Joined on 07/25/08
Running the latest firmware
Pros: Installed firmware 5.0.4 from mushkin.com SSD has been stable since then. Running fedora 17, I get incredible sequential reads and random reads. Random reads: # seeker /dev/sda Wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 6819 seeks/second, 0.147 ms random access time (326656 < offsets < 240056410112) Sequential buffered and un-buffered reads: # hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 7130 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3566.05 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 880 MB in 3.00 seconds = 293.28 MB/sec For sequential writes also gives great numbers with direct I/O no kernel caching and no memory caching: #dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/file.test count=1024 (block size)=1M oflag=direct 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 2.39379 s, dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/file.test count=1024 (block size)=1M oflag=direct 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 2.39379 s, 449 MB/s
Cons: none
Overall Review: I highly recommend this drive. Make sure you have the latest firmware installed, mushkin provides a tool to do this in linux.
Dual 2.1 Amp charger per port.
Pros: This dual charger gives you a single 2.4 amp per port if using the 2 ports you get 2.1 Amp per port. It's a 20 watt charger. You can charge 2 tables fast at the same time, it beats most of the Chargers on the market that give you 2 ports at 1 Amp per port or one at 1A and the other at 2.1, this one is both ports at 2.1 amps! Price is good for a fast charger with dual port.
Cons: No cons.
Overall Review: I recommend this charger to fast charge 2 tablets or 2 big USB devices at the same time. My iPad gives errors about 'not charging' with some 1 amp chargers, with a 1A charger the iPad takes about 6 hours to finish with this one it charges completely in no time while charging my phone as well.
Good Processor for the price
Pros: The best thing about this CPU is the low voltage (65W) and the price. Also high speed 4.0 Ghz. Low voltage + 4Ghz + price. I installed on MSI A88XI AC FM2+ / FM2 AMD A88X (Bolton D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard. Very responsive to multitasking on day to day computing.
Cons: Stock fan a little noisy but is not big deal.
Overall Review: It is only a 2 core CPU but it gets the job done, it is way faster than the previous CPU I had on this system AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core). System is very responsive.
PNY 128GB Turbo USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model P-FD128TBOP-GE
Pros: One pro is that you can't lose the top/cap, nice design. Tested this device using good 'ol dd in Linux. When drive is not formatted (raw) you get about 150MB/s writes, with a file system on it you get the following: $dd if=/dev/zero of=/run/media/axel/USB30FD/delet-file count=1024 blocksize=2M oflag=direct 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 2147483648 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 22.3992 s, 95.9 MB/s Note the option oflag, this option makes you bi-pass the kernel caching thus writing directly to the device. 95MB/s to 97MB/s consistently. A large ISO about 3.5GB on size achieved speeds of 117MB using rsync, keep in mind a copy or sync utilizes kernel caching mechanisms that include putting the file on memory before writing to disk giving the impression that is done at better speeds.
Cons: None I can think of. By the way newegg posting 'proof', can abrevitate block size, it thinks you are saying b and s (stands for BLOCK SIZE).
Overall Review: I got it under $34, not bad for a USB 3.0 128GB thumb drive. Good drive for the price!
Stable, great drive!
Pros: I have this drive hooked up to my private network, I can ssh over to the static ip as root no password. This drive has been working non-stop for a year now. I use Seagate Dashboard to manage my backups, drive seems fast for reads and writes. I can access it over Linux and windows. 4TB share over the network it's no bad it all from such a small device. Price tag for a 4TB NAS device it's really nice!
Cons: It has been very stable for over a year, no problems.
Overall Review: I recomend this drive, it works and it works good! it's work horse! I can access it from my Fedora Linux, CentOS server and windows machines. Seagate Dashboard is a plus for this drive, besides creating backup plans from weekly, daily, constant backups you can backup your online social media from facebook.
Good Drive
Pros: It's a lot of space for one drive, 5TB. USB3.0 is a plus! Drive runs cool, it has been working 24 hours a day. I use it for weekly backups using Seagate Dashboard software. Seagate Dashboard software it works great, I'm surprised how good it works. I also have a Seagate Central 4TB NAS and Seagate Dashboard I can manage both devices using Seagate Dashboard. So far it's very stable.
Cons: No cons, this drive works well and it's fast.
Overall Review: Decent reads and writes using USB 3. Drive is performing extremely well under. It's huge and fast, I got it on special 200.00 for a 5TB USB3.