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Eleanor S.

Eleanor S.

Joined on 08/11/04

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Most Favorable Review

APC BR700G UPS

APC BR700G Back-UPS Pro, 700VA/420W, Tower, 120V, 6x NEMA 5-15R outlets, AVR, LCD, User Replaceable Battery - Tower - 12 Hour Recharge - 3 Minute Stand-by - 120 V Input - 120 V AC Output - Serial Port
APC BR700G Back-UPS Pro, 700VA/420W, Tower, 120V, 6x NEMA 5-15R outlets, AVR, LCD, User Replaceable Battery - Tower - 12 Hour Recharge - 3 Minute Stand-by - 120 V Input - 120 V AC Output - Serial Port

Pros: Good price and appears to be well built. Good info on LED front panel. Battery easy to remove and replace.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Installed with APC PowerChute Personal Edition software for Win XP sp3. Started getting error messages"Unable to communicate with APC battery backup" every 5 minutes. Had to install "PowerChute Personal Edition 2.0/2.2 Update Patch" even though the patch said it was for Model BR750G. This solved the problem. You can just use the XP built in battery backup manager if you don't want to load the APC's software, but the APC software gives more options for shutdown.

Most Critical Review

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Western Digital Blue WD10EALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Blue WD10EALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Cheap, high capacity.

Cons: Dead out of the box. Out $10 to return and hope the next drive is ok.

Overall Review: Look at other models from WD or other vendors. Looking at the number of 1 or 2 eggs given to this drive I should have known that the DOA and early failure rate of this drive is about 2 out of 10. The first piece of junk I have ever gotten from WD. The packaging from Newegg was well done so I don't think it was damaged in shipping.

Crucial 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CT102464BA160B
Crucial 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CT102464BA160B

Pros: Low Cost, works well

Cons: None so far, but used in a non over clock board.

Overall Review: Used in HP Envy 700-215xt