Joined on 01/20/09
So far so good
Pros: - Works great with Mass Effect Andromeda and other new graphically intense games - Handles Photoshop and After Effects with ease - Love the design! - Only need 6 pin power rather than 8 the 970 needed.
Cons: - This is a monster sized card - Did not come with anything but the card and driver disk. Not that I needed them, but would some cables or Install instructions been too much? - LOTS of wasted space in packaging.
Overall Review: So I upgraded from the 970 because my computer was freezing/crashing when I played games. Did I think the 970 was the issue? Not really, but it gave me an excuse to buy this one. [Yeah computer still dies ... going to have to reinstall Windows this weekend.] As mentioned above this is a very large card [a good 1.5 in larger than my PNG 970, which many people said was too big]. Better measure to available space before purchasing. It was a snap to install, and once I reinstalled the driver worked like a charm. I did notice this strange green glow coming from the inside of my case, however. so when I looked through one of my air vents I saw the reason... the card was glowing!
made for a cubical?
Pros: 5.1 under $60, work ok
Cons: way too short cords, no documentation, no support from logitech
Overall Review: Bought this to replace a PC 5.1 surround sound system I have had for over 8 years. I figured after all that time tech should have improved. Was looking at the z506 at the $100 mark as a possible upgrade so when I saw a referb under $60, I jumped at it. The product came with no documentation at all (and there is none on the web page). Since I had experience with 5.1, I was able to figure it out, but someone with no experience may have troubles, even though everything is color coded. The sound is ok. Not great and really no upgrade from my old system (other than all speakers now work, which was no longer the case with my old system). My main concern is with the wires. This uses a cable rather than speaker wire which should make it a bit more durable (I hope) but the wire are way too short. My left from speaker is only 3.5 feet from the subwoofer (where everything hooks in) and the cord is pulled tight. the "rear" speakers could even get close to the rear of my small computer room. And since it doesn't use standard speaker wire, I can not extend it. My guess is that this is made more for an office cubical rather than an actual room. I wouldn't pay full price for this item, but if you can get a good deal and don't mind short wires, go ahead and give this a try.
Best PC in the house
Pros: - fast - cool keyboard - fast - large screen - did I mention fast?
Cons: - no blu ray - no ssd
Overall Review: I am a graphic artist and have a large desktop PC that I built to do my work on. Problem is that my wife likes to use my PC to play The SIMS because her old quad core laptop couldn't handle it. So when her old laptop starting to have serious problems, I decided to get her one that would play any game she wants ... and leave my PC alone. This laptop is the one. It plays the SIMS and every other game she wants smoothly and even better that my 8 Core Graphics Workstation. I even put ADOBE CC on it and played around and was impressed how it handled running InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator all at the same time. It even ran 3D Studio without any issues. Even without SSD, this PC is fast. A BluRay drive would be nice to have (why aren't those standard yet?) but lack there of is by no means a deal breaker. I am extremely happy with this laptop and world definitely recommend it for whatever your computing needs are.
shiny
Pros: great resolution and color, awesome blacks
Cons: very shiny, and reflective. Do not have a light behind you.
Overall Review: Comes with a great warranty and is an over all great deal for the money.
Nice router
Pros: Nice design. Dual band, create your own cloud
Cons: 5 GHz band will drop
Overall Review: This router is much more stable than my old Netgear. The old would require rebooting on a daily basis. I have only had to reboot this one once. The 5GHz band is quite fast for the limited devices that support it, but it does tend to drop a lot and have to be manually reconnected. (A lot is a relative term, once every few days). Use the could share and hooked up my 1.5TB external HDD up to it. Was able to access from work, but transfer speeds were crazy slow, so, you are still better off using SkyDrive or Google Drive. Not a deal breaker by any means, but if that is a feature you are looking at as a prime reason to buy, you might want to pass.
No "official" 64bit or Win 8 support
Pros: Easy to set up and can browse the web
Cons: Constantly disconnects from Windows 8 x64 when downloading, streaming video, or anything else one speeds exceed 500 kps
Overall Review: Had Windows 7 x64 when I bought the unit. Worked "ok" with that. Still dropped connection about once or twice a day. After going to Windows 8, however, it has not worked. Looked for a better driver at NetGear's web page and the only 64bit driver seemed to be written by an outside person and Netgear just "stickyied" his post for people to get it from him. Talk about lazy. Why bother creating an official driver when our upset users will do it for us. Now shopping for new adapter. I just hate that i spent $70 for six months of useage. Maybe i will take it to work and use it there to bypass corp internet blocking with my cell phone. Still have Win 7 there.