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Steven R.

Steven R.

Joined on 07/02/02

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Most Favorable Review

I want to marry this thing!

Linksys WRT54GL 802.11b/g Wireless Broadband Router up to 54 Mbps/ Compatible with Open Source DD-WRT (not pre-load)
Linksys WRT54GL 802.11b/g Wireless Broadband Router up to 54 Mbps/ Compatible with Open Source DD-WRT (not pre-load)

Pros: I've owned this router for over a year now, currently running final v24 of DD-WRT on it. I am running a 7 PC network, with 2 phones running Wifi, and 1 PSP and its always run 100% stable on hacked firmware. I replaced a WRT300N with this. I'm very happy with my purchase.

Cons: Its not free :(

Overall Review: BUY IT and slap some hacked firmware on here. Currently running it overclocked to 216mhz from the stock 200mhz, and Xmit power cranked up to 70mW.

Most Critical Review

Meehh

RiDATA 4.7GB 16X DVD+R 100 Packs Spindle Disc Model DRD+4716-RDCB100
RiDATA 4.7GB 16X DVD+R 100 Packs Spindle Disc Model DRD+4716-RDCB100

Pros: They burn at 16x. When they work, they work, just like any other recordable DVD.

Cons: Lots of coasters in my batch. I got RITEK-F16-01 disc's, and so far it seems like near 50% of them have a defect. It is a visual defect you can see on the disc, there's a little "line" of messed up area. For two more cents a disc, you can have perfect, no coaster DVD's. So this is ridiculous.

Overall Review: Buy if you don't care about coasters or if you're just desperate for some DVD's and can't afford two more dollars for quality media.

Nice

Hitachi GST Deskstar HD31000 IDK/7K (0S00163) 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail
Hitachi GST Deskstar HD31000 IDK/7K (0S00163) 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail

Pros: Nice speed, about 215MB/s in a 2x RAID 0 config. Very quiet, not sure what other reviewers are talking about. Typical high performance Hitachi for a good price.

Cons: Could be 64MB Cache

Overall Review: Buy it if you need a fast, large hard drive as either a primary drive or storage.

Good Cheap Disc

RiDATA 4.7GB 16X DVD-R 100 Packs Spindle Disc Model DRD-4716-RDCB100E
RiDATA 4.7GB 16X DVD-R 100 Packs Spindle Disc Model DRD-4716-RDCB100E

Pros: Discs are great IMO.... only a few coasters at most per 100 DVD's. These use the proven Ritek F1's which are by far the best cheap disc around.

Cons: As others said, the top of the disc is busy, and rough to right on with a Sharpie, but it doesn't bother me enough to not buy again at this price.

Overall Review: Get any Ritek F1 disc, such as these. They're great.

Decent if it works

OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK

Pros: Overclocked to near 1000 at 2.1v and 5-5-5-18 stable. 2x2GB of 1066 is only slightly more and is a far better decision over this ram. This ram is a ridiculous buy.

Cons: First set ended up dying in not much time at all, RMAed straight to OCZ, and 1 of the sticks sent back to me were DOA.

Overall Review: Buy if you want to be ripped off for the money. Other than that its decent ram that's fine if you get some working sticks.

12/28/2008

Nice and Fast

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 - Core 2 Duo Wolfdale Dual-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80570E8200
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 - Core 2 Duo Wolfdale Dual-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80570E8200

Pros: 45nm, Fast, 6mb cache. I got it overclocked to 3.4 with 1.30v. I could not hit 3.6 stable but I have a feeling it was something else such as the motherboard maxing out and limiting the overclock. Great chip for the money, I got mine for one hundred thirty on eebay

Cons: Seems to run hot? It runs hotter than my Q6600 on the same heatsink and its running much lower voltage. I have tried re-applying too. About 45c idle and 65c load or so.

Overall Review: Buy it if you need a heatsink, but try to get it for cheaper than what Newegg has it for.