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Daniel A.

Daniel A.

Joined on 10/21/07

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Most Favorable Review

Fantastic Card!!

EVGA SSC GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card 02G-P4-3653-RX
EVGA SSC GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card 02G-P4-3653-RX

Pros: This card was a fantastic buy! Great Price, Easy to install, very fast, extremely smooth graphics with a small form factor. Here's what really surprised me... It's whisper quiet even under load! I would buy EVGA but after this I would definitely try a "refurbished" product again!

Cons: There are really no Cons about this card that I have,

Overall Review: I have a Dell XPS8100. This card worked with the small power supply and gave a tremendous boost in performance over the 240 GTS that came with it. For anyone out there looking for an upgrade card for your XPS, this is the one! Don't be fooled by the version 2.0 or 2.1 PCIe Slots. The version 3.0 Cards are backwards Compatible and Work Great!

12/23/2013
Most Critical Review

No "N" Band Connection

TRENDnet TEW-649UB Mini Wireless N300 USB Adapter
TRENDnet TEW-649UB Mini Wireless N300 USB Adapter

Pros: Small Form Factor, New Egg Shipped on time.

Cons: Adapter has many problems. Will hook up to "G" Band easily. Albeit at only 36Mbps, but at least it will connect. Absolutely will not see, register or connect the "N" Band connection at all when the "G" connection is available. If I change the Router to straight "N" Band it will see the signal but refuses to connect. I have spent hours and hours trying to rectify this issue to no avail. I have changed channels, updated firmware, switched machines this adapter was plugged into, set it right beside the router on the table, cycled through security protocols and encryption schemes to no avail. This adapter will not hook up to "N" Band.

Overall Review: One last try! I plugged it into a laptop and went over to the neighbor's house and set it on the table next to his "N" Router. Nada! It just plain does not work folks.I am sending it back to Newegg for a refund. I am very disappointed, I have an older TRENDnet USB Wireless G adapter and it works fantastic and has for like 3 or 4 years now. I just do not get it. Avoid this one.

10/26/2013

Great Product!

BYTECC BT-300 USB 2.0 to IDE / SATA Adapter
BYTECC BT-300 USB 2.0 to IDE / SATA Adapter

Pros: Since I bought this item in November I have Used it on both SATA and IDE drives with great success. One of the reasons I bought it was so that my wife could get all of the data off her her NAS drive that the external electronics failed on. I plugged it in to the drive and popped in the USB cable to her machine (Windows 7 x64) and there was the drive in the machine list with all data intact and ready to be transferred to her machine. It was really awesome! I have used it to clone entire IDE drives to SATA and back up files for people off of computers they thought were dead. I really love this thing and recommend it.

Cons: None that I have found yet.

Overall Review: Make sure you read the instructions! You do not plug the power into the block if you are using it for IDE. Ect. ect... If you follow the instructions you will not fry your drives (as some people have).

12/18/2013

Solid Construction!

Nippon Labs Premium SVGA Video Cable 6 ft. Male to Male Coaxial SVGA cable 6ft Model SVGAMM-6 6 feet
Nippon Labs Premium SVGA Video Cable 6 ft. Male to Male Coaxial SVGA cable 6ft Model SVGAMM-6 6 feet

Pros: Very nice quality, heavy duty not at all flimsy.

Cons: The thumb screws are close set and a little cumbersome for people with big hands.

Overall Review: When I bought these I was expecting a fairly lightweight, normal china quality product. When they arrived I was very surprised that they were beefy with solid construction. For the price you really could not beat them if you needed VGA cables for an older monitor. I give them a thumbs up!

12/10/2013

Impressive!

TP-LINK TL-WN722N Wireless N150 High Gain USB Adapter, 150Mbps, w/4 dBi High Gain Detachable Antenna, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, WEP, WPA/WPA2
TP-LINK TL-WN722N Wireless N150 High Gain USB Adapter, 150Mbps, w/4 dBi High Gain Detachable Antenna, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, WEP, WPA/WPA2

Pros: Windows 7 64 bit picked up adapter right away, Installed updated driver from Mfg. website and WHooosh we were off and running. When I brought up the panel to choose a network I was Impressed. This card sees every network within 2500 feet of my house. Pretty impressive for a USB Adapter. Transfer speeds are on par with another computer in the same room that is running an Intel N-6205 internal PCIe card.

Cons: If you have thoughts of plugging it into vertically right oriented USB slots (Like on the back of your computer) be advised that this will leave the Antenna pointing down instead of up... kind of quirky. I used the cradle anyhow but just thought I would mention it.

Overall Review: For the money, it's a fantastic adapter. If you need a USB adapter I would recommend it. Make sure the get the Cradle! That makes for a really clean install of this unit on a desktop.

11/27/2013

Awesome!

Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 Dual Band N600 PCIe adapter, External antenna
Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 Dual Band N600 PCIe adapter, External antenna

Pros: This is probably the easiest network adapter install I have ever done! Windows 7 64 bit picked up card right away, Installed updated driver from Intel's website and WHooosh we were off and running. When I brought up the panel to choose a network I was stunned. This card sees every network within 2500 feet of my house. All 27 of them!

Cons: None that I have found.

Overall Review: after connecting to my Network in Full "N" Band with Bonded channels I am seeing a solid 185 Mbps with peaks in the 200's. Never drops the connection and the router is 30 Ft. away and a floor down. Considering my router is standard power with only internal antennas I think that says a lot about the cards performance.

10/26/2013