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Bradley H.

Bradley H.

Joined on 08/14/02

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Most Favorable Review

Good

Logitech K360 Wireless USB Desktop Keyboard — Compact Full Keyboard, 3-Year Battery Life (Glossy Black)
Logitech K360 Wireless USB Desktop Keyboard — Compact Full Keyboard, 3-Year Battery Life (Glossy Black)

Pros: - Looks good. - Seems like it will be easy to keep clean. - Comes with batteries. - Works great as long as the receiver is close / has line of sight. - Tiny non-bloat software to setup the unified receiver pairing. - Back, forward, play/pause work in Winamp without needing any additional software, as well as the volume & mute buttons.

Cons: I had the unifying receiver plugged into the back of the computer under the desk out of line of sight. That setup worked fine for the Logitech mouse that's also paired to the receiver but the keyboard was having issues. I had to put the receiver on a usb extension cable and get it up on the desk. I feel the RF signal could be better since the mouse works fine, but I'm sure that would sacrifice battery life.

Most Critical Review

Terrible

TRENDnet TEW-637AP Wireless Easy-N-Upgrader 802.11b/g/n and 802.11e up to 300 Mbps
TRENDnet TEW-637AP Wireless Easy-N-Upgrader 802.11b/g/n and 802.11e up to 300 Mbps

Pros: Small, that's about it.

Cons: This AP is terrible. Connected at "N" file transfers are only moving around 50 Kb/s. Constantly drops connections through the AP and just goes comatose for minutes at a time. - LAN port is only 100 MB/s to support wireless connections that can theoretically be 300 MB/s.

Overall Review: Returning the AP and going back to my G wireless.

10/28/2010

So far so good

SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PD256BW
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PD256BW

Pros: This is my first SSD and so far so good. After setting my BIOS's SATA mode to AHCI I installed Windows and have had no issues. The included Samsung software will automatically set various Windows settings to be optimized for the SSD. * One of the best reviewed SSDs out there right now * 5-year warranty * Windows 7 boots from logo to desktop in about 5 seconds. * As expected, general usage of Windows is very snappy and game loading times are faster.

Cons: Price is slightly higher than some competition, but the 5-year warranty helps justify it.

Overall Review: I did not use the data copy software as I was well over due for a fresh Windows install. Including a 3.5" to 2.5" mounting bracket would have been a nice touch

Great so far

SAPPHIRERadeon HD 7850 OC 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card  ( 11200-01-20G )
SAPPHIRERadeon HD 7850 OC 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card ( 11200-01-20G )

Pros: Works great so far.

Cons: No performance cons, but beware of software bloat. Make sure you do custom install or you'll get tons of bloatware you don't need.

Overall Review: This card replaced my 4 year old NVIDIA 8800GT. This is a mid-range card at a mid-range price point. New games were becoming unplayable without having to drastically lower the graphics options (Skyrim, Deus Ex), so it was time for an upgrade. Since it's so hard to find websites that review new video cards with older CPUs I figure I'd give some quick benchmarks of this card. My CPU is a 4-year old Core 2 Duo e8400. Using Skyrim as comparison I went from 30-40 FPS with "Medium" settings to "Ultra" with what appears to be 60 FPS. 1920x1200. I also had no problem running Diablo 3 with the highest settings at 60 FPS as well. I have yet to experience any lockups or blue screens, etc...