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Todd K.

Todd K.

Joined on 03/25/07

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Most Favorable Review

Pretty good so far

Lenovo Laptop IdeaPad Intel Core i5-3210M 8GB Memory 750GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 4000 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Z580 (21512JU)
Lenovo Laptop IdeaPad Intel Core i5-3210M 8GB Memory 750GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 4000 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Z580 (21512JU)

Pros: Not Windows 8 8 gb RAM

Cons: The mouse buttons are part of the track pad and require a harder push to get it to click than my older Lenovo. The backspace and number lock buttons are too close together and I'm always hitting the num lock. Speakers are just awful. Sounds like music is coming out of a tin can.

Most Critical Review

don't waste your money

SYBA CL-USB-KIT 3-IN-1 USB Kit (Fan / Light / Extender)
SYBA CL-USB-KIT 3-IN-1 USB Kit (Fan / Light / Extender)

Pros: provided a nice breeze for a few hours

Cons: fan now runs at less than 1/2 speed, it stops by itself, and the USB connection gets pretty hot. This is the first day I have used this fan.

Overall Review: I got this for the fan, haven't tried the other pieces yet but I won't waste my time...this is going back.

Avoid if your using HDMI with Windows XP

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card 100283-3L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card 100283-3L

Pros: not sure, haven't really used it since it won't give me any sound on my pc.

Cons: No sound over HDMI to TV when using Windows XP. i googled this and it seems to be a common problem with this card. I've tried a variety of solutions given on sites but none have worked so far. Sound worked fine when I was running Ubuntu but I installed XP and now it's gone.

Overall Review: I've been a fan of Radeon cards for a while, this is very disappointing, I probably won't get a Radeon card again. To be fair, it seems to be a shared issue between the card and Windows XP.

got the DVD-ROM....need some screws

SONY Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1681S-0B
SONY Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1681S-0B

Pros: cheap

Cons: they didn't include any screws to secure the drive inside the case. that's fine if it is a replacement drive but for a new build, that really sucks! now I have to find an old drive and hope there's screws still in it.