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Harold L.

Harold L.

Joined on 07/28/06

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Most Favorable Review

First Impressions

EVGA 03G-P4-3668-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 Ti FTW+ 3GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 03G-P4-3668-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 Ti FTW+ 3GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Factory Overclocked, 3GB of GDDR5 memory, Price (compared to 680's), Factory Backplate, looks great, runs cool and has run everything I've thrown at it so far without breaking a sweat.

Cons: Haven't found any!

Overall Review: I chose this card for several reasons: First it's great bang for the buck compared to the 680's it's a little less expensive. Second it's still based off of the 680 PCB, so it's just a 680 with the 660 Ti GPU on it! So if you're thinking of watercooling look at stuff for the 680's! Third other Reviews were giving it good marks. Now in the Pro's I said this thing runs cool and I meant it, I'm upgrading from a GTX 285 which idled at 39C and in games rand around 70C. This card idles around 30C and have yet to be able to get it past about 52C to me that's impressive for a stock cooler. The backplate is very nice looking and there is even a cap over the SLI connection which helps give the card a nice clean look. I only got mine today and have only had a short time with it but I think EVGA has done it again and highly recommend this to anyone that is looking for a great memory card but can't afford a 680 or the 690!

Most Critical Review

Short Term - Buyer beware!

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2CCA 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Transfer Kit
Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2CCA 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Transfer Kit

Pros: It was very fast, boot in about 5 seconds, games were fast as were all programs loads.

Cons: It only lasted 2 years!!!!!

Overall Review: Come on I've got mechanical drives over 5 years old still going strong. System just started to blue screen one day and finally refused to boot telling me insert valid boot device. I've run every test I can think of and some that people have recommended in forums and final conclusion is the SSD is either dying or it's already dead. I'm only writing this as a caution to others, I may have just pulled the short straw and go one that was bad in some way - On the other hand I will be looking at a different brand for my next SSD! I should have known better since SSD's are just memory and every set of Crucial memory I've owned has died!

10/25/2014

Best PC Speakers I've Ever Owned!

Logitech Z625 Powerful THX® Certified 2.1 Speaker System with Optical Input
Logitech Z625 Powerful THX® Certified 2.1 Speaker System with Optical Input

Pros: -Very Clear Sound -Deep Clean Bass, with easily accessible adjustment knob -Little to No distortion -Multiple Input Options -Headphone and Aux in jacks on side of Desktop Speaker

Cons: -Satellite Speaker(desktop) are a little big

Overall Review: This will be the 3rd Logitech PC Speaker system that I've owned, has by far the best sound out of all of them and one of them was a 5.1 system that cost twice as much or more considering inflation. I've heard things in songs and in movies that I could not hear before, background sounds that the older speakers could not reproduce as they were likely out of the frequency range they could reproduce. I love being able to change the Bass level from the desktop, it allows me to tailor the bass to what I'm listening to without needing to reach behind the Sub and feel for the knob like the old system. The only thing I can really say I wasn't thrilled about is the size of the satellite desktop speakers, but it's not really a huge deal considering the sound/clarity they put out and is more of wow those sure are bigger than the others were. They were worth every dollar spent and I would recommend them very highly to anyone looking for a set of PC Speakers and want great sound without spending a fortune!

Great Product, Terrible Instructions

Platform Bed Frame Mattress Foundation Queen Size Metal Bed Base Heavy Duty Wood Slat With Bedroom No Box Spring Needed
Platform Bed Frame Mattress Foundation Queen Size Metal Bed Base Heavy Duty Wood Slat With Bedroom No Box Spring Needed

Pros: Just finished building it, but the quality seems good! It holds up my mattress and should offer a good nights sleep!

Cons: The instructions were absolutely Terrible, but it wasn't that difficult to figure out how it went together if you've ever put stuff like this together before.

Overall Review: For the price, if you're looking for a simple bed frame that isn't very expensive then this one will probably do a great job for you!

SSD Performance

SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 256GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE256BW
SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 256GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE256BW

Pros: N/A

Cons: N/A

Overall Review: Okay I don't normally write a review when I don't own the product, but I had to answer the review below by Andy Z who's drive didn't meet expectations. Andy said this drive performed similar to an older SSD in the system, also said it was a Mac book from 2011. The performance benchmarks listed by the manufacturer are what the drive is capable of in perfect conditions, like a top of the line system so the drive is only limited by itself. Andy's system from 2011 is probably running SATA II not SATA III, the 4GB of memory is kinda small for systems these days and is a potential bottleneck as well. So remember that if you buy an SSD you may not see it's full potential in your system, but don't give a low rating to it just because it didn't perform to it's full potential.

10/26/2014

Very pleasantly Surprised

Wintec FileMate Color Mini 2GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Purple) Model 3FMSP01U2PU-2G-R
Wintec FileMate Color Mini 2GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Purple) Model 3FMSP01U2PU-2G-R

Pros: Great price and it just works, activity light is a nice touch!

Cons: None that I've found.

Overall Review: Bought 13 of these for a group I'm working with and all 13 of them worked like a charm, not 1 of them was DOA - hence review title.

10/16/2013