Joined on 08/19/02
Sometimes cheap is good.
Pros: Has never dropped or disconnected me. No speed loss from when I was wired to my router. Wired antena makes it easy to place for good reception.
Cons: None, I'm recommending them to everyone I know who's going wireless in their homes.
Overall Review: Don't let the low price fool you, this thing works great with my wrt54gl.
Bang for the buck
Pros: Remote Access, HP Quality, Ease of setup, Value For the price ($275 after rebate) I was ready to pay for a synology SAN, I have a full blown home server. Part of the setup was registering my windows live account, that somehow allows me to have my own domain for accessing my server and network remotely (SSL) all for free (BONUS, I didn't expect). I threw a couple of old sata drives I had laying around in in it, I chose one to be formatted and made part of the total storage, and kept the other with data intact as a share for my network to be able to see. (all easy to do)
Cons: None so far
Overall Review: I did have one glitch in the setup, it asks for a server name and I selected one different than the default. After a mandatory reboot, the setup couldn't 'see' the server (I assume because of the different name) on the network. Also the built in web addresses for the links all use the default name, so I suggest leaving the name of the server alone until you are familiar with all the places you might need to change it.
Great upgrade
Pros: Nice and bright No dead pixels Came with both analog and digital cables, not just a adapter.
Cons: None so far
Overall Review: Upgraded my wifes 17" CRT monitor, this has been a great change, and seemingly much less eye strain for her.
Great router with lots of flexibility
Pros: I bought this router to convert my house to wireless. It sits behind my TV where my cable modem is which makes it easy to hook up my xbox and tivo to the wired ports. Covers the entire house, I could even install a different custom firmware and let my neighbors use it as a portal if I wanted :-)
Cons: I found it easier to setup the modem by myself, rather than use the 'one touch' linksys setup.
Overall Review: Tons of options through custom firmwares, could be a lot of fun to tinker with on a cold rainy day this winter.
Easy
Pros: Bought this cpu because it was at the price break at the time. Droped the chip in the socket, mounted the fan on the chip, done. No thermal compound to mess with and temps are running great.
Cons: Price droped 30 bucks the day after I ordered but after I hit stage 3 on the shipping process, not much I could do :-(
Overall Review: Love AMD, Love AM2
Great Board
Pros: I built a new system after having my old machine for 6 years, it's nice having 4 IDE so I can put my old IDE HD's in and still have slots for the DVD and burner
Cons: The live update utility seems sort of useless, I really don't need to be constantly monitoring for bios update (turned it off)
Overall Review: Accidentally bought 2.0 volt(supports 1.8v) ocz ram, but is working fine. Great board, great price and does everything I want or hopefully will want to do in the near future.