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Venugopal B.

Venugopal B.

Joined on 03/30/08

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Most Favorable Review

Great drives...

Western Digital Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Fast.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I had purchased Seagate ST3500320AS drives earlier, but they were very slow with large read/write requests. I had returned those drives (Thanks, Newegg!) and purchased these. These drives do not suffer the performance problem that I had with Seagate drives. I had reported the problem to Seagate and provided them the test programs that demonstrate the problem, but Seagate never bothered to fix the problem (so far).

Most Critical Review

Stay away from this drive...

Kingston DataTraveler 150 32GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) Model DT150/32GB
Kingston DataTraveler 150 32GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) Model DT150/32GB

Pros: 32GB in one drive.

Cons: The first one I bought was very slow, so I got a replacement drive (and wasted 9 dollars on return shipping). The replacement drive is equally bad. Write speed is "excruciatingly" slow - writes about 100KB/s. Stay away from this drive...

Don't buy...

SILVERSTONE Black Aluminum / Steel Lascala Series SST-LC13B-E-USB3.0 ATX Media Center / HTPC Case
SILVERSTONE Black Aluminum / Steel Lascala Series SST-LC13B-E-USB3.0 ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

Pros: Looks okay in the A/V setup...

Cons: The product does not meet the specifications. The specs say that I can connect a 80mm fan to the 3.5" Drive bay. However, the front I/O panel that accommodates the USB and Audio ports blocks the fan. You can either have a fan for the hard disk, or the front I/O panel. Not both. Since I wanted to have a fan for the hard disk, I had to remove the from panel, which left awkward holes that one will see when the front door is open! And I lost the audio and USB ports in the front!! This is not the only problem. The box is very badly engineered. 1. Removing the drive enclosures is not easy! 2. The side fan must be installed before motherboard is installed!! If the fan ever dies, you need to remove the motherboard to replace the fan! 3. If the SATA cables are already connected to the motherboard, removing the drive enclosures is nearly impossible. I have two 3.5" hard disks, one Bluray drive, and a 2.5" SSD in the box. I can barely put my hand in the box now. The space is really tight. I don't see how anyone can pack the box to the full extent!! I would have returned the box if I had not cut out the UPC from the box. I will still try calling newegg and see if they would take it back... Don't bother to buy it. You will regret it...

Awesome!!!

Klipsch RF-82 II Reference Series Floorstanding Loudspeaker - Pair (Black)
Klipsch RF-82 II Reference Series Floorstanding Loudspeaker - Pair (Black)

Pros: Very clear.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I brought them after comparing different speakers playing the same movie scene. These speakers sounded the best.

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Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Fast drive.

Cons: Drive started giving read errors after a day. Western Digital's disk diagnostics program reported "Too many bad sectors". RMA'ed the drive, and I am getting the replacement drive delivered today. Hope this drive lives up to its reputation.

GREAT DRIVE...

Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Awesome Performance and Reliability...

Cons: Price.

Overall Review: The Samsung HD103SJ 1TB drives are much cheaper, and yield the same performance. I bought the WD1001FALS pair only because I did not want to put all eggs in one basket.