Joined on 04/22/01
Decent Board
Pros: On Board VGA, Support for Turion Mobile processors. PCI-X Slot
Cons: For older chips only. Uses a now outdated Socket.
Overall Review: Works great with my MT-37 Cpu. Made for a quiet machine.
UPS DOA'ed
Pros: Very clear display. Bright colors, sharp image, excellent value, almost a steal once it's on special. LED backlight has way darker blacks than the conventionally lit LCD next to it.
Cons: No DVI cable! It's 2010! Almost every computer by now has a DVI port on it! If someone needs VGA, they should then buy that cable. To me it makes no sense to cater to the minority of users. I have a feeling LG had an overstock of VGA cables, or was able to procure a lot of them for dirt cheap to pull this move. DOA.
Overall Review: Monitor's OSD buttons and power button are not working properly. I firmly blame Newegg's 'packaging' shipping with UPS as the cause. The monitor arrived in its own box, which looks like it had been dropped on a corner from about 5 feet up. I hope the RMA'ed return doesn't get hammered this badly. I suggest brick and mortar for everything, or to upgrade to any type of FedEX. UPS has now lost my business forever due to the rough handling of everything and the declining quality of handling I have received over the last few years. Newegg also needs to realize you cannot ship something like this in just its own box through UPS. They used to be partnered pretty well with FedEX, and need to revive that partnership and ditch UPD. I never had a problem with NewEgg goods back then, including hard drives. Now, everything comes in looking pretty beat up.
Quiet!
Pros: Inexpensive supply. Quiet. Converts wall socket juice to computer friendly levels as it should.
Cons: Short cables, not as many Molex plugs as the power supply it is replacing. Needed to add on an extension and a Y connector to connect my two HDs in a mid-tower case.
Overall Review: For use only on older machines, or a quiet single core newer build. Don't expect this to power a Crossfire or SLI setup.
Very Nice Case!
Pros: Quiet Quiet Quiet! This case is whisper quiet if you use quiet parts to build the PC inside it. 380W supply is overkill for quiet computing needs.
Cons: Hard Drive mounting is a bit tricky if you decide to use all 4 screws and have a slim 3.5" HDD
Overall Review: Purchase a passive cooled vid card, Motherboard, and a low power cpu with a quiet fan and you can barely hear your computer.
Works as a Cable
Pros: Works just dandy in SATA 150 setups
Cons: Doesn't work for SATA 300
Overall Review: If you need SATA 300 support, look elsewhere. Good bang for the buck otherwise.
Quite the bargain
Pros: This memory comes at a great price, and has OCZ's great warranty.
Cons: none.
Overall Review: Advice for ram shopping: buy one speed faster than you need. I did and have never had any memory related problems in newer computers.