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Carl M.

Carl M.

Joined on 01/21/07

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Great but not maintenance free

CORSAIR CMXAF1 Fans
CORSAIR CMXAF1 Fans

Pros: Keeps you from burning up RAM, keeps memory very cool, easy to install, decently quiet, affordable. Plenty of cooling headroom.

Cons: You may want a controller to slow down high speed fans. They have a lot of cooling headroom available, and if it's overkill, you could easily bring the noise down with a fan controller, for good cooling, and silence together in one elegant package. Requires maintenance. These fans are lubed straight out of the package, but are prone to going dry. A little sewing machine oil on the sleeve bearings will solve this.

12/21/2011
Most Critical Review

Not dependable

Razer DeathAdder 3500 PC Gaming Mouse - Black edition
Razer DeathAdder 3500 PC Gaming Mouse - Black edition

Pros: It's a nice finish and it's highly adjustable. LED's can be turned on or off as you please.

Cons: Not dependable. Depending on the mouse, you'll either run into click issues or else the mouse will fail to track properly because of a cable problem. My particular mouse has had an issue with skipping that makes it IMPOSSIBLE to click and drag. For what was supposed to be such a great mouse, I've been highly disappointed seeing as it's failed with so little use.

Overall Review: I HATE THIS MOUSE!

Brings USB 3.0 to your older laptop!

StarTech ECUSB3S254F 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard 54mm SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter
StarTech ECUSB3S254F 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard 54mm SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter

Pros: Pops in nice and easily, new drivers and firmware installed practically automatically. SPEED!!! Unobtrusive design. Comes with cable for additional power, if necessary.

Cons: On my laptop (Dell Studio XPS 1340) it doesn't sit totally flush and sticks out slightly.

Overall Review: Does what it's supposed to do! Pops in easily, adds USB 3.0 to your older laptop, and could easily help you delay buying a new one. My 500 GB Western Digital Caviar Black drive showed it was on its last legs, so I replaced that with a 256 GB Crucial SSD, and grabbed a 1 TB Western Digital 2.5" external USB 3.0 hard drive for my stuff. Thanks to the SSD, my laptop is faster than ever, and because the drive runs on USB 3.0, it feels just as fast as if it were an internal hard drive when I need it!

Great drive

Crucial M4 CT256M4SSD2CCA 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Transfer Kit
Crucial M4 CT256M4SSD2CCA 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Transfer Kit

Pros: Very fast. Puts the speed I have in my RAID 0 array to shame with VERY quick seek times. Comes complete with everything you need to get up and running.

Cons: Data transfer kit worked, but could have benefited from different software. I ended up redeeming my rights to use Acronis True Image Western Digital edition, which worked great with the drive. Still, the kit will come in handy again and again. Needs an option for the data transfer kit with a 3½" plate for desktop users.

Overall Review: As fast as this is, I'm still currently running on a SATA-II system and getting around 220 MB/s all day and all night. Faster hard drive controller would basically double this.

Works well!

Micro Innovations USB50BT Bluetooth Adapter Class 2
Micro Innovations USB50BT Bluetooth Adapter Class 2

Pros: Easy way to add bluetooth connections to any PC. Fast. Unobtrusive size even on laptops

Cons: No knurled edge to make removal easier, super bright blue LED blinks constantly.

Overall Review: Nice little adapter allows me to use my bluetooth headset to listen to music and TV without disturbing others, and connects easily to my Android phones.

For when you need big sound in a small (or not so small) space

Polk Audio PSW Series PSW110 Black High Performance Powered Subwoofer Single
Polk Audio PSW Series PSW110 Black High Performance Powered Subwoofer Single

Pros: Great range, many inputs, sounds great with any type of music (you name it, I listen to it from country, to acoustic, metal, rap, electronic) :) Output is fantastic on this thing. It never sounds dull or lifeless.

Cons: Controls could be mounted in a more convenient spot? I'm reaching here.

Overall Review: I was considering far bigger speakers (full size, traditional speakers with 10-12" woofers) but I found that these combined with my Monitor 30's are just right. Lighter acoustic music sounds mellow the way it should, and hard pounding dubstep will shake the life out of you!