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James K.

James K.

Joined on 02/12/04

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Most Favorable Review

Works great

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL9Q-16GBXM
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL9Q-16GBXM

Pros: Great price when I purchased it a year ago. Low latency while running at 2133. Placed it into a BIOSTAR TZ77XE4 and set it up to the listed spec. Worked great along with my overclocked 3770K

Cons: The Blue spreaders against the red BIOSTAR board isn't the best looking but no one ever really see's it anyways.

Overall Review: Not a con for this product but G.Skill (and others)need to lower the amount of Memory models they sell with the same specs. Very confusing and leads to a role of the dice when picking memory for a motherboard. Sniper, Ripjaws X, Z etc... series are usually identical.

Most Critical Review

High price with no features

Linksys EA4500-NP SMART Dual-Band Wireless N900 Router IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab
Linksys EA4500-NP SMART Dual-Band Wireless N900 Router IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab

Pros: Easy to setup using the classic firmware. Good wireless coverage.

Cons: Constant reboots and resets to fix lag and packet drops. No update to the classic firmware since March 2012 after a promise from the Manufacturer to support and update it. Pushes you to move to their cloud based unsecure management instead of a local management solution. Basic features for firewall, parental control with no real way to see who is connected to your wireless network. Weak Security. Should be priced below $100

Overall Review: Seems Cisco bought Linksys just to lower the quality, reliability and features for a quick penny only to sell it off to Belkin who will probably continue the decline. Recommend looking elsewhere.

Cloning and 3.0 USB Marketing backed up by low quality electronics

SYBA CL-ENC50053 Plastic 2.5" & 3.5" White SATA USB 3.0 & eSATA Dual Interface 2-Slot Cloning, Backup Docking Station
SYBA CL-ENC50053 Plastic 2.5" & 3.5" White SATA USB 3.0 & eSATA Dual Interface 2-Slot Cloning, Backup Docking Station

Pros: USB 3.0 along with built in drive cloning. Easy mounting of disk drives with a decent length of USB cabling included. When it worked, it was fast and cloning was easy.

Cons: failed after 6 months and only a couple of uses. Both bays will not keep connected to disk drives. Drives reset and disappear from windows only to come back again leading to a format request. Website does really have support options. Should have stuck with the name brand and not a china import by a company that didn't bother changing the OEM's logo.

Good Hardware, Poor Interface

Linksys EA4500 App Enabled N900 Dual-Band Wireless Router with Gigabit and USB
Linksys EA4500 App Enabled N900 Dual-Band Wireless Router with Gigabit and USB

Pros: Excellent wireless coverage and simple to setup. Build quality is great. Dual Wireless. I was able to get up and running in no time.

Cons: Lacking in UI functionality. Settings are limited and does not give you complete access to control your network. Forced firmware update to Cisco's cloud making it even more unsecure. You now have an ability to downgrade back to the local managed interface but at your own risk and support. You cannot see connected devices configured with a Static IP. The Cisco Cloud only benefits Cisco by collecting usage information from your router.

Overall Review: Given you the option to manually downgrade (upgrade) back to their classic firmware, lets you manage your own router with out having to go to Cisco's webpage. While the classic UI firmware is better, it lacks a lot of functions found in other routers. I wouldn't recommend Cisco/Linksys routers at this time.

Works well

GARMIN 4.3" Portable GPS Navigator with Speech Recognition
GARMIN 4.3" Portable GPS Navigator with Speech Recognition

Pros: Very easy to use and simple to setup. Purchased it for a wife who is directionally challenged. She was able to pick up on how to use it and using the points of interest found the stores she was interested in. Garmin gave us a free upgraded map after registering on the Garmin website. I would recommend this product to anyone. Very satisfied.

Cons: Speaker volume a little low. FM transmitter for voice over radio is not strong enough and produces a lot of white noise.

left without a powersupply

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700 W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700 W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: The powersupply has a perfect amount of cabling. The cabling is wrapped and can be tied down in a case to make it easy to change out parts and allows for better airflow. Plenty of power for one using 4 300GB 15k SAS drives with a LSI controller and a 9800 GTX graphics card. Looks great an feels like it was built well.

Cons: I gave it a 2 because of the loud fan and the poor product RMA options with no live person to contact. 3 things I needed the powersupply to do. 1. Power my computer 2. whisper quiet tech - Fan has a high pitch squeel. 3. steady voltage - passes perfectly. It does not meet my whisper quiet need and I now have a computer that will sit and do nothing while I wait for a slow RMA process. I would like to see an RMA that would allow cross shipping and not a sit a wait process. As I now have a new computer out of commission because of OCZ I gave the product a 2