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Karel M.

Karel M.

Joined on 06/03/05

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Most Favorable Review

Good Board

ASUS Maximus III GENE LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Maximus III GENE LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Been a solid board with no issues. Plenty of USB and SATA connectors. The on board audio is very good. Good power management. Sleep and standby modes work great.

Cons: For the price at time of purchase I feel this board should have come with on board USB3.

Overall Review: Good board that runs great with quad core i-5.

12/16/2010

Works well

Masscool DS-UES001 USB2.0 + eSATA to 2.5"/3.5" SATA HDD Docking Station with one touch backup function - Retail
Masscool DS-UES001 USB2.0 + eSATA to 2.5"/3.5" SATA HDD Docking Station with one touch backup function - Retail

Pros: Works fine and decent price. Used it with a spare drive and to clone a drive. Nice to have on hand.

Cons: does what it says it does, no complaints.

12/16/2010

Awesome display

ASUS VH232H Glossy Black 23" 5ms Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ASCR 20000:1 w/Speakers & HDMI
ASUS VH232H Glossy Black 23" 5ms Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ASCR 20000:1 w/Speakers & HDMI

Pros: Great looks and the price has dropped. Has plenty of connection options. Build in speakers are fair if you don't have anything better.

Cons: Some people may not like the glossy screen but I believe that they make one that isn't glossy.

Overall Review: Now that prices have dropped I might a second one...

12/16/2010

Decent drive

SONY 8X DVD Multi Writer 8X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW 24X CD-ROM Black Slim SATA Model AD-7700S
SONY 8X DVD Multi Writer 8X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW 24X CD-ROM Black Slim SATA Model AD-7700S

Pros: Used in a HTPC and has been working very well.

Cons: It's the loudest part of the HTPC I built. It's not terrible but can be head once in a while. The blinking access light gets annoying when watching a movie so it got painted over.

Overall Review: Good if you need a slim drive.

12/16/2010

Great Drive

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Used this drive for a HTPC build and it's get used a ton with Win 7 media center recoding shows. It's always full with old shows being deleted automatically and it doesn't break a sweat. Runs cool and very quite, and this in in a pc that was built to be always on and very low noise.

Cons: Non, prices have dropped over the last few months and this drive is a great value.

Overall Review: Check out the 2TB version that is out.

12/16/2010

Solid PS

Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified  Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply
Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply

Pros: Been a solid power supply and very quite. Can't hear my pc when it's on. I bought another for another built I did.

Cons: My case has the power supply on the bottom and the 4 pin cpu power was a tad short to plug in. I though it might be an issue so ordered some extenders and have had no issues. Still a great power supply.

Overall Review: Solid PS for a fair price. Money well spent and Newegg rocks like always.

12/16/2010