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John L.

John L.

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Most Favorable Review

Good performance without any worries.

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 998659
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 998659

Pros: It's reasonably priced and I've never gotten a bad stick of ram from mushkin.

Cons: The timings aren't super tight.

Overall Review: If you want good performance and stability get this. If you do extreme overclocking go up a notch. They should print the ram speed and timings on the box as well as the sticks so you can look it up after you've installed them.

Most Critical Review

I got one with a bad Hdmi port.

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7750 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Low Profile Video Card 100357LP
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7750 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Low Profile Video Card 100357LP

Pros: It's small and has very low power requirements.

Cons: I couldn't get the hdmi out port to work. DVI works fine. They use a micro-hdmi port rather than a mini, and it seems really flimsy and low quality.

Overall Review: After the RMA goes through, I'll probably give the visiontek card a try. I wish newegg would carry the afox single slot 7850.

Died after 2 months

Mustek A3 2400S up to 2400 x 2400dpi USB Flatbed Scanner
Mustek A3 2400S up to 2400 x 2400dpi USB Flatbed Scanner

Pros: Cheapish Lightweight

Cons: It started scanning everything in as solid purple after 2 months. I contacted Mustek for an RMA, and have not heard back from them after a week. When it does scan, everything looks washed out.

Overall Review: There are several large format all-in-ones that are infinitely better values than this thing. I got one of those and am happy with it. I wish I could get my money back on this piece of not-good-office-equipment.

Good, but promises more than it delivers

Definitive Technology ProCinema 60 5.1 CH Home Audio Speaker System
Definitive Technology ProCinema 60 5.1 CH Home Audio Speaker System

Pros: Sounds good for music, and the sub woofer blends in well with the satellites.

Cons: Using a test tone generator, I found the frequency response of the satellites to bottom out at around 125hhz, a pretty far cry from the advertised 60/70 hz.

Overall Review: I bought this set for pc gaming so frequency response is important. The fact that they didn't get within 50 hz of the advertized satellite frequency response is disappointing.

Got two bad kits in a row

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 994069
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 994069

Pros: It seems like nice ram if Mushkin could get their act together and put 4 good dimms in a box.

Cons: My first set had a single error on test #8 of memtest86+, my second set had a DOA dimm(kept the machine from posting). It's quickly becoming tiresome to test the ram myself, I used to like Mushkin because their Ram always worked out of the box. (sigh)

Overall Review: I wonder if they changed management or something. I've been a Mushkin fan for a long time (I even remember the webcam of their office dog). It's kind of depressing to see their QA take a nose dive.

12/30/2012

Be careful when buying Diablotek

Diablotek PHD Series PHD850 850 W ATX12V v2.2 Power Supply
Diablotek PHD Series PHD850 850 W ATX12V v2.2 Power Supply

Pros: Cheap and they tend to look nice.

Cons: Most if not all Diablotek PSUs only deliver half the wattage (minus 50) they are rated for so only expect 400 watts out of this thing.

Overall Review: You can find recent reviews of Diablotek PSUs on jonny guru and Hard OCP that verify this.

12/17/2010