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Chris A.

Chris A.

Joined on 08/06/04

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Great Camera

Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 2.0 M Effective Pixels USB 2.0 WebCam
Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 2.0 M Effective Pixels USB 2.0 WebCam

Pros: Optics are excellent quality, great resolution options, good response, good mic pickup, requires little tech knowledge to set up.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I purchased two of these, and they are both working great. Logitech has always been good quality for me.

10/27/2009
Most Critical Review

1 Bad stick out of 4

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK

Pros: Good fast memory; 3 out of 4 sticks bought were good. Dropped the egg-count down to 3 because of the bad stick, performance is good though... 5.9 across the board for Vista.

Cons: 1 stick failed MemTest86+ v2.0 after 15 minutes of testing.

Overall Review: Glad I got it at the price I did... it's 15 more now! -- Biostar A770 A2+ motherboard; AMD Phenom 9850; GeForce 9800GTX PCIe 2.0

Great router

LINKSYS E3000 Wireless Router simultaneous Dual Band Gigabit 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4GHz / 5GHz up to 300Mbps with USB Built-in UPnP AV Media Server
LINKSYS E3000 Wireless Router simultaneous Dual Band Gigabit 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4GHz / 5GHz up to 300Mbps with USB Built-in UPnP AV Media Server

Pros: I've had no issues with this router at all. It has been my home-network backbone for about a year now, feeding wireless N to my laptops and a Patriot media streamer, as well as wireless G to a PS3. My network has pretty heavy data transfer loads, what with moving my media server files multiple times in the past year. No problems at all.

Cons: None.

12/22/2011
Patriot PCBOWAU2-N Wireless LAN USB Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates
Patriot PCBOWAU2-N Wireless LAN USB Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: plug'n'play, 802.11n, great small profile,

Cons: 802.11n nowhere near the 300Mbps advertised, still faster than g though. It's a bit wide so has trouble fitting in some USB slots that aren't clear on either side of the slot.

12/22/2011

Good media streamer

Patriot PBO Core Box Office All-in-one 1080p Full HD Media Player with HDMI PCMPBO25 Black
Patriot PBO Core Box Office All-in-one 1080p Full HD Media Player with HDMI PCMPBO25 Black

Pros: Sturdy construction, easily modded, internal HD, accepts 802.11g/n dongles, streams 1080p with no stutters.

Cons: Had issues setting up network shares and installing new firmware, but the online forum community quickly helped me figure it out.

12/22/2011

Works, some quirks

Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner 8X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD+R DL 8X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW Black SATA Model AD-7690H-01
Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner 8X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD+R DL 8X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW Black SATA Model AD-7690H-01

Pros: Slot-load (obviously). Fits the Norco RPC-4220 like a glove. Drive works, and is the best price for a slot-load I've found.

Cons: None that I could find.

Overall Review: Screw holes are not at same height on each side, therefore wont fit my 3.25 bay converters. This could be standard, I'm not well experienced with slim dvd drives.

12/22/2011