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Patricia C.

Patricia C.

Joined on 02/03/11

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Nice GPS, Loaded with Features

GARMIN 4.3" GPS Navigation with Lifetime Traffic & Map Updates
GARMIN 4.3" GPS Navigation with Lifetime Traffic & Map Updates

Pros: Voice Control, Bluetooth, Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates,

Cons: Speaker Sound Quality, Bluetooth Randomly Disconnects From Phone, Traffic Updates Ad Supported, Favorites list can't be sorted by name

Overall Review: Despite the cons I listed, I like this GPS. My nuvi 750 crapped out on me after 2.5 years, and this replacement is superior in every way, and for $100 less. The bluetooth problem could be the phone-not sure yet. I love the voice control! It works well and allows me to keep my hands on the wheel. Adss! The traffic updates cause you to be subjected to commercials! I just disabled it. The biggest con is the speaker sound quality-it sucks. But all in all I do recommend this unit.

Most Critical Review

Looks Cheap

Pros: Covers my wife's iPad

Cons: Looks Cheap. Feels cheap.

11/11/2011

Died After 5 weeks

PC Power & Cooling ZX Series 850 Watt  80+ Gold Fully-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply  (OCZ-ZX850W)
PC Power & Cooling ZX Series 850 Watt 80+ Gold Fully-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ-ZX850W)

Pros: Fully Modular

Cons: Died after just 5 weeks of use

Overall Review: I'm calling OCZ tomorrow to report the unit failure, and will update my review after speaking with them.

12/11/2011

I love this case!

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: This is my second Antec 300. Even though the price is low, this case is very sturdy, looks great, and makes for an easy build. I like that the power supply is on the bottom as instead of the top, and the filter system keeps the dust to a minimum. Try this case out and you'll be glad you did.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Price to Value ratio on this product is high. I still wonder why it's so inexpensive when there are cases that cost 3 times as much that are nowhere near as nice.

Perfect Cooler

ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise Blue LED CPU Cooler
ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise Blue LED CPU Cooler

Pros: Easy Install, Super Performance.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I read on lots of the reviews that people seem to have a hard time removing the plastic shroud that protects the cooler during shipping- Mine came off easily using a #1 Phillips bit screwdriver. Installing this cooler on an AM3 socket motherboard is so easy, took 10 seconds- and this is my first ever aftermarket cooler! I must have gotten really lucky, or maybe I'm just "Cool like that" :) System Specs: Vista Ultimate 64 Bit GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz CPU Zalman 9900 CPU Cooler 8 Gb G.SKILL 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 RAM PNY GeForce GTX 275 896MB 448-bit DDR3 Video Card Corsair 750 Watt Power Supply SAMSUNG Black SATA DVD Burner WD SATA 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Good Drive, But Noisy

Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Works great! No problems to report. Much faster than other 7200 RPM drives I've had.

Cons: This is the noisiest hard drive I've ever had. It sounds like it's grinding up glass marbles! If not for the racket I'd have given it 5 eggs. I still like the drive though.

Overall Review: I usually mount my hard drives in the upper rear of the case near the power supply, but I put this one in the front of the case which is about 18 inches from my ear, so maybe that's the reason it seems so loud.