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Robert M.

Robert M.

Joined on 01/16/02

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Most Favorable Review

Smooth

ASRock ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty 990FX Killer AM3+/AM3 AMD 990FX + AMD SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard
ASRock ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty 990FX Killer AM3+/AM3 AMD 990FX + AMD SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard

Pros: UEFI bios, S/PDIF Out, 3 Year Warranty, easy overclock utility, Purity sound, eSATA, 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection, fast boot, dehumidifier, XFast RAM etc.

Cons: The only con for my configuration, was the positioning of the SATA slots In the chassis. It was very tight on two of the SATA connections.

Overall Review: if you are not used to the UEFI bios, walk slowly if you're going to overclock in the bios. It is much more complex than previous bios versions. F-stream an easy to use overclock tool. If you enjoy complexity, you will have fun in the bios. My computer was built using a Samsung 840 EVO SSD drive, a 1 TB HDD drive, and 32 GB of crucial ballistic DDR 3-1866 memory. The memory overclock easily to 2133. This computer is smooth, sleek and fast.

Most Critical Review

DON'T DO IT!

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SV300S37A/120G
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SV300S37A/120G

Pros: An Inexpensive SSD, that's all folks.

Cons: My HDD is almost as fast as this drive, no kidding. to sell it, tech support will have you use a particular benchmark tool, that will show reasonable speeds. My other SSD drive, will show approximately the same speed on any benchmark. I have to say, I have been a Kingston customer for years touting the quality of their products. Since the SSD is a memory device, they should excel in this area, but this product is a waste of money.

Overall Review: Check out Samsung and Corsair SSD's. they are a little bit more expensive, but vastly superior. I purchased two 840 EVO's at a great price on Newegg, a high quality product and amazing speed.

Tech Support is Terrible

MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 & SB950 USB 3.1 ATX Motherboards - AMD
MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 & SB950 USB 3.1 ATX Motherboards - AMD

Pros: Board runs smoothly, overall I like the board

Cons: Cannot update bios. Will not boot to my M.2 ssd drive.

Overall Review: The tech support is horrible. Have spoken four times to tech support re: the bios/m.2 issue, still not resolved. Sent a support request in from the MSI page, never responded. I am so disappointed with MSI.

Frustated at first, rejoicing now.

NETGEAR R6300 Wireless AC1750 Dual Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router IEEE 802.11ac/a/b/g/n
NETGEAR R6300 Wireless AC1750 Dual Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router IEEE 802.11ac/a/b/g/n

Pros: Very attractive product, easy setup, very good tech support.

Cons: The newest firmware appeared flawed. The speeds were greatly reduced from my true speed. Called tech support and they had me install an older firmware version, now it is running great. Tech support called the newest firmware "flawed". Since then I reinstalled the updated firmware and it is working great! On occasion, firmware will require a second installation.

Overall Review: I have owned this now for 6 months.

OH NO!

D-Link DIR-820L Wireless AC1000 Dual Band Cloud Router IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
D-Link DIR-820L Wireless AC1000 Dual Band Cloud Router IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n

Pros: Ac, Price, cloud.

Cons: Major problems///////////

Overall Review: After upgrading the firmware, the device continues to loose connection. After numerous calls to tech support, they replaced the router with a new one. The same problem continues, multiple calls to tech support, upgrade firmware, reconfigure, download and installed old firmware, reconfigure etc. Router keeps disconnecting. Second router is on the way, this is newer, hopefully it will work.

Superb!

Telex Electro-Voice EV Sonic XS 4.1 5-Piece Powered Hardcore Multimedia Speaker System-A Grade Refurbished
Telex Electro-Voice EV Sonic XS 4.1 5-Piece Powered Hardcore Multimedia Speaker System-A Grade Refurbished

Pros: These are very powerful speakers. The sound is magnificent. If you have the opportunity to purchase these, I would suggest strongly considering it.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: In reading some of the reviews, sone indicated that the speakers were DOA. I almost sent mine back, however, I rechecked everything, and found that the power connection going from the woofer to the right speaker, had to be pushed in very hard. After I did that. they worked perfectly.