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PAUL C.

PAUL C.

Joined on 10/09/06

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Most Favorable Review

Great touch screen, but highly reflective

Acer T272HL bmidz 2-Tone 27" LED Monitor; 10-pt Capacitive Touch (5,000:1) Built-in Speakers
Acer T272HL bmidz 2-Tone 27" LED Monitor; 10-pt Capacitive Touch (5,000:1) Built-in Speakers

Pros: Pros: Large, good looking, touch screen works great with Windows 8.

Cons: Cons: Surface is highly reflective, just like any touch screen. If you do a lot of gaming or watching movies with the room lights on, it won't be as nice as a monitor that has more of a matt surface. The stand in the back seems flimsy. It appears to work, but it makes me worry.

Most Critical Review

Good for limited weight

Startech.com HC102 Self Adhesive Cable Tie Mounts (Pack of 100)
Startech.com HC102 Self Adhesive Cable Tie Mounts (Pack of 100)

Pros: These are simple, easy to use tie mounts. They are inexpensive, and can help organize your cables. I love the concept.

Cons: After a month or so, a little over half of my tie mounts have come unstuck in the lab I used them in. Particularly if I've coiled heavier power cables and tied them to one of these mounts.

Needs a backplate

Noctua NH-U9DX 1366 Dual Heat-pipe SSO Bearing Quiet CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-U9DX 1366 Dual Heat-pipe SSO Bearing Quiet CPU Cooler

Pros: If you have a backplate already on your mainboard, it might work just fine.

Cons: "The NH-U9DX 1366 doesn't come with a backplate and thus requires a mainboard with a backplate." My mainboard didn't have a backplate, and so now I just have scrap metal. Make sure your board has a backplate before you order this, or you won't be able to screw the cooler into anything.

Good tablet for the money

VisTablet 98-903w10211-000 12.1" Widescreen Active Area USB Tablet
VisTablet 98-903w10211-000 12.1" Widescreen Active Area USB Tablet

Pros: I've used this tablet for marking up student reports in MS Word, and also for doing 3D graphics work in Blender. I've bought several tablets and they have all worked flawlessly and reliably. I've never had it lock up the OS or an application.

Cons: I found that the pressure sensitivity did not work on earlier versions of Windows until I downloaded and installed a driver from the company. For Windows 7 I had no problems.

Great case, excellent cable management

Corsair Graphite Series 600T Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Corsair Graphite Series 600T Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Great cable management. Running the cables through a panel on the back side allows the front side to be nearly cable free. There are lots of strategically placed spots to run the cables from the back side to the motherboard. Not having any cables crossing the motherboard really helps with airflow. The big fans are quiet and seem to move a lot of air. The great case design made for a quick and easy install.

Cons: It took me a while to figure out the fan speed controller, because there are adapters on the end of the plugs that it ships with. I didn't need the adapters, so I was confused why those particular ends were put on the wires. So that was a few wasted minutes.

Overall Review: I did need to get an extension cable for that extra 12v power supply plug on the motherboard. I didn't have a power supply that came with one long enough to go behind the board and still reach.

11/20/2010

Colors all washed out

Acer 22" WSXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms 1680 x 1050 D-Sub, DVI X223Wbd
Acer 22" WSXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms 1680 x 1050 D-Sub, DVI X223Wbd

Pros: The monitor is cheap, and popular.

Cons: I'd guess that I got a defective monitor. The colors on my monitor were seriously washed out. It is unusable in a dual monitor situation because the color wash-out is obvious. Blacks are mostly gray in color, and the colors appear faded. The monitor does not support color controls that allow the user to attempt to fix this issue.

10/29/2009