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Casey J.

Casey J.

Joined on 12/20/03

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Most Favorable Review

Worked with alot of tweaking

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 SP2B for System Builders
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 SP2B for System Builders

Pros: No need to add addition software to your computer for TV recording, viewing, FM listening, etc.

Cons: Took me a while to get this working the way I wanted. I had many issues with it crashing, and freezing up. If you have a AMD X2 processor, make sure you pick up the AMD Dual Core Optimizer from AMD and update your chipset drivers on your motherboard. Once I did this and all of the windows updates, Windows MCE ran fine!

Most Critical Review
ViewSonic VFA724W-10 7" Cherry Wood 480x234 Digital Photo Frame Magic 4-splits random picture rotation, slideshow shuffle
ViewSonic VFA724W-10 7" Cherry Wood 480x234 Digital Photo Frame Magic 4-splits random picture rotation, slideshow shuffle

Pros: Got this when it was on sale. It was worth the price I paid. The cherry wood frame is nice

Cons: The screen is not the best. Since it is a small screen, people tend to look closely at it and the pictures and you can easily see the pixels.

Weasle out of Warranty

XFX HD-585A-ZNBC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB Black Edition 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
XFX HD-585A-ZNBC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB Black Edition 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card

Pros: Card worked great for me for over 2 years

Cons: The fan went bad and since I did not register it 30 days from date of purchase, XFX is trying not to honor their Lifetime Warranty. I have all of the original material that came with the card and it does not state anywhere that I have to register it in 30 days. It also does not state this anywhere on Neweggs product description page so how was I supposed to know this.

Overall Review: If you buy a XFX card, register it immediately or this may happen to you. Very poor warranty support. If they do not honor this Warranty, I would not recommend purchasing from this vendor. I will update my review when I get the final answer from the company

LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS424-98 LightScribe Support
LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS424-98 LightScribe Support

Pros: Works well, cheap and has LightScribe.

Cons: The last LITE-ON I had died after a bout 2 years. A disc shattered inside.

Media Center PC

AMD Athlon II X2 245 - Athlon II X2 Regor Dual-Core 2.9 GHz Socket AM3 65W Desktop Processor - ADX245OCGQBOX
AMD Athlon II X2 245 - Athlon II X2 Regor Dual-Core 2.9 GHz Socket AM3 65W Desktop Processor - ADX245OCGQBOX

Pros: Runs everything I need it to on my Media Center PC

Cons: None

So far so Good

D-Link Wireless-N Home Router (DIR-601), N150
D-Link Wireless-N Home Router (DIR-601), N150

Pros: Works out of the box on a cable connection. I prefer the Dlink user interface compared to others I have setup

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Bought this for my Girls apartment. She was having issues with a year old Netgear and her Macbook Pro. Has not had any issues with it since I installed it.