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Edward W.

Edward W.

Joined on 04/18/04

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
Nippon Labs HDMI-HR-6 6 ft. HDMI 2.0 Male to Male Ultra High Speed Cable with Ethernet Channel, Black
Nippon Labs HDMI-HR-6 6 ft. HDMI 2.0 Male to Male Ultra High Speed Cable with Ethernet Channel, Black

Pros: Works well with an ATI 5770 video card and LG 50' Plasma TV. Great video and sound output. Not much else to say, either it works or it doesn't!

Cons: none so far...

Most Critical Review
Corsair Nova 2.5" 32GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-V32GB2-BRKT
Corsair Nova 2.5" 32GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-V32GB2-BRKT

Pros: Fast installs and start up. Programs open up about the same if not slightly faster.

Cons: Was expecting better performance compared to standard HD. It is faster/snappier but not worth the price per GB.

Overall Review: Install was a pain on an AMD motherboard. Had to find the right sata port to use (has 2 controllers on the mobo) otherwise it wasn't recognized in AHCI mode. Once Win 7 installed had to do major tweaks to get optimum performance. And no, Windows 7 did not turn off Superfetch, defrag, etc. by default, even though the ssd was the only drive hooked up at the time. It could be that you can't use the AMD AHCI sata drivers unless you can live without Trim/garbage collection. It wouldn't be an issue but the default MS driver is slower than AMD's at this point.

10/25/2010

Very Good Performance

ASRock 970M Pro3 AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 + AMD SB950 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock 970M Pro3 AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 + AMD SB950 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: OC'd my FX 8320E to 4.4GHz on all cores. Just make sure to have a down blowing cpu cooler or run a fan blowing over the vram heatsink.

Overall Review: Great value for the price.

Great Sound at the Discounted Price

Yamaha SRT-1500 MusicCast TV Speaker Base (Black)
Yamaha SRT-1500 MusicCast TV Speaker Base (Black)

Pros: Replaced a no name sound base and the srt 1500 reminds me you get what you pay for. Great sounds through all ranges with crisp and clear music. Clear voice is another plus for the TV folks. Wanted something with surround sound and this had the best fake surround you could get. I have it paired with a sub-woofer for extra bass. One of the best sound bases you can buy for the price I paid of $230.

Cons: It would be nice for those of us without TV HDMI pass through if you could sync your cable TV remote with the srt 1500 audio up/down volume. My previous cheap sound box was able to do that.

Overall Review: Not a con but this was priced way to high ($599 retail?) for a sound base until recently. May be coming out with a new model?

Good Product

Keurig K55 K-Cup Classic Coffee Brewing System, Black
Keurig K55 K-Cup Classic Coffee Brewing System, Black

Pros: Easy setup and includes charcoal filter, which is a plus in my book. We have them at work and always wanted one at home.

Cons: In my opinion they are over priced at regular prices but was able to get this one on sale so it was well worth it.

11/23/2016

Good Performance

Thermaltake WATER2.0 Performer Closed-Loop All In One Liquid CPU Cooler Dual 120mm PWM Fans 120x25mm CLW0215
Thermaltake WATER2.0 Performer Closed-Loop All In One Liquid CPU Cooler Dual 120mm PWM Fans 120x25mm CLW0215

Pros: Good performance if you are not going to do heavy overclocking. Very quiet fans when enabling fan control in bios if motherboard allows.

Cons: Can't really keep up with a stock AMD 6800K when running prime 95, Intelburntest, etc. as the chip throttles when temps get to high. To be honest its a 4.1-4.4GHz turbo chip to begin with.

Overall Review: It also didn't fit in my case (my fault) even though it is set up for water cooling, so take care to check the dimensions before purchasing.