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jeff b.

jeff b.

Joined on 04/10/07

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Sweet Little Mighty Mouse

Acer Desktop PC Aspire AX1301-U1302 AMD Athlon II X2 215 4GB DDR2 750GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce 9200 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Acer Desktop PC Aspire AX1301-U1302 AMD Athlon II X2 215 4GB DDR2 750GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce 9200 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Pros: If I had the money I'd buy 2 more right now. This little computer is great. HDMI is excellent. Graphics good. I use it for Hulu , DVD Movies , Music , and Games. Counter-Strike Source runs excellent on it. Very snappy/quick. Very quiet/silent and runs cool. Very small. PCI express x1 and x16 2.0 CHEAP PRICE Get it , you won't regret it.

Cons: Wish it had a regular PCI slot for my sound card , but it wouldn,t fit anyway...lol. Memory is maxed out at 4gig ddr2 800....but it is solid.

Overall Review: I don't see why you wouldn't get 5 years out of this system. My set up is this computer , an Edimax usb WiFi card , wireless keyboard , and mouse , an HDMI into my 52" flat TV and optical/SPDIF audio out(from the tv itself) Very AWESOME.

Just Got IT

BYTECC C6EB-20O 20 ft. Cat 6 Orange Enhanced 550MHz Patch Cables
BYTECC C6EB-20O 20 ft. Cat 6 Orange Enhanced 550MHz Patch Cables

Pros: Works! What else do you want?

Cons: Nishto.

Overall Review: It's a CAT6 cable , and it does it's job.

Great card for movies

ECS GeForce GT 220 1GB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Video Card NGT220C-1GQS-F1
ECS GeForce GT 220 1GB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Video Card NGT220C-1GQS-F1

Pros: This is a great card for movies and video playback

Cons: not WIFE proof

Overall Review: My wife burned this card out today......but we won't go there. I'll just order another one.

Great.

Linksys E2000 Wireless Router Selectable Dual Band Gigabit 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4/5GHz up to 300Mbps
Linksys E2000 Wireless Router Selectable Dual Band Gigabit 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4/5GHz up to 300Mbps

Pros: This is a good "N" router. I've owned it since August 2010. Never had a single problem. Dual band , extra bells and whistles for tinkerers. Works with G or N hardware. Works with Windows 7 (32/64). I get 4-5 Bars through walls. This router sits @ the other end of my house. I never have troublr connecting to it , nor do any of my guests. Has WPA2 and AES encryption.

Cons: I did what the Instruction CD said , but it didn't work. Took a little while to set up. I had to manually configure it myself , using MAC address , etc. That is really my only CON. *SEE OTHER THOUGHTS*

Overall Review: I actually had a few ?'s and Linksys' Live chat was great. I had it up and running in about an hour +/- . Not sure why there are so many bad reviews on this product. But I'm sure people have their reasons.

Pogoplug

Pogoplug POGOE02 Diskless System Network Storage
Pogoplug POGOE02 Diskless System Network Storage

Pros: Easy to set up. Simple to use. Gigabit ethernet. Print server. Simple user interface. Great support/forums. Works well with Windows 7 64bit and Ubuntu 32bit. CHEAP PRICE , depending where you buy it from.

Cons: Color (lol) , lack of documentation , and transcoding BUT SEE OTHER THOUGHTS

Overall Review: I love this. I use it for movies , music , photos. Works great. You need high speed internet and a gigabit network for it to really shine. I use all CAT6 cable in my network , but CAT5e will be good too. Lack of documentation made up for by excellent website,forums,support. Transcoding is slow but I downloaded Pogoplug Drive 2.5.5 and this makes pogoplug look like an attached external hard drive on my LAN. That way I can access my MOVIES instantly. I've messed around with it at work too (on an island) viewing photos , listening to music. Worked great. But MOVIES would take awhile to view remotely. Once everything is transcoded it's fine though. All-in-All I'm very happy with this.

Good for data/back-up

Western Digital Blue WD2500AAJS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Blue WD2500AAJS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Good solid drives. Reliable. Good for back-up/data.

Cons: none really.

Overall Review: I had 2 of these in raid 0 for windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. Worked alright. But I swapped them out for a 500 gig WD caviar black with 32 MB cache. I'm much happier with that. But don't get me wrong , these are good drives. I use these now for storage and back-up