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Tyler F.

Tyler F.

Joined on 09/26/05

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Most Favorable Review

Ran 24/7 for 7 years, so I'm happy.

Rosewill FORTRESS-450 450W Active PFC Power Supply - Continuous @ 122°F (50°C), 80 PLUS Platinum, ATX12V v2.31 & EPS12V v2.92, Intel Haswell, SLI & CrossFire-Ready
Rosewill FORTRESS-450 450W Active PFC Power Supply - Continuous @ 122°F (50°C), 80 PLUS Platinum, ATX12V v2.31 & EPS12V v2.92, Intel Haswell, SLI & CrossFire-Ready

Pros: Quiet. Low power usage. Active PFC. Reliable.

Cons: Not really anything unexpected. Built server with 7-drive RAID 6 in Jan of 2012. When you get 7 years of non-stop use out of a power supply, and then it gives plenty of fair warning before failing (months in fact), then that's as good as you can expect.

Overall Review: Excellent PSU. The "fair warning" I mentioned means that for months now, from time-to-time (meaning about once a month I'd guess) it started squealing an alarm but continued to power the server and all drives. The nice thing is, I could reset the alarm to silent by simply rebooting. Now I've pushed the limit. Twice this week it's gone off. So I guess it's really time to replace it before my array is unavailable during some unfortunate badly needed time. Lol. Great PSU.

Most Critical Review

Not UHS-1 (Class 4) and reader is junk

SanDisk 32GB MicroSD HC UHS-1 TF Flash Memory Card SDSDQAB-032G with USB 2.0 MemoryMarket dual slot MicroSD & SD Memory Card Reader and MemoryMarket Memory Card Wallet
SanDisk 32GB MicroSD HC UHS-1 TF Flash Memory Card SDSDQAB-032G with USB 2.0 MemoryMarket dual slot MicroSD & SD Memory Card Reader and MemoryMarket Memory Card Wallet

Pros: 1. Wallet for storage of USB cards is a nice bonus and works well. 2. At this price I was worried that it would be a counterfeit card with a modified unreal capacity. I tested the card with H2testw v1.4 and results indicated 32Gb work ok with no problems. However...

Cons: 1. Item marketed as UHS-1 speed in title and description. However, item received is clearly stamped as Class 4 and does NOT achieve minimum UHS-1 speeds which are a minimum of 10MB/s. 2. Reader is JUNK. It will corrupt your data if used in a USB 3.0 port. But it does work fine in a USB 2 port.

Overall Review: A mixed bag. If you're looking for true UHS-1 (class 10 or higher) then look elsewhere. H2testw maxed out at about 7.5 MB/sec when I tested with 3 different readers I have (one built in SDXC reader, one USB plug-in reader, and the piece of junk they've included here. Basically, it's a good solid Class 4 card, just as it's actually labeled when received.

10/23/2015

Great Case, Quiet and Cool

BitFenix Ghost BFC-GHO-300-KKN1-RP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
BitFenix Ghost BFC-GHO-300-KKN1-RP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: All the pros mentioned by others. Runs cool on large 7 x 3TB array. Very quiet, and the reversible front door is great. After 9 months still love it.

Cons: Only shipped with 3 trays for 3.5 inch HDDs. I needed 7; however, the company didn't list them for sale despite the user manual indicating that the upper cage wall could be moved to accommodate 3.5 inch drives... which it very easily did.

Overall Review: End result: With a slight mod to house my 2.5 inch SSD below the cages, and a $20 order for 4 more 3.5 inch cages directly from Bitfenix in Taiwan, I have (7) 3.5" inch WD Red drives running inside this case and they're cool as a cucumber here in the hot Las Vegas summer. (Inside room temps sometimes up to 90F but no hot drive temps. Helps with cooling that drives are mounted sideways.)

Decent if you catch them on sale

Mee audio Black N9-BK 45 degree 3.5mm stereo, gold plated Connector Binaural Noise Isolasion In Ear Headphones (Black )
Mee audio Black N9-BK 45 degree 3.5mm stereo, gold plated Connector Binaural Noise Isolasion In Ear Headphones (Black )

Pros: Ok quality. Not as good as my Sennheisers

Cons: Don't like having left and right being same length from Y. Hard to tell which is which. Prefer one side to be longer.

Overall Review: Overall they're ok, especially if you catch them for fifteen bucks like I did. Bought 3 pair and just stashed them various places as backup for when I forget my Sennheisers.

11/11/2012

Waste of time

IOGEAR GPSU21 1-Port Print Server RJ45 USB 2.0
IOGEAR GPSU21 1-Port Print Server RJ45 USB 2.0

Pros: Worked for a few days with my HP LaserJet 1018 after setting up. I've reserved the IP and connected directly to Netgear router.

Cons: Stops working unless set up again. I've tried mfg comments regarding resetting, which doesn't help. Print server log says printer online and ready; then says pages are printed, but they aren't. I have to cable-connect, then print one page, then all is good for a couple days until prob repeats.