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Patrick C.

Patrick C.

Joined on 09/22/05

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Most Favorable Review

Cheap and pretty good

Sony Optiarc Beige 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615
Sony Optiarc Beige 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615

Pros: i bought this drive as my secondary drive for one of my builds, so it doesnt get used too much, but as a DVD reader and not a writer it does its job

Cons: could come with a black cover, since my case didnt have covers, but not a big deal

Overall Review: great for systems with multiple drives

Most Critical Review

Never used it, no cables included

LINKSKEY LVS-004E 4-Ports Video Splitter w/ Enhanced Video (Cascadable)
LINKSKEY LVS-004E 4-Ports Video Splitter w/ Enhanced Video (Cascadable)

Pros: I thought this was a kvm switch at first, but it was actually i multi monitor splitter. i would have fpound a use for it, if it had included cables. still have to find a KVM

Cons: no cables included

Sturdy Construction

WD My Passport Essential 320GB USB 2.0 2.5" External Hard Drive WDMEY3200TN Super Sunny Yellow
WD My Passport Essential 320GB USB 2.0 2.5" External Hard Drive WDMEY3200TN Super Sunny Yellow

Pros: Excellent Construction, very sturdy, no flimsy panels. Comes in a variety of colors that are unique when compared to other hard drive series. Large space, great price, great transfer speed.

Cons: Scratches rather easily, even just a fingernail can put a light scratch in it. Other than that its a great drive

Overall Review: I really like this particular color, and it is hard to find devices in that shade of yellow if it comes in yellow at all. USB cable is short, though i like this because it means less tangle, some people probably would prefer a longer one

FAST!

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100248L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100248L

Pros: Im not much of a gamer so im not into video cards as much, but i do alot of video editing and make good use out of dual monitoring all the time. This card does it flawlessly. I stretched a video across both screens and it played without freezing up. The fan is also very well designed and is noiseless, i cant even hear it. Excellent for the price

Cons: It has to plug into your power supply which makes a bit of a tangle of power connectors, but not that big a deal

Overall Review: both of my monitors are set at 1280 by 1024, runs without any lag whatsoever

Extremely Powerful for the price

GIGABYTE GA-EP43-DS3LR LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-EP43-DS3LR LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This motherboard has it all, 8 USB ports on the back make it easy to plug in all your devices at once, not to mention there are 4 more on the inside to hook up front ports, etc. Runs great with my dual monitoring graphics card. Dual bios whatever that means :) If you are looking for a stable board for a low price this is the one.

Cons: none that i can think of

Overall Review: very easy install, i had my system up and running in roughly an hour and a half

Excellent

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 12
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 12

Pros: Easy to understand interface, comes packed with effects, you can have multiple videos at once on the screen, you can do chroma, add distortion, etc.

Cons: they make you activate a bunch of codecs and make you pay if you want to convert to MPEG 4.

Overall Review: i have an old pentium 4, 3GHz CPU, 1.5 GB ram, 256 MB Graphics card, and no issues with the system or software.

10/13/2008