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Russell S.

Russell S.

Joined on 05/14/08

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Most Favorable Review

This is a great keyboard...

KeyTronic E03601U1 Beige 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Standard Keyboard
KeyTronic E03601U1 Beige 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Standard Keyboard

Pros: The best part of all about this keyboard, which I'm using to write this review, is that it comes equipped with a USB plug - NOT a standard PS/2. This means it's ready to plug in and use right away, and without having to restart your system. DUH!!! My older Keytronic 5-pin DIN keyboard, which was simply a hand-me-down from my elder cousin in Texas in 2002 (it was built in '96), had to make use of a PS/2 adapter in order to work. This adapter got to where it just wouldn't stay connected to the motherboard's socket. So I decided to replace my old keys with this model here. Good choice, since my entire system is pretty much beige, but it is still able to run Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit without a problem.

Cons: None that I can think of.

Overall Review: My board, for some reason, came with a loose asterisk key on the keypad side of my keyboard. Fortunately, since my older keys were also made by Keytronic, I simply took the asterisk key from that board and snapped it onto my new board. This solved that problem. End of story.

VERY NICE

PLANAR PL1700M White 17" 8ms   LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 Built-in Speakers
PLANAR PL1700M White 17" 8ms LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 Built-in Speakers

Pros: It's white, which matches the color of my system. Also has built in speakers and a headphone jack on the front, which will come in handy quite often.

Cons: None that I can think of, other than it could have come with a DVI-D port. But then, the RGB/VGA port does the job well, and it provides a super-sharp image quality.

Overall Review: I reckon this monitor would work just as easily with a Mac, but I can't afford a Mac system at this time. When the time comes around, I will use it with a Mac Mini basic.

So far, so good - and MUCH better than my last video card...

BFG Tech GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGE951024GTE
BFG Tech GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGE951024GTE

Pros: VERY natural picture quality here, especially on my VIZIO 32" 1080p digital HDTV I just got two weeks ago. Also looks good on my smaller 13" Sceptre CRT screen. In fact, the picture quality here looks better than the one delivered by my last video card - which was an XFX GeForce 7200 GS and a cheap card, as well as a piece of garbage! That older card had drivers that were intended for use with XP, and so I had to rely on the Aero-based video drivers provided by Windows 7.

Cons: When I first installed the new card, my computer gave me a startup error. At first, I thought I was gonna have to reinstall Windows 7, but I finally found a way to correct the problem. And it turned out that the problem was NOT the new video card's fault after all, thank goodness! However, once I got my PC terminal back up and running again, and installed the drivers for my new graphics card, everything has gone smoothly from that point.

Overall Review: I like the picture quality provided by this video card so much, that if I had the extra funds to spare at this time I would most definitely get another one to use for backup.

Excellent hard drive - so far....

Western Digital WD Green WD15EADS 1.5TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD Green WD15EADS 1.5TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: 1.5TB capacity, SATA 3GB/s transfer rate, 32MB buffer size, quiet, eco-friendly, cool-running, affordable, etc.

Cons: Not pre-formatted. Must be partitioned in order to work. I used my XP disc for this procedure and have my drive unit partitioned 1.4TB, plenty of storage for me. But otherwise an excellent storage platform.

Overall Review: My plan is to use this hard drive for storing my entire CD collection, and most of my vinyl record recordings, in .wav format - the biggest file size available. And what space I don't use for storing music will be used for DVD movies, TV show episodes on DVD, and other videos - all in high bit rate MPEG/WMV format. That way, I will be able to make use of most of this new drive's 1.4TB space and get my money's worth.

10/22/2009