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JEFF E.

JEFF E.

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Most Favorable Review

Whoa horsey!

Corsair P128 2.5" 128GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CMFSSD-128GBG2D
Corsair P128 2.5" 128GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CMFSSD-128GBG2D

Pros: So fast it scares me! Windows Experience Index is 7.4, way high! It's so small and light, I didn't even bother mounting it in the case. the power cord holds it just fine. Maybe I'll mount it later, maybe.

Cons: Price is higher than hard drives, but you'll forget about that about 15 seconds after starting up your computer.

Overall Review: Keep your eye on the SSD market, because this drive took a giant nosedive in price over the last 6 months, that's why I finally got it, but I'm sure the price will continue to go down. My system Processor: Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel RAM: Kingston HyperX 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Model KHX2000C9D3T1K3/3GX Video card: EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Storage: Corsair P128 (CMFSSD-128GBG2D) 2.5" 128GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) Tuner card: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner / Encoder 1229 PCI-Express x1 Interface Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Operating System: Windows 7 Home 32-bit

12/10/2009
Most Critical Review

Analog is great, QAM sucks

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1850 MC-Kit FM radio and MCE remote PCI-E x1
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1850 MC-Kit FM radio and MCE remote PCI-E x1

Pros: Analog signals are great, works well with Windows Vista Media Center

Cons: It finds the QAM channels on the scan but it will not tune them in when I try to view them. I have Comcast cable in Santa Barbara county and my digital TV tunes the QAM signals just fine so the problem is definitely with this card or the software. Also I think the WinTV software sucks. It's slow and the picture quality is less than that of Windows Media Center in both viewing and recording. I also don't like having separate coaxial inputs for the analog and digital because that makes me have to split the cable just for this card. No digital TV makes you do that, that I know of.

Overall Review: Normally I would jump on the newer 2250 model but I'm going to wait and see if others say the QAM works first.

BIG improvement over the previous model

LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-104 8U
LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-104 8U

Pros: Fast, smooth, and quiet Excellent tray design and operation Windows 7 recognized it instantly

Cons: none

Overall Review: I replaced a 10 year old Lite-on drive with this one and saw the improvement immediately. Faster, smoother, quieter than the previous model. Casing is more solid as well. DEFINITELY recommend this DVD-ROM drive

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Lasko 754200 Ceramic Heater with Adjustable Thermostat
Lasko 754200 Ceramic Heater with Adjustable Thermostat

Pros: Small, lightweight, quiet, and VERY hot. Heats up instantly.

Cons: none

Overall Review: This is the best little space heater I've ever had, and I've used several over the past 20 years. It has 2 knobs to control the heat and I had to turn this thing down halfway. Full setting was just too hot for me. I use it in the office under my desk to keep a nice pocket of heat going. I'll definitely buy another one if this thing ever craps out.

All I need.

EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 512-P3-N871-AR
EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 512-P3-N871-AR

Pros: Handles all my first person shooter games and TV turner video just fine. Windows Experience Index 7.0. NICE!

Cons: none

Overall Review: My system Processor: Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel RAM: Kingston HyperX 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Model KHX2000C9D3T1K3/3GX Video card: EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Storage: Corsair P128 (CMFSSD-128GBG2D) 2.5" 128GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) Tuner card: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner / Encoder 1229 PCI-Express x1 Interface Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Operating System: Windows 7 Home 32-bit

12/10/2009

Nice!

Hauppauge 1229 WinTV-HVR-2255 Dual TV Tuner / Encoder
Hauppauge 1229 WinTV-HVR-2255 Dual TV Tuner / Encoder

Pros: Works GREAT with Windows Media Center in Windows 7 Home 32-bit OS. Found all available analog and digital channels on Comcast cable in California. The new WinTV 7 is ok, better than version 6, but I'll stick with Windows Media Center for the most part

Cons: none

Overall Review: Vista found the card right away, but would not set up the digital QAM tuner. Windows 7 wouldn't find the card at all till I downloaded the driver from the Hauppauge website, then it worked great. But that MAY be because I didn't turn on the PnP OS option in the system BIOS menu on my new motherboard, which was set to OFF by default for some stupid reason.

12/10/2009