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ANTHONY M.

ANTHONY M.

Joined on 08/22/06

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Most Favorable Review

Amazing power supply.

hec X-Power Pro 600 600W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply
hec X-Power Pro 600 600W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply

Pros: Great power supply, I will be buying these again very soon. GREAT build quality, looking in the power supply reveals some large heatsinks, all the cables are tied tight and neatly with mesh tubing, high quality.

Cons: This whole obsession with ***everything*** having to have LEDs...If I could of bought this without the 2 blue led fans I'd be even happier. As it is when you turn off the lights in my room you could seriously believe a UFO was coming down.

Overall Review: It's nice to finally see some good build quality at a cheap price. This is powering a 2.7ghz AM2 Dual-Core with a GTS 250 video card, 1tb hard drive and it doesn't break a sweat.

Most Critical Review

You get what you pay for...

JetWay JPA78VM5-LF AM3/AM2+ AMD 780V Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
JetWay JPA78VM5-LF AM3/AM2+ AMD 780V Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: The board is one of the cheaper ones, has on-board video. Good that there is only 1 IDE port, things need to be phased out already.

Cons: SATA Port Placement: I fit a full-sized GTS 250 in the PCI-E and guess what...all 6 sata ports are blocked. I eventually got 2 of them connected but I actually had to go out and buy 90* connectors for them and really fold the hell out of the sata cables to get them to fit. Audio: I was testing out the board front panel/rear panel and I constantly get a high pitched whine in the background. I turned on noise cancellation in the included software and that deadened it a little bit but it's still there, and majorly annoying. It actually seems to get louder when a sound or noise plays then reverts back to being (mostly) quiet. Memory Detection: I bought DDR2 1066 for this board and the automatic detection detects something MUCH lower. Video: Don't any of these boards come WITHOUT on-board video?

Overall Review: Luckily this machine being built isn't for me. I only bought Jetway/AMD combo because it was the cheapest thing within budget. Haven't ever had this kind of problem with LGA775 boards, even the cheap ones. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy this board ever. Look at something else, you won't regret spending the extra dollar or two ensuring that you don't have a migraine at the end of the build.

Works on newest kernel.

Durable USB 3.0 HDD Hard Drive External Enclosure 2.5 Inch SATA HDD Case Box USA
Durable USB 3.0 HDD Hard Drive External Enclosure 2.5 Inch SATA HDD Case Box USA

Pros: Works in Windows and newest Linux Kernel.

Cons: A little flimsy, no electrical isolation on bottom of case.

Overall Review: I wrote a previous review saying that the drive didn't work with Linux, but during that time I enabled my testing repos in Arch and the drive seems to work fine under Linux 4.0.0-2 ARCH.

Do NOT buy if your looking to use as a SSD.

Transcend 8GB Compact Flash (CF) Flash Card Model TS8GCF300
Transcend 8GB Compact Flash (CF) Flash Card Model TS8GCF300

Pros: The card works as advertised. However the CF specifications leave something to be desired.

Cons: Aparrently CF cards come in two different 'modes'. Removable, and Fixed-disk. This card is sold in the Removable mode and the only way to 'fix it' is to send it into Transcend. They basically issue an RMA and 'use their manufacturing equipment' to change the mode in the card to be used as a proper hard drive. If this mode isn't changed, your card will not boot your OS.

Overall Review: I RMA'd my card last week, and it seems transcend has 'lost' it. Now I'm out $80 and still don't have a drive to boot my EEE off of. Newegg was fast as always but this information was unavailable on their website, basically disallowing me the knowledge of this firsthand.

TRENDnet 5-Port Unmanaged 10/100 Mbps GREENnet Ethernet Desktop Plastic Housing Switch, 5 X 10/100 Mbps Ports, 1Gbps Switching Capacity, TE100-S5
TRENDnet 5-Port Unmanaged 10/100 Mbps GREENnet Ethernet Desktop Plastic Housing Switch, 5 X 10/100 Mbps Ports, 1Gbps Switching Capacity, TE100-S5

Pros: Does its job, does it well.

Cons: Included a straight adapter coming out of the side instead of the angled ones others claim to have gotten.

Overall Review: Originally I hooked this up and thought it was giving me problems, but it turned out to be just a faulty cable.

10/22/2009

Nice little case...

Cooler Master Elite RC-332-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master Elite RC-332-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Case is nice, very simplistic, minimal design. It has quick-release levers practically everywhere so you dont need to mess with screws other than putting the power supply in. The front of the case is a meshed black and behind all the mesh it's all filtered. Nice airflow, without having to worry about dust.

Cons: The sides of the case didn't have air-filters. Would of been nice. I had 2-3 brass standoffs not want to thread properly with the included screws but I'm sure the case maker doesn't make the screws too so can't count them off for that.

Overall Review: I wish I could buy the front grill mesh pieces seperately and replace all my computers front panel covers with them. They're great for airflow and look awesome to boot!