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Jonathan D.

Jonathan D.

Joined on 02/27/05

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Most Favorable Review

Works great in 700M

Patriot 1GB (2 x 512MB) 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 333 (PC 2700) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory Model PDC1G2700SLLK
Patriot 1GB (2 x 512MB) 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 333 (PC 2700) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory Model PDC1G2700SLLK

Comments: Works great with 2-2-2 timings (set by SPD) on a Dell Inspiron 700M. Price went from 200 down to 140 and a steal at 128 as of this writing!!! Don't listen to anyone who tells you that it won't work in a 700M, it works perfectly, has a negligible impact on heat, and makes no noticable difference in battery life as compared to the 256mb by Promos that Dell shipped in it. GREAT BUY

Most Critical Review

Buyer beware

SHARP Sidekick LX 2009 Unlocked GSM Smart Phone w/ Full QWERTY Keyboard / 3.2" Screen 3.2" Orchid
SHARP Sidekick LX 2009 Unlocked GSM Smart Phone w/ Full QWERTY Keyboard / 3.2" Screen 3.2" Orchid

Pros: Not a bad phone- it has a nice keyboard. The interface is good and snappy. Lots of customization for a non-smartphone. The trackball lights up when the phone rings and it's kind of cool. Voice and text messaging work.

Cons: Data service for this phone on T-Mobile is no longer possible. This means some of the phone's features are permanently disabled. Voice and text still work, but there are no updates, apps, browsing, etc. I've personally stood in front of a couple T-Mobile representatives attempting to get to the bottom of why they can't be configured to work with data services and I've gotten nowhere. It's not just the cloud storage services which back things like its address book and calender don't work-- for some reason the phones can no longer connect to T-Mobile's edge network at all. Look up Danger service discontinuation before buying.

Overall Review: If you really want to buy this you must know what you're buying. No retailer should be selling these without serious disclaimers, but almost all are anyway. Engadget called these sidekicks 'paperweights' now that Danger is discontinued- no joke.

11/27/2011

Worked for me- stable at expo profile

G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo Series 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000) Desktop Memory Model F5-6000J3238G32GX2-TZ5N
G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo Series 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000) Desktop Memory Model F5-6000J3238G32GX2-TZ5N

Overall Review: Did stress testing, no errors. I'm very happy with the stability and benchmarks.

11/11/2022

great buy for 8 ports, very dated

SUPERMICRO AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X133MHz SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card
SUPERMICRO AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X133MHz SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card

Pros: 8 ports, very cheap. good support in solaris/OI because the chipset was used by sun in storage appliances (x4500 i think?)

Cons: at least on the motherboards i've used, the pci-x bandwidth is a really serious bottleneck. i found the linux drivers to be buggy. IIRC the device architecture split the 8 ports into two groups. there was a bug that would reset channels if you didn't have ports from both halves populated. there were other problems, one of them caused some data loss for me. this was maybe 3 or 4 years ago. switched to solaris.

Overall Review: with the 15 spindles i have attached to two of these, with an infiniband card on the same bus, i would see about a 4x throughput improvement just by switching to pci-e

good for work, good for many types of games, mediocre for FPS

Dell UltraSharp U3011 30" Black IPS-Panel Height, Swivel Adjustable Widescreen LCD Monitor 370 cd/m2 DC 100,000:1 (1000:1)
Dell UltraSharp U3011 30" Black IPS-Panel Height, Swivel Adjustable Widescreen LCD Monitor 370 cd/m2 DC 100,000:1 (1000:1)

Pros: huge, lots of real estate, bright, nice color, good support, quality panel, 16:10

Cons: not a great choice for FPS gaming, slight ghosting, needs vsync turned on at a non-trivial performance cost, expensive to build a machine that can drive it at full resolution at high settings.

Overall Review: i bought this panel for a center display for work. it's a great panel for software development. i paired it with two 2007FPs in portrait mode. the vertical dimensions are very close, and the vertical resolution is the same. total resolution is 4960x1600. one could do with less, honestly. i used to play amateur leagues in counter strike, and i would say the low performance of this monitor puts you at a disadvantage for FPS style games. at my viewing distance i also find it too big for some types of games - i sometimes don't notice things at the sides of the screen.

Good buy with deep discounts, not so much at full price

Fractal Design Arc Midi Black High Performance PC Computer Case w/ USB 3.0 and 3 x Fractal High Performance 140mm fans
Fractal Design Arc Midi Black High Performance PC Computer Case w/ USB 3.0 and 3 x Fractal High Performance 140mm fans

Pros: Mostly thoughtful design, lots of fan spaces, looks nice.

Cons: First, let me stress that the side panels are the kind that you have to hold it down in many places for all the tabs to engage-- I think you know the type that I'm talking about. It's especially troublesome to get back on when the case is upright. There are better designs for attaching side panels which don't seem to require more metal or exotic manufacturing techniques. 1 USB3 header instead of 2. All the things people say about half-stripped thumbscrews that were too tight from the factory and the MB-side panel being hard to remove are true. Feels cheaper than it looks. Thumbscrews are cheap. Motherboard side of the case is quite heavy.

Overall Review: Fractal: the next rev of this case should have side panels that are more convenient to take off and put on. I've owned tower cases with 4 types of side panel fittings that I can recall, and this case has the worst of those types. The ones that hook over the bottom lip and have similar attachment to this at the top are superior and I'd venture to say they cost the same to produce. Having 4 tiny fittings on the each of the top and bottom like this is a bad choice. Other aspects of this case reflect thoughtful design work, and I think the side panels should receive commensurate attention to detail next time around.

11/21/2012