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Christian C.

Christian C.

Joined on 06/28/13

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Most Favorable Review

Great Price but... be aware a few small things to note

Pros: Well I'd like to start this off by saying the price is a HUGE pro, the machine's specs are AWESOME too. The specs are simply amazing as well. The condition of the PC was also a rather large plus. It was almost flawless... Another large pro is that it came with a NVIDIA Quadro 1800FX GPU inside of it which wasn't even mentioned in the product specs, the specs said it was a NVS 295 so I was rather happy (don't expect to get the same thing) however as you can imagine that was rather nice surprise it could have easily be a lesser card.

Cons: Initially the PC's RAM was installed incorrectly so only 3.98Gb was usable. I was able to fix it by simply reading the diagram on the case though so it wasn't really a huge deal but to me it's worth noting and also taking away a egg. The system had Hyper-threading disabled in the BIO's which I found totally insane considering the process it comes with supports hyper-threading...

Overall Review: The cons are actually quite funny and not necessarily cons however since it did require I spend a bit of time fixing things I did think it was mentioning and also worth lowering a star over. First off it's listed as having 8GB of RAM which it did indeed have 8gigs of RAM. However when I first booted the machine up and finishing loading windows up, I noticed it said "3.98Gb of RAM usable....) It did show that 8gb was there but it said 3.98 usable so at first I thought that the OS was actually 32-bit however I quickly saw it said Win7 Pro 64-bit... So I ruled that out in just seconds. Then went to start and loaded up MSCONFIG.exe from the search bar to check the maxium RAM setting you can change and that wasn't the problem either. So then I decided to check the BIOs after doing so while the bio's was loading up i noticed it mentioned a issue with the RAM config so I decided to open up the case after reading the diagram on the case door I quickly realized they had loaded the RAM in the wrong order it was backwards from how it should have been. They had 4x2Gb DDR3 sticks in there and since the board has six slots you had to load the RAM in the specific order listed on the case door, anyways though after loading the ram in the correct order all 8Gb became usable. So basically it turned out the whole problem was caused because they read the diagram backwards lol... Would have been funny if I didn't have to spend time reading online suggestions about what may be wrong. Also keep in mind you'll need to enable hyperthreading in the bio's to get to use it since they left it disabled in the Bio's options.

Most Critical Review

Decent Keyboard however..

Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000

Pros: I like the feel of the keyboard, also like the feel of the mouse. Decent pricing as well. It's also nice that the wireless receiver is essentially like a usb drive and not a large device like older wireless keyboard/mouse combos.

Cons: The range of the keyboard is terrible it didn't work plugged in under my desk.... Sometimes randomly the mouse will stop working correctly and I have to lift it off the mouse pad and move it around and then it starts working again. This doesn't happen very often but it's something to be aware of.

Overall Review: I would've probably rated it 2 and 1/2 eggs if that was a choice...

Great quality HDD Dock

ORICO 6619US3-BK SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5" and 3.5" HDD, SSD [8TB Support]
ORICO 6619US3-BK SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5" and 3.5" HDD, SSD [8TB Support]

Pros: - Solid Build Quality - Works right out of the box (no driver issues) on win7 Pro 64-bit - HDD's clip snap right in and out very easily (not all docks do that)

Cons: Wish the cable that came with it was longer.

Overall Review: - I wish it came with a longer cable. (This isn't really a con though)

Honest Review

Acer V196HQL Ab 19" (Actual szie 18.5") WXGA 1366 x 768 5ms 60Hz VGA Backlit LED LCD Monitor
Acer V196HQL Ab 19" (Actual szie 18.5") WXGA 1366 x 768 5ms 60Hz VGA Backlit LED LCD Monitor

Pros: - Good deal (price wise) - Nice build quality - The stands tilt up or down - The stands are quick and easy to setup I purchased 10 of these monitors for the company I work for. The overall quality of the monitors is good and they were perfect for what we purchased them for. I really like the fact the stands tilt so easily.

Cons: The viewing angle is what I would consider poor... If you're looking from the side or from a higher position looking downwards it appears extremely washed out.

Overall Review: All 10 monitors worked as expected right out of the box. If 3 and 3/4 stars was a option I probably would have selected that instead of 4 stars. I just felt it was worth mentioning that.

Good Quality Machine GREAT PRICE!

HP Compaq Desktop PC - Grade-A HPET8000E840001 (8000 ELITE) Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 4GB 250GB HDD Intel GMA 4500 Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
HP Compaq Desktop PC - Grade-A HPET8000E840001 (8000 ELITE) Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 4GB 250GB HDD Intel GMA 4500 Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Pros: - Pricing - 1 year warranty - Good CPU for office use - Perfect amount of RAM for office PCs - Comes with Windows 7 Pro (perfect again for office use) I really just need to mention that when you consider that for under 270USD (INCLUDING SHIPPING) you're getting a 64-bit machine with 4Gb of RAM and a dual core CPU running @3.0Ghz with a 1 year warranty that is just simply perfect to replace old 32-bit Pro XP machines around the office. Even if you're simply in a home office situation this is the perfect upgrade from older XP based machines. It's just a really great deal when you consider that buying a OEM 64-bit copy of windows 7 pro is over 100USD by itself. It's clear this is a good deal. The PC I received was is great condition. It only had one light scratch on the side panel. Other than that it appeared brand new.

Cons: None really, a bigger HDD would have been nice. When you consider the price though you should be able to understand why the HDD size isn't the largest.

Overall Review: I bought this machine to replace a really old broken P4 box that was running windows xp pro 32-bit. The employee who now has this computer loves it. Right after loading the OS I quickly installed office 2003 (my company has a VL for 2003)... Then all the other essential office applications.