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Walter G.

Walter G.

Joined on 01/26/07

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Most Favorable Review

Great Performance

Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR533D2K2/1GR
Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR533D2K2/1GR

Pros: Cheap, and great performance for the price

Cons: none

Overall Review: Plopped one set into a dell dimension e510. Everything stock except for the ram. With xp, boots up in twenty (20) seconds, even after one month of family usage, without regular defrags. Highly recommend this ram.

Most Critical Review

20 month PSU

Athena Power AP-MP4ATX40 400W ATX12V / MicroATX / SFX12V v 2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready   eMachines, HP Upgrades/Replacement Power Supply
Athena Power AP-MP4ATX40 400W ATX12V / MicroATX / SFX12V v 2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready eMachines, HP Upgrades/Replacement Power Supply

Pros: Shiny, feels solid, plenty of connectors including sata and four pin, still shiny, fans never made much noise like other people have reported.

Cons: Fit a little loose in my case, makes cable management a little difficult with the many plugs. Blew after twenty months.

Overall Review: Blew after twenty months. Kind of expected it considering the low price. Actually surprised considering it held out as long as it did. Bought it as a replacement for a failed power supply on a server box. Ran nearly continuously for as long as I had it, considering it was on a server box. When it failed, I heard a loud electrical pop and smelled the burning silicon. Unsure of whether it fried the mobo. Hard drives still work thankfully.

Small Problems to a bigger problem

Rosewill Power Bass Canal Headphone RH-BUD168
Rosewill Power Bass Canal Headphone RH-BUD168

Pros: Ok sound for podcasts Little fish cable organizer works Cheap with moderately good, if not a little flat sound. Cable not too long or too short.

Cons: After first month, wire sheath began coming off of stereo connector, fixed with shrink tubing. The included earbud pack was too small for my ears. The normal apple earbuds feel like they're destroying my ear with their shape, so make of that what you will. This past month, the sheathing started to separate from the actual earbuds. Before I could fix it, the wire separated from inside the earbud. Nothing I can fix without opening the casing of the bud. Attempting to RMA now, still waiting on a response from Rosewill.

Overall Review: You get what you pay for.

11/19/2011
Rosewill RKV-2P 2 Port Slim Desktop PS/2 KVM Switch w/ Audio & Mic/ Black Shell
Rosewill RKV-2P 2 Port Slim Desktop PS/2 KVM Switch w/ Audio & Mic/ Black Shell

Pros: Simple, combined plug for vga and audio. Small. LED lit buttons.

Cons: Ports on all four sides make it hard to put anywhere. After about ten months, horizontal bleed started to occur. Troubleshot it down to the KVM. Not sure what caused it to start, but it severely degraded the quality of the image. However, by the point that it happened, I had already gotten a second monitor and still had the kvm attached for no reason.

Overall Review: Served it's purpose for as long as I had it.

AVOID!

EAGLE ET-CSESU2-BK Aluminum 3.5" Black SATA I/II USB 2.0 External Enclosure
EAGLE ET-CSESU2-BK Aluminum 3.5" Black SATA I/II USB 2.0 External Enclosure

Pros: Small. Good looking. Bright blue led.

Cons: Shoddy construction. Everything other than the aluminum feels cheap. When I first received the enclosure, I thought that I had a DOA. I took out the cables and replugged them. That fixed the problem for a bit. My drive was too big and wouldn't fit all the way in. It took clipping off two of the clips on the plastic endcap to make it fit. One day after the refund period expired, it croaked and it wouldn't read the disc properly. It spun the drive intermittently and that was it.

Overall Review: Not sure why it gave. If I had known that this was going to happen, I would've sprung for a better one. For three dollars more I probably would've gotten item#:N82E16817182155, or something better. I really think that some of the 5 egg reviews are corporate people from consus.

Great Monitor

Acer 24" WUXGA LCD Monitor with HDCP Support 2ms(GTG) 1920 x 1200 D-Sub, DVI P243WAid
Acer 24" WUXGA LCD Monitor with HDCP Support 2ms(GTG) 1920 x 1200 D-Sub, DVI P243WAid

Pros: Great contrast ratio, incredibly sharp picture. The design looks amazing as well.

Cons: Not enough inputs. Puts off a moderate amount of heat. Amazingly hard to clean with included microfiber cloth. Not good for a high light situation due to glare.

Overall Review: The not enough input thing was solved with the addition of a KVM switch. It raised the temperature in my 12'x12' room by about five degrees. Works excellently with my pc and my xbox 360. Not sure what to clean it with since there are little dots on it (probably from me sneezing) and I know that you're not supposed to use windex, and the included microfiber cloth is pretty only much good for cleaning the bezel, which is reminiscent of the original piano black PSP case. Overall, a solid monitor for the great price, just remember to pick up some blackout curtains for whatever room you're going to use it in.

10/29/2008