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Don E.

Don E.

Joined on 03/22/04

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Most Favorable Review

No additional purchase required for upgrade

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2b
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2b

Pros: Cheapest way to get the upgrade to Vista. I checked with customer service and they assured me that this comes with the upgrade coupon. No additional hardware purchase required.

Cons: None.

11/14/2006
Most Critical Review

RNX-N250PC Weak Signal

Rosewill RNX-N250PC Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft PCI Draft N 2T2R Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates WPA/WPA2; WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK; 64/128 BIT WEP; TKIP/AES
Rosewill RNX-N250PC Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft PCI Draft N 2T2R Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates WPA/WPA2; WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK; 64/128 BIT WEP; TKIP/AES

Pros: Hmm... suppose to work with both Windows and linux.

Cons: Weak reception... I gotta agree with most of the other recent posts. Something has changed with this model. Rosewill QA needs to look into this. Windows driver is still version 1 on the Rosewill site and it's over a year old. Better off going with the Win7 driver. Forget about the CD.

Overall Review: I'm going to try a better antenna. Others have had some success with that. The price of a stand-alone dual antenna is more than this unit cost. Consider another wireless card until Rosewill makes good on this.

Awesome with AMD FM2 / A10 Build

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL

Pros: Works great with new AMD chipset / CPU (see complete build below). Fully tested with Memtest86+ and Windows Memory Tester... No errors running at 1866. Win8 WEI score 7.4.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: GIGABYTE GA-F2A85X-UP4 FM2 AMD A85X; AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 Quad; G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866; SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC128D/AM 2.5" 128GB SSD;

11/11/2012

7200 RPM / Quiet !!!

Hitachi GST Travelstar 7K500 HTS725032A9A364 (0A72333) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Hitachi GST Travelstar 7K500 HTS725032A9A364 (0A72333) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Bought as replacement for an HP laptop. Usually go with WD or Seagate, however, heard good things about these drives. Super quiet 7200 rpm for sure. Fast and cool. Very impressed. (repair for client)

Cons: None.

Great Performance! Quiet!

SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-S223C
SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-S223C

Pros: Great burning and reading performance. MaximumPC magazine says that this is the DVD-RW drive to beat. They say this has the best DVD ripping speeds they've tested yet. My own tests with Nero show improvement over a previous Samsung drive that I own. Probably the biggest pro for me is how quiet this is. During playback it is super quiet. While burning at highest speed the acoustics are much better than other drives I have had. Does not have the high pitched whine of some drives. Another quality mention is the tray opens smoothly and controlled, it is not jerky like some other drives.

Cons: None for me.

Overall Review: Samsung posts firmware updates to their website at http://www.samsungodd.com/eng/. This is an OEM drive that is built for global distribution. You may need to set the DVD region for your area. With the latest firmware and proper settings this drive works great! However, older PCs with VIA chipsets should not buy a SATA drive because of known issues.

A MUST UPGRADE

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade

Pros: MS has delivered the best OS to date. All the little things have been addressed. Rock solid stable and a super easy upgrade with many drivers built in. Wireless support is automagic in many situations. I didn't have to install the buggy third party software that comes with wireless devices.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: XP hold outs can finally breakout and upgrade. This OS is more efficent than Vista and can run on anything that has been put out in recent years.