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Axel M.

Axel M.

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Running the latest firmware

Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR240GB
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR240GB

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.

12/19/2012

Dual 2.1 Amp charger per port.

Anker 71AN7109-W2A White 20W Dual-Port USB Wall Charger
Anker 71AN7109-W2A White 20W Dual-Port USB Wall Charger

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

AMD A6-6420K - A-Series APU Richland Dual-Core 4.0 GHz Socket FM2 65W AMD Radeon HD8000 Series Desktop Processor (Black Edition) - AD642KOKHLBOX
AMD A6-6420K - A-Series APU Richland Dual-Core 4.0 GHz Socket FM2 65W AMD Radeon HD8000 Series Desktop Processor (Black Edition) - AD642KOKHLBOX

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.

12/17/2014

PNY 128GB Turbo USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model P-FD128TBOP-GE

PNY 128GB Turbo USB 3.0 Flash Drive (P-FD128TBOP-GE)
PNY 128GB Turbo USB 3.0 Flash Drive (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!

12/13/2014

Stable, great drive!

Seagate Central STCG4000100 4TB Cloud Storage System
Seagate Central STCG4000100 4TB Cloud Storage System

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

Seagate Backup Plus 5TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive with Mobile Device Backup - STDT5000100 (Black)
Seagate Backup Plus 5TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive with Mobile Device Backup - STDT5000100 (Black)

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.