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JOHN M.

JOHN M.

Joined on 02/24/07

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED
ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED

Pros: core i3 530 OCd to 3.8ghz, runs max 58* playing BC2 maxed out. stock cooler automatically shot up to 100* on almost any OC setting. Idle temp dropped 5-10*. Came with Zalman thermal paste apparently great reviews.

Cons: manual says to apply the ENTIRE tube of thermal paste they provide???? um no

12/31/2010
Most Critical Review

Failed after a month

Team 64GB microSDXC UHS-I/U1 Class 10 Memory Card with Adapter, Speed Up to 100MB/s (TUSDX64GUHS03)
Team 64GB microSDXC UHS-I/U1 Class 10 Memory Card with Adapter, Speed Up to 100MB/s (TUSDX64GUHS03)

Pros: worked

Cons: failed after a month of use in a cell phone

Overall Review: Beware some the sdXc/class10 will not work with some adapters.

Works

SAMSUNG 840 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TD120KW
SAMSUNG 840 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TD120KW

Pros: What can I say, has worked for the last year. Painless install.

Cons: None, or It has been so long i forgot

HGST Deskstar 7K1000.C 0F10383 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
HGST Deskstar 7K1000.C 0F10383 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Works, seems faster than my year old 500wd Black, maybe its just cause my OS is on the WD.

Cons: Doesnt have flames painted on it. I dont have enough sata cables to add more...

MSI GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N570GTX Twin Frozr II OC
MSI GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N570GTX Twin Frozr II OC

Pros: getting a flat 60 fps in BC2 on high with 16x everything. fits in my cheapo rc310!

Cons: Somebody had already opened the gtx box. The tape on the antistatic/faraday bag had been 'moved' or shifted. The bags function 'best' when sealed, is it that much trouble to not hand tear the tape for it? really hope I do not get a latent failure due to this, although really me installing it probably was more static than it had seen previously in its life.

Overall Review: fans hum along, i think the noise is mainly the air moving through the heatsink, louder at idle than my 4850.

SAMSUNG EX2220X Glossy Black 21.5" 5ms  LED Backlight LCD Monitor  250 cd/m2 DC 1,000,000:1(1000:1)
SAMSUNG EX2220X Glossy Black 21.5" 5ms LED Backlight LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 DC 1,000,000:1(1000:1)

Pros: Looks amazing, wide viewing angle. LED for a great price, uses very little power.

Cons: The first one I purchased had a faulty power plug. Returned got a new one, not all the LEDs turned on immediately, magically worked later.

Overall Review: buttons are on bottom and difficult to use, and not the best feel. Although I prefer the cleaner look this affords. be careful not to damage the power socket, and make it wobbly.