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Shawn H.

Shawn H.

Joined on 03/19/02

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

EVGA GTX 560

EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Runs relatively cool. Overclocked out of the box. Stable and frame rates great for a non top of the line card. Price for performance is good. Have had no problems with EVGA. loyal customer and my interaction with support in the past was good.

Cons: Haven't seen anything yet.. upgraded from EVGA GTX 285 to play BF3 and does the job great. Not going to kill any benchmarks but at the cost, I can use this as a stop gap until I do a major upgrade to my PC in approx. 6 months.

Overall Review: For an interim solution the card and the price point has made me happy. I won't win benchmarks but I didn't drop $500 either. Newegg as usual is the only place I go.

Keyboard

Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 (Black). Wired Keyboard for Gaming Experience. USB Connectivity. Spill Resistant Design.
Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 (Black). Wired Keyboard for Gaming Experience. USB Connectivity. Spill Resistant Design.

Pros: Reliable and basic keyboard. Good value for low cost.

Cons: Not a lot of extra audio hot keys, but I didn't expect for this cost. Don't have high expectations.

10/29/2014

Pretty good board

EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI  FTW ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This board has plenty of features for a sub $ 200 board. Lot of ports, USB, Firewire. I don't think this board is for the extreme overclocker but for a mid-level enthusiast it fits the bill. I was not looking to spend $300 plus on the board so I am happy.

Cons: This board has the worst SATA HDD ports ever.... I don't know who designed them but they better change. Various SATA cables were tried and the fit was horrible. You need to be careful since I broke two of mine (frustration fueled :(). I wish this board supported DDR3, this would have provided a little more shelf life.

Good lighted keyboard

Saitek PZ30AU 104 Normal Keys 4 Function Keys USB Wired Standard Eclipse Blue Backlit Keyboard
Saitek PZ30AU 104 Normal Keys 4 Function Keys USB Wired Standard Eclipse Blue Backlit Keyboard

Pros: Exactly as billed... great entry into lighted keyboards. LED's are nice and bright.

Cons: Elevation of keyboard could be higher. This is a minor gripe.

Overall Review: I felt the cost was good for this product. It does not have a lot of bells and whistles like some multimedia keyboard but for gamers I think it is a strong keyboard.

Good Value...

SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner With LightScribe Technology
SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner With LightScribe Technology

Pros: Works as promised, I burned a data DVD to back up some. My CD burner was loud (Lite-on) and this samsung unit is pretty quiet in comparision. I have not had this for long so maybe later there might be some cons. 30 bucks how can you go wrong?

Cons: Short time owned.. none so far.

Turnkey for me!

BYTECC BT-200 USB2.0 to IDE Cable With Power Adapter
BYTECC BT-200 USB2.0 to IDE Cable With Power Adapter

Pros: Worked as advertised.. automatically recognized by XP pro..

Cons: since it has to address a number of IDE drives the fit of the power plug wasn't the best.This is very marginal and the only thing noting.

Overall Review: quick ship from Newegg and this product helped offload an old drive that was not being recognized through the BIOS. I could have messed around with the BIOS but I wanted a quick access to the data and did not want to spend alot of cycles. Recommend this solution highly!

10/16/2006