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Arthur B.

Arthur B.

Joined on 11/06/08

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Most Favorable Review

Great Case

Rosewill Server Case or Chassis - RSV-R4000 - 4U Rackmount - 4 x Included Cooling Fans, 8 x Internal Bays
Rosewill Server Case or Chassis - RSV-R4000 - 4U Rackmount - 4 x Included Cooling Fans, 8 x Internal Bays

Pros: -Rubber mounted HD cages to help eliminate vibration. -Great space for cooling fans. -Solid, rattle free construction. -Filter for the fans. -Extremely good price.

Cons: -Some of the screw holes for the mobo mounts weren't threaded straight. -Included fans barely move any air.

Overall Review: I picked this case up on a great combo deal, just needing something for a ESXi box for a lot of drives. I have been very impressed at the build quality, as this case is better than most 300-500 dollar cases in the 4u size. If you're running some warm equipment though, you'll wanna swap out the fans. The 80's in the back aren't too bad, but the 120's up front are just incredibly slow. I put in some good 120's I had sitting around, and I went from 95-100f on my drives, down to 80-90.

No complaints

ASUS ProArt Series PA246Q Black 24.1" 6ms P-IPS Height/Swivel/Pivot Adjustable LCD Monitor w/2 USB hub, Card Reader & Display port 400cd/m2 50000:1 DCR
ASUS ProArt Series PA246Q Black 24.1" 6ms P-IPS Height/Swivel/Pivot Adjustable LCD Monitor w/2 USB hub, Card Reader & Display port 400cd/m2 50000:1 DCR

Pros: 1: Great color and contrast 2: Good build quality 3: Excellent input options 4: Hasn't ate my cat

Cons: 1: Height adjustable stand could go up a bit more 2: Thicker border than I'd like for running two of these

Overall Review: I'm not sure what everyone is complaining about, as I have two of these screens and have used every test I could find to see any faults and haven't found any.

Great drives

Seagate BarraCuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: -Quiet -Low Power -Quick for the RPM -Cheap -Massive storage

Cons: Haven't had any issues with these, and I now have 4 of them. Oldest being over a year old. Heavy use as a nightly archive set for backups.

Great AP

D-Link DAP-2553 Wireless Access Point Selectable Dual Band AirPremier PoE IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4/5GHz up to 300Mbps/ Multiple SSID, 802.1Q VLAN
D-Link DAP-2553 Wireless Access Point Selectable Dual Band AirPremier PoE IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4/5GHz up to 300Mbps/ Multiple SSID, 802.1Q VLAN

Pros: 5 month uptime now with heavy media streaming and not even a hiccup... Multiple SSIDs, VLANs and RADIUS running. Great range, about 25% better than the Cisco/Linksys one I was using before.

Cons: Not a true dualband.

Overall Review: Great AP for the price, and unless you really NEED dualband, pick this up.

Very Refined

HTC HD2 Black Unlocked GSM Smart Phone w/ Windows Mobile OS / 1GHz Snapdragon CPU / 4.3" Touch Screen / 5 MP Camera / GPS / Wi-Fi / Bluetooth v2.1 (T8585)
HTC HD2 Black Unlocked GSM Smart Phone w/ Windows Mobile OS / 1GHz Snapdragon CPU / 4.3" Touch Screen / 5 MP Camera / GPS / Wi-Fi / Bluetooth v2.1 (T8585)

Pros: Gorgeous screen, good battery life, snappy processor, 3.5mm headphone jack, slim size, and excellent built quality.

Cons: I'm still not sold on the capacitive screen tech, not being able to use a stylus, or your finger when wearing gloves on this screen doesn't make me happy. Not enough to deduct any eggs however.

Overall Review: Nevermind the reviewers who claim they need resets all the time, I'm now on week 3 of not having powered down my phone and it works fine. Generally they are 3rd party apps that would crash the phone, and when you get rid of the poorly written apps that do that, you've got a gorgeous and flexible device to use. HTC has done some good bug patching on the phone as well, and Windows Mobile 6.5 really does have a great refinement to the UI over the 6.0 and 6.1 series. I've made quite a few iDEVICE users envious with the display on this phone, and most importantly the battery life.

Good unit

Cisco Small Business RVS4000 Gigabit Security Router with VPN 1 x RJ45 WAN Ports 4 x 10/100/1000Mbps LAN Ports
Cisco Small Business RVS4000 Gigabit Security Router with VPN 1 x RJ45 WAN Ports 4 x 10/100/1000Mbps LAN Ports

Pros: -Dead reliable -QoS, VPN, IPS and all the monitoring you could want -Decent GUI -Low power usage for ability

Cons: -For adding static DHCP maps, it requires you to restart the router, which is annoying -QuickVPN client software does NOT work with 64 bit systems, although there are other free software solutions that work, just take a bit of time to setup

Overall Review: Excellent for advanced home users, or small businesses looking for a site to site VPN setup. Very reliable, and priced right for what you are getting