High Power Wireless-N Gigabit PoE Access Point with AP Manager Controller
D-Link AirePremier DAP-2310 High Power Wireless-N Gigabit PoE Access Point with AP Manager Controller

Pros: Reliable, great signal strength, numerous features, easy to setup.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I purchased several of these to replace those from another manufacturer that did not perform in our environment. These D-Link AP's work perfectly, are easy to setup and have numerous bells and whistles. I would recommend them to anyone needing a good access point at a reasonable price.

Great drive

Crucial M4 256GB Mini-SATA (mSATA) MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT256M4SSD3
Crucial M4 256GB Mini-SATA (mSATA) MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT256M4SSD3

Pros: I replaced my failed two-drive laptop with a Lenovo E530 thinking I couldn't find another 15-inch laptop with two drives. Then I found that the Lenovo supported mSata. I installed this drive to dual-boot between Win 7 & 8 and another Crucial SSD from my old laptop for data & VM's. It works great. The new laptop is very fast and exceeds all my expectations!

Cons: None

Overall Review: I love this drive. I now have a very fast two-drive system. I couldn't be happier!