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Robert G.

Robert G.

Joined on 03/12/08

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Most Favorable Review

Great Bang for the Buck!

Hitachi GST Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723015BLA642 (0F12114) 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Hitachi GST Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723015BLA642 (0F12114) 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Initially ordered 2 for RAID1 in new server build. Both work. Ordered 2 more for additional storage. Both work. Ordered 3 more for even more storage. All work. If I needed any more storage, I'd order more of these.

Cons: ...usually live in prison.

Most Critical Review

1 of 2 was DOA

Acer 22" Active Matrix, TFT LCD WSXGA LCD Monitor with HDCP support 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D AL2216Wbd
Acer 22" Active Matrix, TFT LCD WSXGA LCD Monitor with HDCP support 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D AL2216Wbd

Pros: Bought two for dual display for new build. The one that works looks OK (has one dead pixel) and for 229.99 is a decent value.

Cons: The other one was DOA and it's costing me over $40 in shipping to have it replaced. I pray the next one I get works, otherwise this value... well... isn't.

Overall Review: I've read several monitor reviews about Newegg and the 8 dead pixel return policy, etc. I can live with 1 that's hidden along the edge of the screen. But I really don't appreciate having to pay approximately 1/6th of the total value of the purchase to have it replaced, with no guarantee the replacement will work and I'll be stuck with $40 bucks to return that one. This is one example of where shopping a brick and mortar store might have made better sense.

These make air cooling obsolete.

CORSAIR Hydro Series H50 120mm Quiet Edition Liquid CPU Cooler - Intel Only (CW-9060006-WW)
CORSAIR Hydro Series H50 120mm Quiet Edition Liquid CPU Cooler - Intel Only (CW-9060006-WW)

Pros: If I'm going to push a CPU beyond stock, I get one of these for every build. No need shelling out the extra 30-40 bucks for the H70.

Cons: ...usually live in prison.

Overall Review: You can attach 2 120mm fans to the radiator in a push pull (the Corsair fan it ships with and the 120mm case fan) using the 4 long screws. Just use 2 long screws per fan in opposite corners. Have done this on 12-13 builds so far w/o any problems.

Best of all worlds

Asus VH238H Black 23" Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers 250 cd/m2 ASCR 50,000,000:1
Asus VH238H Black 23" Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers 250 cd/m2 ASCR 50,000,000:1

Pros: Great picture. Great energy savings. Great price.

Cons: Like other reviewers, I can't seem to figure out how to remove the piece of the monitor that attaches to the stand. Since I can still mount them to my multi-monitor stand, not a huge problem, but it would be if I chose to wall mount one of them.

Overall Review: Have two of these flanking the Asus 3D monitor in a triple screen set up. When all monitors go to sleep the 3D monitor "wakes up" about 0.5 to 1 second faster than these LED monitors, but I can't see how that would could possibly be considered a "con".

Very pleased

ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card ZT-98XES2P-FCP
ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card ZT-98XES2P-FCP

Pros: Very fast. ZOTAC honors rebate for 2 if purchased for SLI. Additional room for OC. Have my pair @810 core x 2025 shader x 1200 memory. Temps cool as well.

Cons: Great cards... none.

Overall Review: Replaced a pair of 8800GTS 512 KO's (moved those fine cards to another box) and there's a nice improvement on benchmarks and SLI gameplay.

No guarantee of stepping

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Quad-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - HH80562PH0568M
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Quad-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - HH80562PH0568M

Pros: One of the best and OC friendly processors made.

Cons: Newegg still mixing in B3 stepping models.

Overall Review: At the beginning of June I got a B3 that was packaged back in August. While the egg would take the return due to dissatisfaction, have to pay to return it and no guarantee of a better model.