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TIM O.

TIM O.

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Most Favorable Review

What a great idea...

NZXT Grid Ten Port Fan Hub
NZXT Grid Ten Port Fan Hub

Pros: Simple enough to make you wonder why you didn't think of it first. I just installed mine last night. I routed all of the machine's fans to this little guy, and then routed the hub's power tot he CPU fan on my motherboard. Now depending on my processing load the whole computer revs up/down. I was initially worried about all the fans getting enough power, but I was pleasantly surprised after connecting 8 fans to see them all running at full power.

Cons: none.

Overall Review: great idea for a product. And this is a must have for anyone who is a cable management fiend.

Most Critical Review

The print quality is the least of your worries.

Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II 4800 x 2400 dpi Color Print Quality USB InkJet Photo Color Printer
Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II 4800 x 2400 dpi Color Print Quality USB InkJet Photo Color Printer

Pros: Sounds weird to give such an amazing printer 3 stars, but let me specify that the printer is NOT the problem. I am a professional designer and I can tell you this is the best quality printer have ever owned. Also, like some have said in previous reviews, try out different papers with this printer. HOWEVER.....

Cons: A few things that really set me off after this cannon experience. - It did not come with a printer cable, and will not work over networks that support printer hubs. Ok I know that some printers don't come with cables, but really? I am about to spend 500 hard earned dollars on a printer. You would think the thing came with a simple cable. So after all the money I dumped, and will dump on 8 print cartridges... I have to include that into the costs. I have bought the crappiest of printers in the past, and those came with cables.... - I just got a letter back from cannon saying that I didn't send them sufficient evidence to get the rebate. What? I practically cut off half of this box and sent it to them. So now I am down $100 bucks. Thanks for nothing Cannon.

Overall Review: This is an insanely awesome printer, but cannon is really testing my patients..... heed my warning. DO NOT expect to get the rebate. And if you do, photocopy EVERYTHING (like I did) in case they find a way to trick you out of it Once their customer service comes back from Christmas break (the service center is taking 3 days off btw) they are going to get a piece of my mind.

12/24/2010

Nifty Little Guy

Belkin F7D2102 N300 Micro Wireless N USB Adapter
Belkin F7D2102 N300 Micro Wireless N USB Adapter

Pros: I bought one of these guys for gaming, it worked well, so I picked up 2 more. Never had a problem in my house with any of these.

Cons: Not a single one.

Overall Review: I game quite a bit, but I am no latency purist. I am sure maybe there is something better out there, but I have grown accustomed to this little guy and it works nicely. Also it doesn't have any programs that try to take over your network scanning abilities (cough cough, I am looking at you netgear)

Continue to be a fan of Scythe

Scythe BAY-RAFTER-2.5-RB Hard Drive
Scythe BAY-RAFTER-2.5-RB Hard Drive

Pros: It looks nice, and has a nice cut out bottom for airflow, or a fan if you want to add one. I didn't bother, however, but it's a nice feature for those interested. This thing does exactly what it does, and my SSD is suspended in the air the way I want it.

Cons: I don't "read" sometimes, so I was a little surprised to find out this was plastic. However, my SSD cares little about that, and the black color of the bay-rafter goes nicely with my case.

Overall Review: It does it's job, didn't come defective, and arrived earlier than I expected. All worth a 5 star rating. Thanks new egg.

Got my replacement, and now it works

Crucial M4 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT128M4SSD2
Crucial M4 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT128M4SSD2

Pros: It is fast. It is nice. It is great. It is special.

Cons: See other thoughts.

Overall Review: I just got my new M4 from newegg, posted a few down below about the last one going up in smoke (in a literal sense). Newegg sent me a return and it works great. Only 3 out of 7 found the last review helpful? How is "this SSD has a .00001% chance of exploding and I got stuck with one of those, so you might too" not helpful?

Darn good board

ASRock X79 EXTREME7 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock X79 EXTREME7 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I really love this board. Maybe it's been a while since I bought a good mobo, but I really appreciate the bios. Nice, clean, and detected my mouse right away. I am running a pretty hefty gaming spec on this thing, and I haven't encountered any problems after several months running it (almost non stop)

Cons: Nothing yet, you will be sure to read about it, if it happens.

Overall Review: I am not an over clocker, I don't do anything fancy. But it is nice to see that all of that is there if I wanted to use it. Since I am not trying to trick out this board, I have no problems with it. Beyond that, consider my review less helpful.