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Pawel P.

Pawel P.

Joined on 09/25/04

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Most Favorable Review

Quiet fan-Cools well

Noctua NH-L9x65, Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler (65mm, Brown)
Noctua NH-L9x65, Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler (65mm, Brown)

Pros: The fan is larger than the stock heatsink fan, and quieter. Easy to install. Idle temps have gone down 10+ degrees from 31C to 20C at idle. Full load is 54-55C. Very pleased with the performance of this heat sink. This thing is definitely worth the money.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Ran multiple websites, a movie, a W7 virtual machine, with multiple apps within it, and it stayed at 54-55C. Using this heatsink and fan with an AMD 8350 Vishera 4.2GHz CPU, 8-core.

12/30/2016
Most Critical Review

Product works, but got burned on rebates by Asus!

ASUS VS Series VS228H-P 22" (21.5" Diagonal) Full HD 1920 x 1080 HDMI VGA DVI-D SPLENDID Video Intelligence Technology Asus Eye Care Flicker-Free Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor
ASUS VS Series VS228H-P 22" (21.5" Diagonal) Full HD 1920 x 1080 HDMI VGA DVI-D SPLENDID Video Intelligence Technology Asus Eye Care Flicker-Free Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor

Pros: Both monitors work fine.

Cons: Asus has obviously decided not to honor their rebate offer. I did everything required, but since May, no rebates; no update. I bought two of these monitors and feel cheated. I will not trust Asus again.

Overall Review: If you choose to buy monitors from Asus just because they offer an enticing rebate, beware! You may never get it. I plan to report them to the BBB and whoever else I can.

Works as it should

LG Black 16X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner WH16NS40
LG Black 16X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner WH16NS40

Pros: Bought this for a customer to replace an old BR drive (2007), which has trouble reading certain discs. It reads all discs fine, and is pretty quiet. Didn't use it to write BR discs though since I don't have any BR media.

Cons: None

Good HDD's

Seagate NAS HDD ST4000VN000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive
Seagate NAS HDD ST4000VN000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive

Pros: Bought two of these to replace my aging WD green 1TB and 2TB HDDs that I use for mass storage. I coupled this with a StarTech USB3.0 dual drive enclosure, and both drives are running well. They're quiet, and can take some serious strain--40-50+GB continuous data transfer. No problems yet.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Not 7200RPM, but I knew that when buying. Can't really tell the difference; they're fast enough.

Works as it should

Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996558
Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996558

Pros: Bought this for a customer who has an older Intel Core2 Quad system with 2GB of RAM and WinXp. He wanted Win 7 x64 on it for media center setup. This memory made it possible. System is quick and stable.

Cons: None

Good P/S

Thermaltake Toughpower TPD-0550M - SLI/ CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi Modular Cables  Black Active PFC Power Supply Intel Haswell Ready (PS-TPD-0550MPCGUS-1)
Thermaltake Toughpower TPD-0550M - SLI/ CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi Modular Cables Black Active PFC Power Supply Intel Haswell Ready (PS-TPD-0550MPCGUS-1)

Pros: Bought this to replace an aging P/S in customer's PC, which wouldn't properly power up video card. This P/S solved the problem. It has detachable cables so you only use connectors you need, and keep the rest in the box.

Cons: None so far.