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Chris B.

Chris B.

Joined on 06/30/07

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Most Favorable Review

Small and good

Rosewill RS-MI-01 BK - Mini ITX Tower / Desktop Computer Case - 250W Power Supply with Two (2) SATA Connectors and One (1) 20 + 4-Pin Connector
Rosewill RS-MI-01 BK - Mini ITX Tower / Desktop Computer Case - 250W Power Supply with Two (2) SATA Connectors and One (1) 20 + 4-Pin Connector

Pros: Solid enough, cheap, got all the parts listed. Great tech diagrams and wiring charts come with it. I got a memory card reader, DVD player and 1 HDD in it. Physically, there space for another two HDDs (but you'll have to fashion your own fixing brackets.

Cons: I had to temporary take the PSU out to get the motherboard and it's CPU fan in. But that added what 2 minutes to the build? Top of fan just touches the PSU. You have to push the DVD/CD drawer gently to get it to close - the open/close button isn't available to you once the drawer is open.

Overall Review: For a few days I ran it with a 2nd fan installed in there too - but it wasn't fixed to anything and it turned out I didn't need the extra cooling.

Most Critical Review

Power?

Rosewill RCP-SC29 Mini Car USB Adapter/Fast Charger for iPhone/iPod, Smart Phone & MP3/4
Rosewill RCP-SC29 Mini Car USB Adapter/Fast Charger for iPhone/iPod, Smart Phone & MP3/4

Pros: Small, even cute.

Cons: Doesn't charge my phones very fast. And phones indicate that they're plugged into a computer (wants to establish a data link). Is this something to do with the confusion about the current available from these things?

I like it

GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Does exactly what it is supposed to. Comes with lots of screws (and a few cables). My build was fairly smooth.

Cons: The port faceplate supplied, didn't fit in the slot that my case has (case is about a year old, but that shouldn't be a problem). Had to use the faceplate that came with that case. And it had slightly different spacing for the 3 audio-related socket holes. I ended up having to snip off the metal to enlarge that side of the faceplate. I don't really know if the motherboard or by case was off. One of them was.

Overall Review: I don't OC, but BIOS seems to have some facilities for this. Utility disk wouldn't autorun, but loaded fine once I directly ran the setup prog from the disk.

Good/cheap

Hanns-G 23" Active Matrix, TFT LCD Full HD LCD Monitor 5 ms 1920 x 1080 D-Sub, HDMI HH-231HPB
Hanns-G 23" Active Matrix, TFT LCD Full HD LCD Monitor 5 ms 1920 x 1080 D-Sub, HDMI HH-231HPB

Pros: Does everything it's supposed to. large, clear, colors good. My Win Vista setup happily adjusted to it. Comes with audio cable.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: The labels of the control buttons are a little hard to see (black on black), but not an issue for me. I'll never touch them again.