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William W.

William W.

Joined on 10/27/04

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Most Favorable Review

Heavy-duty Wall Mount

Peerless PA740 22"-40" Articulating TV Wall Mount LED & LCD HDTV Up to VESA 200x200mm Max Load 80 lbs., Compatible with Samsung, Vizio, Sony, Panasonic, LG, and Toshiba TV
Peerless PA740 22"-40" Articulating TV Wall Mount LED & LCD HDTV Up to VESA 200x200mm Max Load 80 lbs., Compatible with Samsung, Vizio, Sony, Panasonic, LG, and Toshiba TV

Pros: - easy to set up - articulating arm plus tilt makes it easy to find the ideal viewing angle

Cons: - none

Overall Review: Used this to mount a TV in the kids' bedroom

Most Critical Review

Decent case for the price

APEVIA X-Dreamer ATXB3KLW-BK/420W Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX 420W power supply for AMD/Intel Power Supply
APEVIA X-Dreamer ATXB3KLW-BK/420W Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX 420W power supply for AMD/Intel Power Supply

Pros: Very nice looking, LED fans it comes with make it look even better. Front panel temp is kind of nice

Cons: Flimsy, front panel is kind of hard to work with

Overall Review: Bought this case about 2 or so months ago for a budget build. Had a small dent on the top that's not really noticable. The case does run a bit warm though, decent quality fans in front, back, side and top dropped the temp a bit, but still running warmer than I'd like. Already looking for a new case to replace this.

11/30/2005

Great monitor, HDR leaves something to be desired

GIGABYTE - G34WQC Advanced - 34" VA Curved Gaming Monitor - WQHD 3440x1440 - 144Hz - 1ms MPRT - AMD FreeSync Premium - HDMI, DP - Height Adjustable - Black
GIGABYTE - G34WQC Advanced - 34" VA Curved Gaming Monitor - WQHD 3440x1440 - 144Hz - 1ms MPRT - AMD FreeSync Premium - HDMI, DP - Height Adjustable - Black

Pros: - nice and big - standard range colors are great - 2 HDMI and 2 DP

Cons: - HDR is only 8-bit, leaves some colors a bit washed out looking. Reds are definitely not very deep, but overall still look pretty good

Overall Review: Overall, a pretty decent monitor. I needed something with at least four ports since I run 4 computers off of a USB switch, and this monitor delivered that no problem. The HDR support is OK at best. Some games/videos definitely look better, but can tell that some colors are a little off, especially the reds

Great picture, tinny sound

Samsung UN32J5003BFXZA 32-Inch 1080p HD LED TV
Samsung UN32J5003BFXZA 32-Inch 1080p HD LED TV

Pros: - small bezel makes for better viewing - very crisp picture

Cons: - speakers are a bit tinny

Overall Review: Bought this to replace another 32" TV in the master bedroom. Looks great, but speakers leave something to be desired.

Monitor stand is monitor stand

VIVO Dual LCD Monitor Vertical Stand Mount, Fits 2 Ultrawide Screens up to 34"
VIVO Dual LCD Monitor Vertical Stand Mount, Fits 2 Ultrawide Screens up to 34"

Pros: - multiple ways to set up, either freestanding, or mounted to pre-drilled desk holes (if your desk has them/you make them) - easy to adjust - set up with two Asus 24" monitors, resembles a battle-station (cool-factor +1)

Cons: - was a bit of a pain to put together - fairly heavy, especially after installing monitors - cable management clips would probably be helpful if I didn't have 3+ cables hooked up to each monitor - not really a con, but took a bit to get used to glancing up instead of left/right for a typical multi-monitor setup

Overall Review: I have a 6ft. desk supporting four computers, one of which belongs to my wife. I used to have a side-by-side configuration, but this left very little real-estate for my wife's computer. Ordered this stand to support a vertical multi-monitor setup so she'd have more room. I have my gaming PC, linux server, and Mac Mini hooked up to the HDMI/VGA/DVI ports on each monitor and switch source between each one depending on what I'm working on. Because I have all ports filled on the backs of each monitor, the cable-management clips are pretty useless to me, although I doubt they had 3-4 cables going through each in mind when they designed it. It's also not really practical to use the top monitor for any long-term work/browsing/gaming/etc. Where it shines is when doing something on the bottom monitor and using the top for keeping up documentation/research/chats/music players/etc. It gives it that "command center" or "battle station" feel.

Super-fast, awesome upgrade

SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 32 layer 3D V-NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 32 layer 3D V-NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM

Pros: - samsung cloning software got me up and running in about than 20-30 minutes - easy to install - pretty reasonable size for OS and my most-played PC games

Cons: - nothing that I can think of

Overall Review: Bought this as an upgrade for both my and my wife's PCs. Replaced a Crucial M4 128gb in my machine and is accompanying a WD 1TB drive in my wife's. Drive installation was completed in a couple minutes on each machine and cloning took about 15-20 minutes. The samsung cloning software was a breeze to use. I imagine I could have used something better with more options, but it did the job and did it in no time flat. Unhooked the old boot drives, rebooted, and everything just worked.