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Adio G.

Adio G.

Joined on 07/06/04

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Most Favorable Review

Great Case for a small home server.

LIAN LI PC-V354B Black Aluminum Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
LIAN LI PC-V354B Black Aluminum Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: I've had this case for about 6 months now and LOVE it. Perfect case for my needs, a small home server. I needed a Micro ATX case that was short enough to fit under my desk, but had room for a lot of hard drives. This met my needs perfectly. I'm running WHS 2011 with about 12 terabytes of storage, a Blu-ray drive, an SSD for the boot drive, and still have room to expand. The little features like USB 3.0, Dust Filters, Fan speed controller, and the card reader are really nice and have come in handy. Just to give the case a different look from my main desktop (Antec 1200 with all blue fans), I switched out all the stock blue fans for red ones and the case looks great.

Cons: Its definitely not the easiest case to build in but I knew this going in. This is NOT a case for someone who changes there configuration often. Opening the case requires removing 8 small screws. Inside the case once everything is in there isnt a lot of room to work. Cooling is adequate for most builds but I wouldn't try to cram too powerful of a gaming rig into this case.

Overall Review: Great case for people with a specific need. If you're looking for a case and the location is restricted by height, but you want a case that has room for a lot of storage, this case is perfect.

Most Critical Review

Only Bad Discs I've Tried

Optical Quantum 25GB 4X BD-R 10 Packs Spindle Logo Top Disc Model OQBDR04LT-10
Optical Quantum 25GB 4X BD-R 10 Packs Spindle Logo Top Disc Model OQBDR04LT-10

Pros: The only positives are that newegg shipped them fast and they were dirt cheap.

Cons: Not a single disc would burn properly. I always buy whatever discs newegg puts on sale, anything from Memorex to Ridata. Out of all the brands I've tried these are the only ones that wouldnt burn for me. I tried the first 8 - 12 discs on the spindle before finally just throwing them away. Most likely its not the brand as much as the fact that I simply got a bad spindle. Its happened to me before with CD's and DVD's when burning those formats was still considered new. I usually would just exchange them for the sames discs and the new pack would work fine. With these unfortunately I didnt try burning the first disc until after my 30 day window of return would have been over.

Overall Review: If I was desperate I might try the brand again, but I dont burn a lot of blu rays and newegg doesnt go too long without putting the memorex or Ridatas on sale so I doubt I'll have a reason to try these again.

Great Deal

TV Cart for LCD LED Plasma Flat Panels Stand with Wheels Mobile fits 42" to 70"
TV Cart for LCD LED Plasma Flat Panels Stand with Wheels Mobile fits 42" to 70"

Pros: Great stand for the price. Nice large castors make it extremely easy to roll around. The stand is sized so it can squeeze thru most doorways if you dont have too large of a tv on it. If you do the design lets you go thru door ways by twisting it thru. I built a shelf to go along the bottom and have a computer I keep on the cart that allows me to stream TV out on my deck. Overall great product for the price when you catch it on sale.

Cons: With a tv above 32 inch you'll have to go thru doors by caddy cornering / turning as you go but thats not really an issue with the stand.

Best Upgrade since Dual Cores Came Along

Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1CCA
Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1CCA

Pros: Love how fast this drive is. Most noticeable upgrade to my computer since multiple core processors came along. Running this on an add in PCI-E Sata 3 card and easily hitting the advertised read speed of about 355. Desktop now boots and is ready to go in under a 1 minute compared to 2 - 3 minutes on my western digital black drive. Benchmarked both drives after installation and the SSD was easily 4 times faster in just about all read categories.

Cons: Only cons are the size and the price but you gotta pay to play. This drive is easily big enough for windows and apps, but compared to the cost of traditional hard drives you get very little storage for your money. Well worth the performance trade off though.

Overall Review: My Specs: Asus M4A79 Deluxe AM2+ Board AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition Quad Core Processor AMD Radeon 5850 Video Card 8 Gigs G. Skill Ram Asus U3S6 Sata III Controller Card