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Douglas E.

Douglas E.

Joined on 08/02/01

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Most Favorable Review

Does what we bought it for

PNY GT 600 GeForce GT 610 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Plug-in Card Video Card VCGGT610XPB
PNY GT 600 GeForce GT 610 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Plug-in Card Video Card VCGGT610XPB

Pros: Small sized card Does not require extra power to the card Active cooling(fan)

Cons: So far, none.

Overall Review: I bought three of these card for business PCs so the users could have dual monitors. Installed all three on Dell PCs running XP Pro. Downloaded newest drivers off nVidia website and they all installed fine, loaded drivers fine and provided the three users with dual monitor support. An excellent card at a great price that can handle all of our business software.

Most Critical Review

Buyer Beware

ASUS B150-PRO D3 LGA 1151 Intel B150 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS B150-PRO D3 LGA 1151 Intel B150 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Have none because I could not get it to boot.

Cons: This board WILL NOT work with Gen 7 Kaby CPUs. They do not mention that anywhere on the product page but when you look in the user manual that comes with the board, it states it is only for Gen 6. I do not know of any way to flash the BIOS without being able to at least get to post. However, there is a BOIS patch on the ASUS site that says it will upgrade the BIOS to support 7th Gen, but it looks like if you do not have a Skylake CPU to at least get to the BIOS, then there is no way to flash the board. So, if you are upgrading from Skylake to Kaby, you should be ok, but if this is for a new system and you do not have access to a Skylake CPU, you are gonna be TSooL.

Not Very impressed

Bitdefender Internet Security 2014 - Value Edition - 3 PCs / 2 Years
Bitdefender Internet Security 2014 - Value Edition - 3 PCs / 2 Years

Pros: Easy to install. Three PC license. It was free with the holiday rebate.

Cons: Obtrusive, nagging, hard to configure

Overall Review: Every time I try to do something, this window pops up wanting me to log in to their servers. You cannot turn it off. I do not want to sign up for any online account and do not need their "cloud" services. I have also tried to exclude certain files from being tagged as a virus and the settings do not work. I will list it in the exclude list and the next time I try to run it, Bitdefender deletes it. It is a very difficult program to configure and some common options in other anti-virus apps do not even exist in this software. All in all, I am glad I did not really pay any money for this as I will be uninstalling it. I DO NOT recommend this to any sane people.

12/31/2013

Nice little tiny drive

Kingston DataTraveler Micro 32 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - Black
Kingston DataTraveler Micro 32 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - Black

Pros: Small, inconspicuous, large capacity

Cons: A bit slow on copying files, but playback is fine so no sweat really.

Overall Review: For anyone wondering, this is a very small drive and does not have an LED on it so no flashing light or super bright light staring you in the face. It does have a small slot to attach a lanyard to the main body, but nothing on the cap. Not a big deal for me as I do not use a lanyard. I am using it for MP3s on my car stereo. It works great.

10/25/2013

So Far So Good

12V 7.6AH SLA Battery replaces pxl12072 lc-r127r2p1 wp7.2-12 sh1228w
12V 7.6AH SLA Battery replaces pxl12072 lc-r127r2p1 wp7.2-12 sh1228w

Pros: It works

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: Exact battery that I needed to replace an old UPS battery that was not holding a charge. Had had at least two power outs since I put the new battery in and both times the UPS worked flawlessly.

So far so good.

Mushkin Enhanced Atlas Series 120GB Mini-SATA (mSATA) MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDAT120GB-V
Mushkin Enhanced Atlas Series 120GB Mini-SATA (mSATA) MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDAT120GB-V

Pros: Easy to install. No issues with motherboard or Win 7 recognizing it.

Cons: None really so far.

Overall Review: I have been running this as my OS drive for the past two months and so far it had been rock solid. Win 7 takes about 15-20 secs to boot. Updates are a flash. Have had no issues with it at all. Can't wait till they get bigger capacities at lower prices.