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Michelle/Timothy A.

Michelle/Timothy A.

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Most Favorable Review

This Video Card does Sparkle!

SPARKLE Calibre Series GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card X460G
SPARKLE Calibre Series GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card X460G

Pros: 1) Actually works 2) Temps under 60 c with load / under 30 c without load 3) Plays everything smoothly 4) Excellent heat-sink We will see long-term the quality, but I have VERY high hopes for this card. I hope Newegg is not discontinuing this card as it is great.

Cons: 1) ONLY a three year warranty - Newegg needs to change the lifetime warranty 2) Heatsink is HUGE - would be hard to SLI this card 3) Warranty URL is incorrect on the box. Use: Register at www.sparkle-usa.com 4) Box states 350W minimum power supply on one side, and 450 watt on the other side. No issues with me as I have an 800 watt power supply. 5) Website in US has poor English translation

Overall Review: Newegg gets HIGH marks - UPS gets low marks. First card came with the box actually apart in two - they handed me the box by pressing it together and showed me the contents were there. Before I could check, they dashed off and while the box was there, the contents were not. Second one came sealed. NOT Newegg's fault! Register at www.sparkle-usa.com While EVGA has the better warranty, the last few cards I have had to constantly RMA - so add $30 onto the cost each time and you find out it is not worth it to buy their cards. Never had a video card fail in my life except for eVGA, Ati, Asus, PNY, Gigabyte - you name it - never a return and I have owned well over 50 video cards in my life.

Most Critical Review

Never again Mushkin

Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCL120GB-DX
Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCL120GB-DX

Pros: Fast when it worked - this drive will now be replaced a second time and when I get it - off to unload it.

Cons: This is the second drive they will have to replace under warranty. The first failed after 6 weeks. This one was unused, so I installed it in the laptop and it failed in about 5 months. As I have had Kingston, Corsair, and four Mushkin SSD's, I know have a 75% failure rate on the Mushkin devices and a zero % failure rate on multiple Kingston and Corsair SSD's.

Overall Review: Wanted to buy American - suggest you look at other manufacturers (except it looks like OCZ is also not that great based on reviews everywhere).

Update

SPARKLE Calibre Series GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card X460G
SPARKLE Calibre Series GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card X460G

Pros: None now

Cons: After two days, went to power up, and it won't - something on the card is shorting out.

Overall Review: Not pleased

Have 14 of these

Seagate BarraCuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Quiet Faster than my older 750 GB 7200 drives Large storage Easy to set up Working in SANS Digital Towerraid

Cons: Three year warranty vs five - but for the price, it evens out.

Overall Review: Some of these drives I get the occasional loud clicking - the last two came WELL wrapped and delivered by UPS and have been working fine.

12/17/2010

Works fine in Gigabyte P55 UD3

CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M2A1600C9
CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M2A1600C9

Pros: Has speed profiles built in - if you do not select it, it will default to 1033 vs 1600 MHz. Works fast, zero troubles so far.

Cons: Long time to ship!

Overall Review: Was not on QVL for memory, so I took a chance. I figured since the 2 GB modules were on there, the 4 GB should work - and they did!

12/16/2010

One of THE Best inventions!

Link Depot ESATA-ESATA-UP 1.64 ft. (0.50m) USB Shared ESATA Cable for 2.5" SATA HD
Link Depot ESATA-ESATA-UP 1.64 ft. (0.50m) USB Shared ESATA Cable for 2.5" SATA HD

Pros: Does what it states: ONE - I repeat ONE cable and I can attach to my laptop SSD and other 2.5" hard drives. You MUST have a port that has a dual USB/eSATA as it uses the voltage off the USB port. I am sick of reviews done by people without the proper technical background. This is a MUST buy - beats those external cases!

Cons: ABSOLUTELY none!

Overall Review: Has two red power lights - was kind of hoping one would flash green when being accessed...

12/16/2010