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Brian T.

Brian T.

Joined on 06/25/04

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Most Favorable Review

Clear and crisp sound

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

Pros: I love crisp sound that it give when you're either watching a movie or playing a game...and for a 5.1 surround system it's a must buy.

Cons: I can only wish that you can adjust the sound accordingly between each speaker

Overall Review: If you have at least a 5.1 surround system, I would recommend this for your computer but if you only have 2.1 or 4 channel, I would look into something else...

Most Critical Review

Not bad, but could be better

AOC 24" Active Matrix, TFT LCD LCD Monitor 5 ms 1920 x 1080 D-Sub, HDMI 2436VH
AOC 24" Active Matrix, TFT LCD LCD Monitor 5 ms 1920 x 1080 D-Sub, HDMI 2436VH

Pros: It looks nice and the system is pretty decent for the price of it. The video quality depending on how you set it up is really nice.

Cons: I've had this for a while, and when I have had it there are a few things that I thought could a adjusted. For starters someone stated previously that there's the streak of fuzz going on with that, I would agree that needs to be fixed, but the thing that sucks with it is the stand itself, if I adjust it just slightly the whole thing wobbles, that needs to be fixed. Also, I will have to agree with one of the other commenter's that despite the fact that it's a 24" monitor, DVI should be part of the monitor.

Overall Review: I like the monitor, you get what you pay for. But if you are looking for the big screen and you're on a budget, than this one is not that bad, note that it's not the best monitor in the world, but if you're going to work on office programs and need a big screen to back it up, than I would recommend this one for ya...I could even see all 26 columns on this thing with excel and I'm currently connected to a laptop.

Everything worked as it should be

ASUS P8H77-V LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P8H77-V LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Since this was a Holiday gift for someone, this was a good present as I upgraded his computer for him.

Cons: Had a little stiffling with upgrading the BIOS to the most it could be, it still worked as it said it was.

Overall Review: I wished they would at least give me a back plate, but that's fine without it though.

12/26/2016

Nice little mobo for the buck

ASRock N3150-ITX Intel Quad-Core Processor N3150 (up to 2.08 GHz) Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU / VGA Combo
ASRock N3150-ITX Intel Quad-Core Processor N3150 (up to 2.08 GHz) Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU / VGA Combo

Pros: I'm either a Gigabyte fan or MSI fan, and I wanted to try this out to see what's all the fuss. I wanted to use Linux for this and it installed without a hitch. I installed it into an old desktop that I had. I used 16GB of ram and since it uses shared memory, it was so much that I didn't see any performance issues through linux. This system was more for browsing and all around system.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: This is a great little board. It's not meant for gaming of some sort, but an all around system. Using 16GB is too much, but it works just fine. If you want a all around board, than this is the one for you.

Great little board

Intel BOXD525MW Intel Atom D525@ 1.8GHz (Dual Core) BGA559 Intel NM10 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo
Intel BOXD525MW Intel Atom D525@ 1.8GHz (Dual Core) BGA559 Intel NM10 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo

Pros: This little board has gone through a media center to a media server over two years. I have to say that the specs of this board is quite interesting, they say that the max is 4 Gb of DDR3, but since I've tested it, it can be pushed up to 8Gb of memory. I'm partially tempted to go up to 16 gigs but we will have to see

Cons: the BIOS updating is still having an issue, but I don't mind that all too much, it gets easier after the first update. The other thing is that there is no information about the mini PCI express port or what is the compatibility for that port. I bought a 2 port mini PCI express card and it hasn't worked with the board and it hasn't been able to be recognized with Windows Home server 2011...Hope they fix the BIOS so it can recognize it easier.

Overall Review: Out of all of this, this board has done quite well for what it does as a server, I wish that the D2700MUD board worked just as great as this board has. Comparing between the newer boards, at least with this board, it is 64-bit capable and is not restricted. With the exception of the mini PCI express port, I got nothing wrong with it.

Great with one drawback

Intel DH61AG Desktop Motherboard - Intel H61 Express Chipset - Socket H2 LGA-1155
Intel DH61AG Desktop Motherboard - Intel H61 Express Chipset - Socket H2 LGA-1155

Pros: I've had this for a couple weeks from upgrading from a D2700MUD Atom board, and let me just say there is a BBBIIIGGGG difference in video quality...Despite the fact that the board doesn't take your usual power supply, a laptop adapter is just adequate for this replacement.

Cons: BIOS updating is still a pain in the but because I have the first revision 23 and they're up to 105, it is saying that it is a legacy BIOS and it is unsupported.... Come on Intel, make this better for us here...