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Forrest H.

Forrest H.

Joined on 04/18/04

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Most Favorable Review

it works

Link Depot ESATA-SATA-6BU 6 ft. eSATA to SATA cable
Link Depot ESATA-SATA-6BU 6 ft. eSATA to SATA cable

Pros: It works, its flexible, its blue

Cons: it blue

Overall Review: I was afraid a Sata cable this long wouldn't work, but it does fine. this is Sata to eSata (who was the idiot tat decided one type wasn't enough). I imagine most will use it to go from the motherboard to an eSata device (no adapter needed). I used it to go from an eSata port to a HDD and an external power plug for the HDD, so no enclosure needed

Most Critical Review

cheap case

HEC 6T Series 6T10BB Black 0.7mm SECC Steel Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
HEC 6T Series 6T10BB Black 0.7mm SECC Steel Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: looks pretty good for a cheap case, lots of drive openings. Full ATX PSU opening. Kensington lock slot. other security features too

Cons: very cramped, drive cage overhangs the motherboard, and the drives hang out even further. only one dedicated HDD spot, could have put more without affecting the cramping more. PSU is difficult to install. 80mm fan in rear 92mm opening, no reset button. no front fan

Overall Review: a few minor thing would make this a much better case. I'd say buy a cheaper PSU because they come with shorter/fewer wires. it is very tight in areas of this case. other ares have tons of room.

it does what it claims

Motorola MG7310 8x4 343 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem Plus N300 Wireless Gigabit Router Certified by Comcast XFINITY, Time Warner and More
Motorola MG7310 8x4 343 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem Plus N300 Wireless Gigabit Router Certified by Comcast XFINITY, Time Warner and More

Pros: All in one, so less wires to get in the way or go bad. only 1 power plug too

Cons: no external antenna so it has to be upright, and not laying down.

great low power card

ASUS Radeon HD 4550 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Low Profile Ready Graphics Card EAH4550/DI/512MD3
ASUS Radeon HD 4550 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Low Profile Ready Graphics Card EAH4550/DI/512MD3

Pros: best card you can get for under 25watts of power draw. HDMI output.

Cons: I'd like to see a 2 piece low profile bracket, but it doesn't matter, I'm not using it in a LP case. Naming is deceptive. should be called a 4470, not a 4550 to be concistant with the naming patterns of other ATI cards, because it is just a 4450 with ddr3 instead of ddr2.

Overall Review: I wanted a low power draw card for the mother-in-laws computer, a refurbed Acer with a real wimpy PSU. For not much more money, you can get a much better performing card, but I didn't want to have to buy a new PSU also, and why waste electricity if you don't have to.

SPARKLE GeForce 8400 GS 256MB DDR3 PCI Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 700020
SPARKLE GeForce 8400 GS 256MB DDR3 PCI Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 700020

Pros: Can play DVDs on my big screen with an old P4 2.6ht. My C2D with Intel 3100 graphics laptop can't handle DVDs with smooth playback on its little screen, much less the big screen.

Cons: PCI price penalty. Shipping price. No memory cooling of any sort. Packaging. Aparently Sparkle only prints one manual.

Overall Review: I didn't see the point of more than 256mb memory when its only got a 64 bit memory interface. Purchased this card to raplace an AGP card with its second bad fan in an old machine. wanted something I could confirm was functional in my main PCIe computer if it still didn't work. It meets the specs for Cuda and PhysX. I don't know if you can get much processing done through the PCI slot. Included version of DX9 wouldn't let my try the PhysX demos. I would have tried in conjuction with my main gaming PC, but I use ATI graphics, not nVidia

$50??? my hind end

ASUS Gift - World of Warcraft PC Game BLIZZARD - Trial Edition
ASUS Gift - World of Warcraft PC Game BLIZZARD - Trial Edition

Pros: fun game, try it for free. you can dowload a 10 day trial

Cons: don't even pretend a 14 day trial is worth $50. Trial accounts are severly limited. but you can run around and get invited to groups

Overall Review: don't let this freebee be the diciding factor on weather or not you buy something