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Bradley M.

Bradley M.

Joined on 05/13/04

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Don't up the voltage on Memroy

GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: It's cheap it has a lot feature it works.

Cons: I bought g skill 2 x2 gis of pc2 8000, that runs at voltage 2.0 to 2.1 The system booted up I changed the voltage on the memory to +.2 to got 2volts, the motherboard burned out. Not once but twice I it did this. I'm on the third motherboard and just left it at 1.8 volts. It's running fine. I"m running AMD Phenom 8650 Toliman 2.3GHz. and a 500 watt power supply. Everything else was fine, but to burnouts means something is wrong withe voltage regulator that ups the voltage.

Overall Review: Would have gone with another motherboard, but nothing was in my price range that had firewire and am2+. Good thing for newegg, rma'd it twice to them.

Most Critical Review

Just okay

Powertek PT-eviltek-case100 Black Computer Case W/Side Panel Window
Powertek PT-eviltek-case100 Black Computer Case W/Side Panel Window

Pros: Nice case fan in the front and on the side, neat looking

Cons: all the fans are 2 wires, the ups is at the bottom, and doesn't mount upside down, so the fan has only a 1" clearance from the bottom. And the usb,sound,firewire are all individual pins, not a plug, so get your manual out and start wiring. The front and side fans are loud, so I'll have to get a fan control. "Front door closes hydraulically" is wrong, it magnetic to keep it close and swings freely.

Overall Review: Nice looking, average built, the slot where you put the motherboard panel(where you plug in usb,ps2,etc) is flimsily, be careful when popping out the old one or you'll damage it.

12/20/2007

Good value

BYTECC ME-747SU Black Aluminum 3.5" Black SATA USB 2.0 External Enclosure
BYTECC ME-747SU Black Aluminum 3.5" Black SATA USB 2.0 External Enclosure

Pros: Good value, solid built, does it it's supposed to

Cons: Fan is now very load after 1 month, looking for half height fan at 80mm

Overall Review: would by again, probably just kill the fan., have it running a 1.5 terabyte hard drive. Could not partition it inside the usb case with linux or vista. Had to install on a sata channel from the motherboard, parition it, then I could format it.

Great Tivo Replacement Fan

SilenX IXP-34-16 60mm Case Fan
SilenX IXP-34-16 60mm Case Fan

Pros: Quiet, and great drop in replacement for Series 2 tivo's. Quieter than the original tivo fans.

Cons: none

Good Solid Case

Rosewill R218-P-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Rosewill R218-P-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Good solid Case, comes with decent 120mm fan, great for a cheap server, since has 4 5.25 and i think about 5 3.5, can add another 120mm or 140mm fan to cool the hard drives.

Cons: price a little high after shipping, and doesn't come witha a cheap psu

Replaced Dell Fan

ARCTIC COOLING AF9225 92mm Case Cooling Fan
ARCTIC COOLING AF9225 92mm Case Cooling Fan

Pros: It works on proprietary dell fans, although you get an error when starting up it goes right past it.

Cons: none

Overall Review: none