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Gregory D.

Gregory D.

Joined on 05/16/06

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Most Favorable Review

Solid Power Supply

CORSAIR CX Series CX500 500W 80 PLUS BRONZE Active PFC ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply
CORSAIR CX Series CX500 500W 80 PLUS BRONZE Active PFC ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply

Pros: Works great

Cons: The fan is noisier than the three 120mm case fans i have installed.

10/24/2015
Most Critical Review

Good but not great

Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition with SP2B 1 Pack
Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition with SP2B 1 Pack

Pros: It's windows 64 bit edition.

Cons: I bought it for my AMD X2 4600+ / 2gb ram Socket AM2 system. I did my research, and there are drivers available in x64 mode for all of my hardware which i've installed. The issue is that the computer randomly hangs (freezes up). This usually occurs anwhere between a few minutes and hours after it boots. Ubuntu linux on the other hand runs for hours without a freeze. I would recommend that you get the normal Windows XP Pro instead of this. The extra speed of x64 is nice, but the stability is a huge issue. The other issue I had was that it didn't immediately recogonize the on board lan in my motherboard. Ubuntu did though... go figure.

Overall Review: TO summarize, it works, but its not stable. If you want stability, try the normal windows xp pro, or some variant of linux.

Saved my career

Evoluent VM4R VerticalMouse 4 Ergonomic USB Mouse Med to Large Right Hand
Evoluent VM4R VerticalMouse 4 Ergonomic USB Mouse Med to Large Right Hand

Pros: It's the only mouse I can use without feeling pain

Cons: Sometimes I give it a good whack by accident when moving my hand to the mouse - this happens because it is a tall mouse

Overall Review: This and a Kinesis Advantage make it possible for me to work as a software engineer. Otherwise I'd be flipping burgers...

Very Fast!

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ - Athlon 64 X2 Windsor Dual-Core 2.4 GHz Socket AM2 89W Processor - ADA4600CUBOX
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ - Athlon 64 X2 Windsor Dual-Core 2.4 GHz Socket AM2 89W Processor - ADA4600CUBOX

Pros: Awesome speed. Comes with everything you need to install including the heat sink, fan, and thermal compound already applied to the heat sink.

Cons: was a little scary putting the fan on - i had to push harder than expected on the clamp that holds it in place.

it works

SAPPHIRE 100900 DVI-I  to VGA Adapter
SAPPHIRE 100900 DVI-I to VGA Adapter

Pros: lets you plug your vga monitor in to the dvi output on a graphics card.

Cons: none

MSI K9N SLI Platinum AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI K9N SLI Platinum AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Very future proof with the AM2 socket, 6 sata slots and SLI. Gotta love the dual gigabit lan cards, and digital sound outputs. Very stable under ubuntu linux.

Cons: Doesn't work with my Belkin PCI IDE RAID card. I every time I boot, I get the message "Not enough space to copy option rom [00:00:00]" with this card plugged in. The drives don't show up in windows or linux. This is a bit of a deal breaker because The mobo only has 1 ide chain, and I have 3 IDE hard drives, and 2 ide cdrom drives that need to be hooked up to complete my new system. Ubuntu recogonized the gigabit lan immediately, Windows XP x64 didn't see them until I installed the 64 bit drivers. This is probabbly the biggest con under windows since most everything else you'll do with the computer in terms of software updates requiers an internet connection. I copied the drivers using my USB memory stick.

Overall Review: On the whole, I think its a good board, the northbridge does get a bit hot, but really, its not that bad (what do you expect when you use passive cooling).