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Justin S.

Justin S.

Joined on 12/26/06

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everything you could ask for... except a user manual

WD Elements 500GB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive WDE1U5000N
WD Elements 500GB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive WDE1U5000N

Pros: First off.. its a WD Drive. Its SMALL. virtually silent. cool design. rubber grips make it hard to accidentally knock of desk. Stays cooler than room temp while on but idle. Great price, great amount of space.

Cons: Everybody's biggest complaint: NO ON/OFF SWITCH! While not NEEDED its just convenient. Another, the power indicator is on the back hidden under one of the rubber grips. No user manual..? I find this funny when the WD insert clearly reads "Please do not return this product to the store before carefully reading your USER MANUAL" Perhaps my box was just missing one.. but who reads the manual anyway? 3 day shipping came in 4 days but that is completely irrelevant to the quality of the drive.

Overall Review: I went with this drive because i KNOW that its powered by WD, unlike many other external drives that have an unknown drive inside.

easy

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ - Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 2.1 GHz Socket AM2 65W Processor - ADO4000DDBOX
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ - Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 2.1 GHz Socket AM2 65W Processor - ADO4000DDBOX

Pros: easy oc ~2.6-2.8 easy @ stock (takes a while) bumped voltage a little can hit just under 3.1 stable anything higer starts to get messy. keep it at 2.9 for lower heat footprint allows me to lower the voltage a little

Cons: non for this price

Overall Review: tforce 550 se 2x1gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 @ 500mhz 5-5-5-18 AC 64Pro strangely enough i couldent hit 3ghz w/o 10.5 (default) multiplier which is usuially a no no 24º idle // < 60º load

impressive

Norcent DCS-1050 Black 10.0 MP 3X Optical Zoom Digital Camera
Norcent DCS-1050 Black 10.0 MP 3X Optical Zoom Digital Camera

Pros: price. got an amazing deal on this product really worth it. its not a professional camera and its not pretending to be, but its a great point and shoot brilliant pictures, amazing detail, bright flash, great color. small, optical zoom, 3in display. options are pretty easy to pick up and learn the overall feel of the camera appears to be quite sturdy 10mp capable

Cons: focusing is kinda bad sometimes. i think the GUI looks a little gumpy. when full display is on, it covers a lot of the screen the face detection option doesn't really seem to do anything some settings aren't easily explained (on the camera - not the user's manual). small internal memory - 16mb but nobody relies on the internal memory anyway esp when 2gb cards < $20 i got a little beef with the buttons on the back, they seem kinda plastic-like, the navigation top-hat (up,dn,left,right) kinda moves around in its place took me about 1/2 hr to get the wrist strap on, i had to fish it through with a stripped twist-tie i cant knock an egg off because of the price

Overall Review: i have never heard of Norcent and was a little nervous buying a non-top brand camera. but couldn't pass up the price. im glad i bought it. serves it's purpose as a great point and shoot camera

did exactly what i wanted

MASSCOOL UHB-358U Aluminum 3.5" Silver IDE USB 2.0 External Enclosure
MASSCOOL UHB-358U Aluminum 3.5" Silver IDE USB 2.0 External Enclosure

Pros: did exactly what i wanted. i had an ide hd laying around the house and i wanted to put it to use. mounted the pre-formatted (NTFS) drive into the tray with included hardware. plugged in and worked first time no problems. no software installation needed.

Cons: the drive is a really tight fit on the tray. but when you slide the tray into the enclosure and the tray shifts a litte if you move it but it doesnt really matter as the drive will be sitting in place while in use. fanless. im kinda nervous about heat buildup.

Overall Review: make sure you use included screws. they are flat top. i tried to use regular case screws at first not realizing they stick out and make it very difficult to push the tray into the enclosure. the blue lights on the front are actually really bright. but i dont find it to be a con. some people say it bothers them while trying to sleep.. just turn it off when your sleeping.

awesome

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ - Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 2.1 GHz Socket AM2 65W Processor - ADO4000DDBOX
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ - Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 2.1 GHz Socket AM2 65W Processor - ADO4000DDBOX

Pros: COLDDDD with AC64pro and AS 5 and small OC i get temps under 30ºc after orthos ran for a half hour! for this price the performance is amazing!

Cons: i wish i could have afforded a faster model but when trying to keep the entire system under 750 this was not possible

theyre good

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4

Pros: Both stick work. Run 4-4-4-12 1T Gets a Vista score of 5.9 running dual channel of thats important to you.

Cons: not 4gb