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Keith N.

Keith N.

Joined on 02/26/04

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Most Favorable Review

Seiki 4K LED TV

Seiki SE39UY04 39", 4K, 120Hz LED-LCD HDTV
Seiki SE39UY04 39", 4K, 120Hz LED-LCD HDTV

Pros: No dead Pixels, Beautiful picture, Great Sound, ultra thin, nice glass base Nice glass front screen - not flimsy plastic

Cons: to achieve the 4K isn't an easy feat. the RF frequency for the volume on the TV is the same as the frequency to control my cable box, so every time I press a button on my cable remote the volume either goes up or down. EVERYTIME.

Most Critical Review

OK product, terrible price

Amped Wireless RTA2600 High Power AC2600 Wi-Fi Router 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Amped Wireless RTA2600 High Power AC2600 Wi-Fi Router 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

Pros: Great wired and 5Ghz speed and performance. Lots of features.

Cons: The 2.4Ghz constantly drops out on both my laptops in different parts of my house- im only 10 feet away and I only get a range between 72-144MB/s. The wifi range for both 2.4ghz and 5ghz is terrible.

Overall Review: At this price range go for something else.

12/31/2015

Lasted 5 years

StarTech SAT3510BU3 Aluminum / Plastic 3.5" BlackSuperSpeed USB 3.0 SATA Hard Drive Enclosure w/ Fan
StarTech SAT3510BU3 Aluminum / Plastic 3.5" BlackSuperSpeed USB 3.0 SATA Hard Drive Enclosure w/ Fan

Pros: All metal enclosure quiet fan large rubber mounts to keep harddrive noises quiet and vibration free

Cons: Died after 5 years off use, just stopped connecting to the computer, I tried different USB ports, Different PC .. same thing, intermittently turns on and the goes away. I originally thought the HDD died, but it turns out it was the enclosure.

Overall Review: for $40 it lasted 5 years, and didnt kill my HDD inside. I'd say it was worth it, so I'm placing an order for another one.

SilenX CPU cooler

SilenX EFZ-80HA3 80mm 3rd generation fluid dynamic bearing Effizio CPU Cooler
SilenX EFZ-80HA3 80mm 3rd generation fluid dynamic bearing Effizio CPU Cooler

Pros: The fan is quiet and moves air, I definitely recommend it for case fans.

Cons: Where do I start. I got this cooler while putting together an old Phenom build. It looks like it would be a pretty decent cooler! Boy was I wrong. I couldn't figure out why my cpu was getting so hot "i will give temp figures later"! its fully secured down and very very tight to the point it hurts your fingers to put the dam thing on. So I said well lets throw some money at it to see if it will help. I purchased 2 high CFM PWM fans with great static pressure and put them in push pull config and i also got some arctic silver thermal paste. well that didn't help it was idling at 38C and after a 15 minute load test temps peaked at 70C ... So i took the cooler off and put the stock one on and viola it idled at 26C and 48C at load. the cpu for reference was a Phenom II X4 965

Asus USB-AC53

ASUS USB-AC53 Selectable Dual-Band Wireless-AC1200 Adapter IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 867/300Mbps Wireless Data Rates
ASUS USB-AC53 Selectable Dual-Band Wireless-AC1200 Adapter IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 867/300Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: Great little wireless USB adapter, It has all the wiresless bands to date, pick up my router very strong. install was a breeze also.

Cons: None

Lenovo E540

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E540 Intel Core i5 4200M 2.5GHz 4GB Memory 500GB HDD 15.6" Notebook Windows 7 Professional/Windows 8 Pro 64-bit - 20C6008SUS
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E540 Intel Core i5 4200M 2.5GHz 4GB Memory 500GB HDD 15.6" Notebook Windows 7 Professional/Windows 8 Pro 64-bit - 20C6008SUS

Pros: Solid constructed laptop. I upgraded the ram to 16GB 1866 crucial and the HDD to a Samsung 840 Pro SSD and now she boots in seconds. super fast The I5 and Intel HD 4600 GFX combined with my other upgrades, I am able to play most games on HIGH settings. Not ultra. But this is more then expectable for a laptop under $1,000. Cool red dots on the i in the Thinkpad logo

Cons: NONE