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Jason S.

Jason S.

Joined on 09/18/04

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Most Favorable Review

WOW WOW WOW

Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Have built over 10 computers and this is the BEST case I have come across yet. VERY SOLID, no extra internal supports to get in the way. Lots of room. Despite 2 case fans it is VERY QUIET. Buy it, you will not be sorry.

Cons: Took me about 30 min to figure out I had to pop the front cover off to remove two screws holding the drive bay covers on, but I didn't read the directions.

Overall Review: Pared this case with a Thermaltake TR2 W0070 430W Power Supply and AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 with stock heat sink, and until now I had no clue what whisper quiet was. If the sale was still on I would buy 3 more to replace the other cases I have.

Most Critical Review

Office 2010... Buggy

Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Business
Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Business

Pros: Has greatly expanded pivot table features. Includes the Vista style menu system Loads fast

Cons: Excel has crashed on me at least 12 times, while doing something as simple as sorting a 15x3 row/column list... Like all Microsoft upgrades the user needs to spend a lot of time finding where the controls are placed in the new version. Changing the chart type clears all the customized settings...

Overall Review: Unless you need a "new" feature, stick with 2003!

11/18/2011

EXCELLLLLENT

GARMIN 4.3" GPS Navigation
GARMIN 4.3" GPS Navigation

Pros: Best GPS I have owned yet. Bluetooth link my phone, and have it FM transmit over my car stereo. SO, SO, SO nice. Works like a standard GARMIN product, easy. Splash screen, great idea, makes all my gamer friends envious, great screen resolution and color. Good for keeping family pics as well.

Cons: Have not taken the time to access/activate the MSN service yet. The voice system sometimes cuts off long names. Trying to find a POI at a destination is a two stage process, Set destination, find (near) then what type of POI.

Overall Review: Have already strongly recommended it to 3 others. MP3 player as well, not that valuable to me since I have Sirius Radio as well.

Good at burn

RiDATA 4.7GB 16X DVD-R White Hub Inkjet Printable 50 Packs Spindle Disc Model DRD-4716-RDIW50N
RiDATA 4.7GB 16X DVD-R White Hub Inkjet Printable 50 Packs Spindle Disc Model DRD-4716-RDIW50N

Pros: They hae always burned great for me, and printable surface is beautiful.

Cons: Have had very (+50%)high rate of long term data loss on both movie backups and data disks, on DVD's that have been kept in sleeves, so scratches are not a factor. Have also ran into many players that will not play these disks.

Xbox 360

Microsoft Xbox 360 Deluxe Console 20 GB Hard drive White
Microsoft Xbox 360 Deluxe Console 20 GB Hard drive White

Pros: Graphics are great, thanks M$ for finally going to HD. My TV is much happier. Wireless controls and headset work MUCH better than the Xbox versions. Xbox Live service is excellent. Good range of games 1 year after launch. It is a great system that I have a real Love/Hate relationship with.

Cons: Xbox Live micro transactions are getting out of control. The systems have problems. Out of 4 people I know that got 2005 manufactured units ALL 4 have returned them, and none of them were kept in a hot box. Mine sat on top of a stand surrounded by air on 5 sides with the brick of a power supply on the floor, and it still fried. Still not the consistency of games that was touted pre launch (some have mediocre graphics, some games don’t have online play, games with Xbox-Live play, don’t have LAN play)

Overall Review: Still no expandable hard drive. M$ is pushing the envelope of gaming. 18% of the people I know that have a 360 (including friends list) have had defective units. So buy the warranty. ALL xbox games are not backward compatible, and some that are don’t have the capabilities they did on the xbox, and severely overtax the 360 . TV shows are now available on Xbox Live for M$ bucks which you can watch off of the internet for free.

Worked for 4 months

ASUS A8V-VM 939 VIA K8M890 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS A8V-VM 939 VIA K8M890 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: CHeap, Onboard Video, Windows XP installed mostly easily with only a SATA drive.

Cons: Worked for 2 months, and them powers off. Powersupply runs a P4 With 2-HD, 2-DVD drives just fine. Northbridge heatsink leaves VERY little room for CPU sink install

Overall Review: This is now 5 of 5 ASUS boards to be RMA'd.