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Richard M.

Richard M.

Joined on 12/19/04

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Most Favorable Review

Solid Perfomance

WD VelociRaptor WD3000HLHX 300GB 10000 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
WD VelociRaptor WD3000HLHX 300GB 10000 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Bought this as a less expensive alternative to SSD a little over a year ago as my primary boot drive. Has performed just as expected, not up to SSD speeds but much faster than 7200rpm. No regrets.

Cons: No problems. Still going strong after a year.

Overall Review: Handles a load well. I typically boot my OS + a single VM from this drive without perceptible lag from either system.

Most Critical Review

Failed in just over 1 year

WD Blue 6TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD60EZRZ
WD Blue 6TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD60EZRZ

Pros: Was fine while it lasted

Cons: early failure: started with intermittent failure to mount at startup

Overall Review: bought this in May of 2016 and it failed in June of 2017

failed after 11 months

Seagate Exos X16 14TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5-Inch Enterprise Hard Drive (ST14000NM001G)
Seagate Exos X16 14TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5-Inch Enterprise Hard Drive (ST14000NM001G)

Pros: performed well while it worked

Cons: - intermittent problems with system recognizing the drive - performance issues playing video from the drive

Overall Review: would recommend against the exos series

12/11/2020

Failed in under 10 months

HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5" 8TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s High-Performance Hard Drive for Desktop NAS Systems Retail Packaging 0S04012
HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5" 8TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s High-Performance Hard Drive for Desktop NAS Systems Retail Packaging 0S04012

Pros: Performed well as primary storage for my desktop, for the time that it did work.

Cons: Early failure: drive failed to mounting at startup ; and began to dismount, at first intermittently then regularly.

Overall Review: Would not recommend this model

Fast & Stable

G.SKILL TridentX Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C7D-16GTX
G.SKILL TridentX Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C7D-16GTX

Pros: Fast, stable, low latency. Both sticks purchased show zero errors. I like those flashy, red heat spreaders.

Cons: All good.

Overall Review: Latency is low enough that I don't see a need to overlclock.

12/15/2012

Fast & Stable

Intel Core i7-3770K - Core i7 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor - BX80637I73770K
Intel Core i7-3770K - Core i7 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor - BX80637I73770K

Pros: Fast and stable on my Z77 chipset! No plans to overclock at this time. I'm plenty happy with the out-of-box performance.

Cons: All good so far.

Overall Review: Running the i7 with these: Mobo: ASRock Z77 Extreme6 Memory: G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

12/15/2012
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Arrived sooner than expected

Product received was just as advertized. Shipping was a bit confusing: USPS showed the item delievered thousands of miles away, however it did arrive at the correct address, and sooner than expected. I would have rated 5 stars if not for that strangeness.

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