Joined on 04/07/03
Great Picture, Works as a TV
Pros: +Great bang for the buck. Got it for $199 over Memorial Day Weekend. +Awesome picture quality with no dead pixels +Ordered on a holiday (Monday); got it on Wednesday.
Cons: -May just be my motherboard graphics (Biostar 790GX 128M Mobo) but the monitor will not come out of power saver mode. I'm using the HDMI connection from the onboard graphics (ATI HD3300). This wouldn't be the first glitch I've had with the HDMI signal from the MoBo.
Overall Review: I'm in the middle of moving. I convinced my wife this would be a great way to watch TV after our big LCD TV was shipped. It took less than two minutes to have this thing setup and running with my HTPC. The monitor is stylish enough for the living room, and the picture quality is outstanding.
Why pay more?
Pros: + $2.99 w/ free shipping + Works as well as any other HDMI cable I've seen
Cons: I like blue Jeeps
Overall Review: I purchased a couple of these last year for my Home Theater system and HTPC. Last week, I accidently pulled the end off of a cable (my fault). I thought I might be able to pick up a reasonably priced cable at wally world.. Um nope, but Newegg had me covered with fast shipping and a great price.
Best Upgrade I've done in awhile
Pros: + Price (Yep, I got it on Black Friday for $20 off) + Core clock speed + Possible unlock + Works in my 95w capped Mobo +Low temperature + Did I mention price?
Cons: yeah, ummm...
Overall Review: So, ordered it on Black Friday, and dropped it in today. I'm using it on a Biostar TA 770 A2+ motherboard with a Rosewill Z1 cooler. I've only upped the CPU to 3.3 and I have not unlocked the 4th core. My motherboard is only rated to 95 watts. So, this is about the best CPU I can safely drop in. It's running at 30C to 34C under load. My 5200+ ran at 56C under load.
Works without any issues
Pros: +Worked right out of the box +It was $20 +I'm saving $5 a month on my ISP bill (Time Warner)
Cons: Not really a con, I bought the extended coverage plan due to some negative reviews and it being a recertified product.
Overall Review: I haven't had any issues with this modem. I just provided the MAC address to the ISP and they keyed it in to their system. I did have to unplug my router to reset it during install. I'm using this with: Linksys WTR54G Router Vonage Phone box Time Warner Cable Company
Works great!
Pros: - Easy Install; Plug & Play install took less than 15 minutes. - Signal Reception; My router is on the first floor, and my computer is on the second floor. This card has always given me very good signal with 54mbps flow
Cons: - May be a Windows Vista thing, but it takes about 20 seconds to establish a connection. My netbook is a bit faster with Windows XP.
Overall Review: My computer: BioStar TA770 ATX MoBo AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 CPU Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2 800 RAM Sapphire Radeon 3870 Video Card Rosewill RX630 630 Watt power supply
Nice little computer
Pros: +Good Battery Life +Sturdy Construction +Not loaded with bloatware
Cons: -power supply cord failed after a week -RMA took a long time (two weeks) and didn't send the right parts
Overall Review: Overall, this has been a great little computer. My wife and I are always wanting to google something on the couch or in bed. This thing is highly portable for that purpose and for taking on the road. My only issue has been the AC power cord. I went through the troubleshooting procedures with the tech on the phone. He narrowed it down to the powersupply assembly (ok, obvious). So, they give me an RMA for the power supply. After two weeks, I get the power supply WITHOUT the AC power cord. Turns out, that's what is shorted out. Needless to say, I wasn't too happy. Due to the error, they did pay return shipping on the RMA and they did correct the problem. It just took some firm discussion with the tech support guy. To their credit, their phone support line response time was good. I never had to wait on hold longer than 5 minutes.