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James M.

James M.

Joined on 03/02/03

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Intel 750 AIC 400G SSD

Intel 750 Series HHHL (CEM2.0) 400GB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEDMW400G4R5
Intel 750 Series HHHL (CEM2.0) 400GB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEDMW400G4R5

Pros: This thing is stupid fast. CrystalDiskMark RC2 clocks this at ~2.3GB/s.

Cons: price per gig is high

Overall Review: Running this on Asus Maximus VII Hero with the latest 2601 Bios. Single GTX980 in the top red PCIe slot, 750 in the bottom red slot - this makes the GTX980 run at PCIe Gen3 8X and causes no loss of FPS.

hold on tight

SAMSUNG XP941 MZHPU128HCGM-00004(0) M.2 2280 128GB PCI-Express 2.0 x4 MLC Enterprise Solid State Drive
SAMSUNG XP941 MZHPU128HCGM-00004(0) M.2 2280 128GB PCI-Express 2.0 x4 MLC Enterprise Solid State Drive

Pros: AS SSD benchmark of sequential read ~706m/s on ROG Hero 7

Cons: nada

This is the future

Intel DC3217IYE Intel QS77 Chassis: Aluminum and Plastic Black Next Unit of Computing Kit
Intel DC3217IYE Intel QS77 Chassis: Aluminum and Plastic Black Next Unit of Computing Kit

Pros: Great HTPC under W7 and MCE. Rich colors and excellent High Def sounds. Completely silent fan. Very snappy running Hulu, Netflix & OTA Live TV in Media Center.

Cons: Gets a little bit warm but within safe operating limits.

Overall Review: I am using the NUC to drive a 1080p 56" Samsung rear projection DLP TV. Boots to desktop from power off in under 10 secs. NUC I3 DC3217IYE CORSAIR 4GB DDR3 1333 - in bottom sodimm slot Crucial m4 64GB mSATA Intel Network 6235 AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid Volar Max

Works great

Zonet ZHD1001 1 Port HDMI Externder
Zonet ZHD1001 1 Port HDMI Externder

Pros: Works great once you connect and 5volt power transformer. I'm able to use 2 low cost 25' HDMI cables to connect a 1080p projector. Vastly improved the color and sharpness. This saved me from buying one of the over-priced hdmi cables that might not worked either.

Cons: Did not include the 5volt power brick.

Overall Review: I'm glad I had an extra power brick that worked with this extender. (Typo in the description - Extender not Externder). It doesn't work well at all without the power brick.

Works great with Win7RC

AVerMedia MTVHBVMXR AVerTV Hybrid Volar Max
AVerMedia MTVHBVMXR AVerTV Hybrid Volar Max

Pros: All I had to do was plug it in, Win7rc found some drivers, then installed the Win7 beta driver from Aver site. Ran Media Center TV setup and I was watching OTA HD.

Cons: none yet

Overall Review: It was great not having to install any app. Windows 7 Media Center is so awesome and this device works great with it.

Sweet ITX MB

ZOTAC GF9300-D-E LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 9300 HDMI Wi-Fi Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
ZOTAC GF9300-D-E LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 9300 HDMI Wi-Fi Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I'm using this as a TV Tuner/DVR/HTPC with a 37"Westinghouse TV that doesn't have built-in tuners. It stays on all the time and is very stable. Runs at 1080p with about 30% CPU load, temps around 50c. Cancelled comcast HD and now I get free OTA HD that looks better than before. The HDMI & S/PDIF ports look and sound fantastic. As far as the fan header, once you turn off auto control and set the speed manually it stays very cool. No problem installing an Intel stock low-profile CPU fan.

Cons: Non-powered USB ports in S3 isn't ideal, but I leave it on all the time anyway, so it isn't an issue. Have not been able to see boot-up/post info over HDMI but again, not a huge problem.

Overall Review: Zotac GF9300 mb Apex MI-008 case w/ 250 watt psu "Old" E6300 cpu 2g gSkill DDR2 800 VisionTek TV Wonder 600 PCIe Samsung 500g hard drive Windows 7 Beta w/ WMC as the TV/DVR frontend