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David S.

David S.

Joined on 03/01/04

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Most Favorable Review

Great Laptop/Notebook

HP Compaq nx Series 15.0" AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 512MB Memory DDR2 667 Windows XP Professional RB545UT#ABA
HP Compaq nx Series 15.0" AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 512MB Memory DDR2 667 Windows XP Professional RB545UT#ABA

Pros: Great, sturdy, clean looking laptop. This model has GbE, unlike the 6310. Bought this with an extra stick of 512MB of ram, which I had to RMA, which gives it 896MB after it sets aside it's video memory.You won't be playing games on this, but it is a great portable workstation.

Cons: Mine came with a dead pixel. Just one, but it's completely dead(always black). Almost took off an egg for this, but I have the worst luck with dead pixels and bad memory anyway.

Overall Review: I work for a school district that has recently contracted with HP and we are about to buy a few hundred of these(without brightview). We already have about 500 of HP's 6310, which are working great so far. If the model that costs a bill more, the RM119UT, comes back, buy that one instead. The nx6325 series are fabulous computers.

11/11/2006
Most Critical Review

Good for a few months

Thermaltake Silent Pure Power W0049RUC 680 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
Thermaltake Silent Pure Power W0049RUC 680 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Good numbers. More SATA connectors than most PSUs

Cons: After owning this unit for a few months, I wish i did not purchase it. When I plug it in and turn on the switch, the unit puts out a high pitched crackly screaming sound. Mine also makes the power light flicker and prevents me from turning the computer on.

Overall Review: Read the other reviews, and decide for yourself.

12/18/2005

Excellent keyboard

Montech MKey Mechanical Gaming Keyboard: Customizable RGB LED, Premium MDA Profile PBT Keycap, Engineered Acoustics, Hot-Swappable, Gateron G Pro 2.0 Switches, Stunning Osaka Castle Theme, Freedom
Montech MKey Mechanical Gaming Keyboard: Customizable RGB LED, Premium MDA Profile PBT Keycap, Engineered Acoustics, Hot-Swappable, Gateron G Pro 2.0 Switches, Stunning Osaka Castle Theme, Freedom

Pros: Buttery smooth switches. Nice soft color style

Cons: Function keys could be printed on the keycaps.

Overall Review: I have a K100 at home and wanted something nicer at work. Caught this keyboard on a sale and I am VERY happy with it. This keyboard feels better than the K100 that I have at home. The switches are so smooth and quiet. My cubicle neighbors are happy, too!

Stable for almost 3 years and still going

AsRock Rack EPYCD8-2T ATX Server Motherboard AMD EPYC 7002/7001 (Naples/Rome) Series SP3 LGA4094 Dual 10 GLAN
AsRock Rack EPYCD8-2T ATX Server Motherboard AMD EPYC 7002/7001 (Naples/Rome) Series SP3 LGA4094 Dual 10 GLAN

Pros: Nice layout of the components and no stability or compatibility issues with ESXI 7.0.

Cons: AsRock's BIOS support for this board fell off a cliff. The last BIOS update for this board was issued in June of 2020 and I'm pretty sure it will never receive another.

Overall Review: Good board for EPYC 7001, but if you have 7002 or 3, jump to the ROMED8-2T. That board has received better BIOS support and is a little more feature rich.

Good card with terrible style and awful fan stop control

GIGABYTE Eagle GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 ATX Graphics Card GV-N308TEAGLE-12GD
GIGABYTE Eagle GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 ATX Graphics Card GV-N308TEAGLE-12GD

Pros: -Heatsink design seems effective and it stays pretty quiet even under load. I've got a Meshify 2 case, so the size isn't an issue for me. -Very minimal and very rare coil whine. So minimal that I have to get close and try to hear it, typically only during loading screens. Better than any other video card I've had, actually.

Cons: -Fan stop feature is terrible. They stay off when at the desktop, but that's it. Start browsing or doing anything with very minimal graphics and the fan stop feature will cause the card to "vroom" constantly as the temperature teeters on the fan stop threshold (50c?). I have to constantly launch Aorus Engine to disable the feature and leave the fans at their lowest setting, which is quieter than the constant "vrooming." -Styling. As others have said, this thing is a brick. It has too much tasteless branding for a black brick. Would have been better if they just leaned in to the brick aesthetic and made the printing on it black, too.

Overall Review: This card is good, but desperately needs a BIOS update with better fan stop implementation.

YOLO

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - Ryzen 9 5000 Series Vermeer (Zen 3) 16-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM4 105W None Integrated Graphics Desktop CPU Processor - 100-100000059WOF
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - Ryzen 9 5000 Series Vermeer (Zen 3) 16-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM4 105W None Integrated Graphics Desktop CPU Processor - 100-100000059WOF

Pros: -Fast. Chews through CPU workloads like a champ!

Cons: -Hottest CPU I've ever owned

Overall Review: I wanted a 5900x, but won the lottery for this and just went for it. Even with a 360 AiO, this thing jumps to the mid 80s C on single thread loads. It settles down to the high 70s after about 10 seconds while the load continues. I ran this with an NH-U12s for a while. Single thread loads would pin it at about 86C and it would stay there, with the fans screaming, until the load stopped. If you want one of these, be ready with some serious cooling.