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Joseph L.

Joseph L.

Joined on 03/08/06

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Bought for a road trip

Motorola  Talkabout MR350R 2-Way Radios (1 Pair) 22-Channel FRS/GMRS 35 Mile
Motorola Talkabout MR350R 2-Way Radios (1 Pair) 22-Channel FRS/GMRS 35 Mile

Pros: Bought these for a road trip so my wife and I could talk to each other easily during a road trip in two cars. Battery life was great. Could talk off and on for a full day of driving and the batteries were only about half depleted. Charger easily had them ready again for the next day. Range was good. Some difficulty every now and then if we got too far from each other, but that was more due to the terrain than the radios I think. Definitely would recommend these for any similar use.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I had to read up a little bit about what frequencies were okay to use without a license. I didn't know much about that before buying these. Make sure you use an FRS channel if you don't have a GMRS license. FRS is channels 8 to 14 I think.

Excellent Drive

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: Quiet and seems reliable. Formats in NTFS to 931 GB usable space. Copied several hundred GB of backup information to it quickly and painlessly. Shipping container was high quality to protect the drive.

Cons: None yet.

Overall Review: I'll update if anything bad happens, but the drive works wonderfully so far. I'd imagine the folks complaining about the noise aren't using fans in their computer. Also, make sure you read information about the Taiwan flooding before you jump on the "Newegg is price gouging us" bandwagon.

HTPC

EVGA GeForce GT 520 (Fermi) 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 01G-P3-1521-KR
EVGA GeForce GT 520 (Fermi) 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 01G-P3-1521-KR

Pros: Does everything I need it to do. Good performance, video playback, and transmits both audio and video over HDMI.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Used for a HTPC. Works great for that application. This card is not meant for 3D gaming, but it works okay for that too.

Rosewill RNX-N300 Wireless N Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI (1T2R) Up to 300Mbps download and 150 Mbps upload Data Rates/ WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64,128-WEP with shared-key authentication) Cisco CCS V1.0, V2.0 and V3.0 compliant/ Vista/ Win7
Rosewill RNX-N300 Wireless N Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI (1T2R) Up to 300Mbps download and 150 Mbps upload Data Rates/ WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64,128-WEP with shared-key authentication) Cisco CCS V1.0, V2.0 and V3.0 compliant/ Vista/ Win7

Pros: Works well, long range (different floor from router) with a full signal.

Cons: Drivers are difficult to find for Windows XP, which doesn't detect the drivers automatically. The included driver disk requires you to install the wireless software to get the driver. I used the ralink drivers mentioned on the first comment page and it works well.

Overall Review: Keep in mind that a significant part of your signal strength is due to your router, and may not be a consequence of the card.

Excellent Product

XIGMATEK Dark Knight II SD1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler with Stealth Aerospace Industry Thermal conductive ceramic coating LGA1150 Haswell Compatible
XIGMATEK Dark Knight II SD1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler with Stealth Aerospace Industry Thermal conductive ceramic coating LGA1150 Haswell Compatible

Pros: I ran my i7 930 with the stock HSF and thermal compound for about 3 days at 100% load (Prime 95) while waiting on UPS to deliver this. 38C idle & 72C load. After installing this, adding Arctic Silver 5, and hiding cables for better airflow, my temps are at 21C idle & 44C load. Ambient room temp is 18C.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Easy installation. Search for this on youtube for good installation video walkthroughs. You have to remove the motherboard to install the backplate if your case doesn't have access to the back of the board.

Great Product

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWINX2048-3200C2PT
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWINX2048-3200C2PT

Pros: Excellent quality, speed, and reliability for older DDR 400 RAM.

Cons: 1 of the 2 sticks went bad after 3.5 years.

Overall Review: I originally bought this RAM in April 2006 (the black version, TWINX2048-3200C2, which is discontinued now on Newegg). I just had 1 stick go bad the other day, about 3.5 years later. Corsair's RMA process is great, but I decided I'd go ahead and get 2 more sticks anyway since it's about a fourth the price now that I originally paid for it. This is high quality stuff from Corsair, as always, so I'd definitely recommend it if you need DDR 400 RAM.