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ERIC T.

ERIC T.

Joined on 11/06/03

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Most Favorable Review

Quality full feature 1155 motherboard

ASRock H61M/U3S3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock H61M/U3S3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Quality full feature 1155 motherboard Might be good for HTPC once Ivy bridge chips come out and they create a BIOS update for it.

Cons: Currently ALL sandy bridge chips fail on 24P Blu-ray video playback, skip 1 video frame every 4 minutes and 0-42ms lip-sync variation each 4 minutes.

Most Critical Review

14GA and 50FT yes, Copper NO

RCA Model AH1450SN 50 ft. 14 Gauge Speaker Wire
RCA Model AH1450SN 50 ft. 14 Gauge Speaker Wire

Pros: Really is 14GA Really is 50ft, 50ft 7in to be exact

Cons: NOT COPPER, it's aluminum with a tiny copper plate RCA Brand is of no value today low strand count so a little stiff

Overall Review: It seems now nowadays that at least 9 times out of 10 you will get scammed on speaker wire. You will usually get 1 or 2 sizes smaller than spec'ed, shorter than spec'd, or fake copper. If pure copper is not speced you can safely assume it will be fake looking copper with aluminum or who know what inside.

DOA

UNITEK SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Type A Male to Female Active Extension Cable 5 Meters/16.4 Feet
UNITEK SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Type A Male to Female Active Extension Cable 5 Meters/16.4 Feet

Pros: looked nice

Cons: My cable was DOA, works as USB 2 but not USB 3 cable.

Overall Review: People, check your cables the day you get them!!, or you miss the return dates and can't get a replacement, USB 3 cables seems to be especially poor these days!

does not work, too late to return

Link Depot MUSB30-15-MICRO Blue USB 3.0 Type A Male to Micro Male Cable
Link Depot MUSB30-15-MICRO Blue USB 3.0 Type A Male to Micro Male Cable

Pros: its blue

Cons: doa and waited to long to try it out so now it's trash and I'm out the $$.

Has a CIR port for HTPC

ECS B85H3-M3 (V1.0) LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ECS B85H3-M3 (V1.0) LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I bought this for 1 reason, the CIR port, and have confirmed the port works great with IR remotes and you can turn the PC totally off and back on, not sleep. You need to buy a cheap <$20 IR receiver. Cheap, and has solid caps.

Cons: the driver install disk stinks! Don't use it, just download each driver and install independently. The disc was super super slow and installed a bunch of other b s I didn't want.

Overall Review: can not find the bios version anywhere but works so not going to upgrade it.. Surprised my normal motherboard vendor no longer includes a cir connector, oh well this one works fine.

Don't buy if rebate matters

PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX7850 2GBD5-DH
PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX7850 2GBD5-DH

Pros: good card for the money more ram used by new games

Cons: I have sent in dozens of rebates in the last couple years, of all of them 2 were for powercolor and neither were paid! They don't pay rebates! So don't buy if that matters and don't waste your time filling out the forms