cover
S K.

S K.

Joined on 05/20/03

0
0

Product Reviews
product reviews
  • 237
Most Favorable Review

ASUS MOTHERBOARD FM2+

ASUS A78M-A FM2+ AMD A78 (Bolton D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS A78M-A FM2+ AMD A78 (Bolton D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Work Great! On the first try! I like it a lot!

Cons: No Cons! Read other thoughts!

Overall Review: Some customers are having difficulty getting video to work with certain boards and cpu combos. From their description they said tech support was baffled. I think I know what is going on. If you buy a FM1, FM2 or FM2+ motherboard.... even though it has a vga, hdmi and dvi ports on it doesn't mean it has integrated graphics. The graphics are on the processor...BUT ONLY ON SOME processors!... If you get an FM1, FM2 or FM2+ processor that says its an APU... that doesn't always mean its has graphics on the processor. I see the Athlon for this socket type doesn't have integrated graphics on the processor, also some of the low end A4 APU's don't even have integrated graphics on the Chip. Make sure your A4 or higher APU states it has HD6000, HD7000 or HD8000 series graphics on the processor or you WILL NEED a separate video card to get video on your monitor. The FM line of boards do not have a video processor built onto the motherboard even though the ports are there...., so be sure you buy the right Processor that states it HAS HD VIDEO included.

Most Critical Review

nmedia PC

nMEDIAPC ZE-C128 USB 2.0 Black Aluminum Panel 5.25"All-in-one USB x 3 / IEEE 1394 / eSATA / HD (or AC97) Audio Internal Card Reader
nMEDIAPC ZE-C128 USB 2.0 Black Aluminum Panel 5.25"All-in-one USB x 3 / IEEE 1394 / eSATA / HD (or AC97) Audio Internal Card Reader

Pros: I will keep it.... but not happy with it. Card reader works with some effort.

Cons: Drive slots are machined/cut to the wrong size... you have to force your card in as you hear scraping against your card and when you pull your card out, the front bezel wants to come off with it... so from now on i won't buy this brand anymore or Aluminum front card readers for that matter....all my plastic front card readers worked great on past builds... and yes I am putting the cards in the proper slots, because they read ok, but scraped bad on the way in and on the way out. GRRRR!!!!!

Overall Review: Audio ports may be starting to give me issues, there is a whining in headphone on these audio ports but the rear ports on my pc have NO whine in my headphone... hmmm?

Team Group T-Force VULCAN 2.5" 1TB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253TV001T3C301

Team Group T-Force VULCAN 2.5" 1TB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253TV001T3C301
Team Group T-Force VULCAN 2.5" 1TB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253TV001T3C301

Pros: Great price for a 1TB SSD. Owned it for almost a month now with a clean installation of Windows 10 64bit. Snappy and quick.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Used it for a kids computer to have room for loading multiple games. Seems to be holding up fine and games load fast. I would recommend this SSD for your Non-RGB computers. If your looking to build an RGB computer that glows all over, Team Group makes Illuminated RGB SSD drives also, check them out!

SAMSUNG 32GB BAR Plus (Metal) USB 3.1 Flash Drive, Speed Up to 200MB/s (MUF-32BE3/AM)

SAMSUNG 32GB BAR Plus (Metal) USB 3.1 Flash Drive, Speed Up to 200MB/s (MUF-32BE3/AM)
SAMSUNG 32GB BAR Plus (Metal) USB 3.1 Flash Drive, Speed Up to 200MB/s (MUF-32BE3/AM)

Pros: Clips on your keychain and is very durable. Very nice looking and awesome speeds.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Instead of using a service like LastPass or another online password manager, I encrypted this flash drive, put all my account usernames and passwords on it, and clipped it to my car key ring. Now anywhere I go I have my account logins handy. Also since the drive is now encrypted with a master password only I can access it. I only use this drive in my Laptop/Desktop, never on another computer that isn't mine. Use it for what fits your needs, this is the "must have" USB drive in my opinion.

Cat6 Belkin Cable

Belkin A3L980-25-WHT-S 25 ft. Cat 6 White Cat. 6 UTP Patch Cable
Belkin A3L980-25-WHT-S 25 ft. Cat 6 White Cat. 6 UTP Patch Cable

Pros: Nice high quality copper cable. Works perfect. Nicely crimped ends.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I would purchase this again as it is Belkin, a well known name brand. Stay away from other "no name" brands as some other brands are CCA cable (copper clad aluminum) which is basically aluminum wire instead of copper and doesn't last/perform as well. Don't be cheap when buying Cat6 cable. Belkin is awesome in my opinion.

205/55R16 Antares Grip 20 2055516 205 55 16 R16 Tires

205/55R16  Antares Grip 20 2055516 205 55 16 R16 Tires
205/55R16 Antares Grip 20 2055516 205 55 16 R16 Tires

Pros: Nice Aggressive Tread Pattern, Should be great when the snow hits Northeastern Pennsylvania. I would buy again.

Cons: No Cons. I knew they wouldn't handle on dry pavement as well as extreme performance tires do, but that is not what I bought them for. They are made for snow and I am not in a race.

Overall Review: I would recommend these tires. I like using snow tires all year round, the rubber is softer, which makes them more fun in the corners! (I never drive irresponsibly and also never exceed the posted speed limits on public roads) These were mounted on a 2009 BMW 328i xDrive 4 Dr Sedan and am very pleased with them.