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Hayden S.

Hayden S.

Joined on 03/26/11

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Most Favorable Review

Great cpu

Intel Core i3-3220 - Core i3 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Dual-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 1155 55W Intel HD Graphics 2500 Desktop Processor - BX80637i33220
Intel Core i3-3220 - Core i3 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Dual-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 1155 55W Intel HD Graphics 2500 Desktop Processor - BX80637i33220

Pros: It's been on 24/7 for about a month now and has not given me any trouble. Handles a 15 person Minecraft tekkit server without a hitch.

Cons: none

Overall Review: It's being used in a 24/7 Minecraft server and media server.

Most Critical Review

Large Range With Low Reliability

Amped Wireless RTA15 High Power 700mW Dual Band AC1200 Wi-Fi Gigabit Router
Amped Wireless RTA15 High Power 700mW Dual Band AC1200 Wi-Fi Gigabit Router

Pros: -The router's signal reaches where I want it to. -It's compatible with (ac). -Good wireless speeds on both the 5.0 and 2.4 Ghz channels. -It comes with good instructions on how to set it up and the configuration interface is great.

Cons: -The connection to the internet drops out randomly whenever you go past 1 or 2 MB/s and I've barely seen it go past that as far as top download speeds are concerned. -Whenever it does what I've mentioned above the connection doesn't come back until you reset it.

Overall Review: I did not order this but my mom did and I have had experience using and configuring this router. I really want to give this more eggs but with the severe reliability issue I can't give it more. Windows 7-8 even says I have 4-5 bars but as soon as I download something it turns the connection to "limited" and I have to reset it, and if I am right next to it it does the same thing. If I use the router this one is replacing I can download anything uninterrupted, I just need to be closer to it. For almost $200 I would of expected at least reliable internet usage.

Good Stable Card

areca ARC-1264IL-16 PCI-Express 2.0 x8 Low Profile SATA III (6.0Gb/s) RAID Controller Card
areca ARC-1264IL-16 PCI-Express 2.0 x8 Low Profile SATA III (6.0Gb/s) RAID Controller Card

Pros: > Low-Profile with a 16-Drive Capacity. > Fast (I haven't found the cap "yet".) > Management web interface is top notch and works like a charm. > You can expand arrays without completely rebuilding them.

Cons: > The SAS ports on the back can interfere with other longer cards. No other cons. Knock on wood.

Overall Review: The results of a 6 disk RAID-6 array using ST1000DM003 disks from CrystalDiskMark. SeqQ32T1 Read 634.2MB/s Write 535.9MB/s 4KQ32T1 Read 14.1MB/s Write 6.6MB/s Seq Read 677.8MB/s Write 551.2MB/s 4K Read 2.1MB/s Write 7.1MB/s

Great Drives!

Seagate Samsung Spinpoint M9T ST2000LM003 2TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Samsung Spinpoint M9T ST2000LM003 2TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Great speed even for a laptop hard drive. I get about 120MB/s read and 115MB/s write. I can hear them only on spin up. Low power consumption and little heat output.

Cons: None so far. Fingers crossed!

Overall Review: I have a total of 13 of these drives. One of them in my laptop for media and the others in a NAS with 4 Raid 5 arrays. I have been slowly adding to it so all the drives are different ages and I have yet to have a drive failure. With Raid 5 my gigabit network is the bottleneck when reading from the arrays. Read speeds to an SSD are about 220MB/s. I love these drives.

Good Headset

Logitech G230 3.5mm Connector Circumaural Stereo Gaming Headset
Logitech G230 3.5mm Connector Circumaural Stereo Gaming Headset

Pros: I got it when my G930 decided to die. The sound quality is good but most importantly it is very comfortable after some adjusting. The cable is long and sleeved.

Cons: After using the headset for about 4 months now one major problem I see developing is me ripping the cable out of the small controller or out of the headset because the controller gets caught when I stand up. I could remedy this by simply taking it off before I stand but old habits die hard. The headset was very snug when I received it. Granted I have a big head. Bending the top pad loosened it to a comfortable level.

Good and Reliable

FSP Group FSP220-60LE(80) 220W Mini ITX/ Flex ATX 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply with Intel Haswell Ready
FSP Group FSP220-60LE(80) 220W Mini ITX/ Flex ATX 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply with Intel Haswell Ready

Pros: I have a total of 4 of these power supplies and all have not shown any signs of giving up. They range from 1.5 years to a couple months old.

Cons: I wish they had more SATA power connections.

Overall Review: I have two powering two firewalls, one powering a smaller NAS, and another powering a small virtual host.