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Jonathan B.

Jonathan B.

Joined on 06/20/03

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Most Favorable Review

great motherboard

EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Excellent overclocking options and capabilities. Excellent packaging, cabling, accessories. Running stable at 375fsb, 3.375GHz with 2.4GHz E6600.

Cons: SATA ports are numbered wrong in manual and not in order on board. Since SATA ports are grouped in twos by controller chips, color coding in pairs would help a lot.

Most Critical Review

works

Rosewill RC-401-Dual-EX Two Gigabit Network Server Adapter 10/100/1000Mbps PCI-e x4 2 x RJ45
Rosewill RC-401-Dual-EX Two Gigabit Network Server Adapter 10/100/1000Mbps PCI-e x4 2 x RJ45

Pros: originally had this on xp x86 without issue. when i first upgraded to w7, there were no drivers to enable both ports. marvell has updated the drivers on their site. w7 x86, x64 and w2k8r2 are supported and working great.

Cons: expensive...but not many affordable dual port nics out there.

Excellent router for DD-WRT

ASUS RT-N16 802.11b/g/n Gigabit Wireless Router up to 300 Mbps DD-WRT Open Source support with USB Storage, Printer and Media Server
ASUS RT-N16 802.11b/g/n Gigabit Wireless Router up to 300 Mbps DD-WRT Open Source support with USB Storage, Printer and Media Server

Pros: Lots of memory, processor, dd-wrt loves it.

Cons: dd-wrt eliminates any you might find.

good value

DELL Inspiron 15.6" AMD Athlon II P340 3GB Memory DDR3 1333 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
DELL Inspiron 15.6" AMD Athlon II P340 3GB Memory DDR3 1333 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Pros: perfect laptop for a young person. able to do anything an average user would need.

Cons: feels a little cheap, 5400 rpm drive is slow, function keys default to media keys but you can change that in bios. battery life is weak.

Overall Review: once you uninstall the mcafee suite and replace with avast free and add rdp to w7 home premium, it's a good machine for the price.

12/17/2010

amazing fan for so little money

MASSCOOL FD08025S1M4 80mm Case Cooling Fan
MASSCOOL FD08025S1M4 80mm Case Cooling Fan

Pros: long lead, insulated wire, shrink wrapped couplings, quiet, dual power connectors, marking to indicate spin and flow direction

Cons: none

Excellent Media Center box

ASRock ION330 PRO/BLACK NVIDIA ION 1 x HDMI Barebone (OS NOT Included)
ASRock ION330 PRO/BLACK NVIDIA ION 1 x HDMI Barebone (OS NOT Included)

Pros: Tiny, attractive, quiet, full-featured, fast. Audio ports are excellent: 3x1/8" for surround or optical spdif or hdmi with audio included. Video supports vga/dvi/hdmi. Very easy to integrate with whatever setup you have. This is a great platform for XBMC Live, Windows7 Media Center or even Windows Home Server.

Cons: Fans are quiet, but they are audible. Since they are small, they are a higher pitch than larger systems, may be more perceptible to some than others. Hard drive could be faster, but that's to be expected from 5400rpm.

Overall Review: I used this to replace an old P4. Compared to a P4, this thing FLIES. 720p video playback uses <15% cpu (graphics is offloaded to ion chip). Did not use drive disc, downloaded nforce package from nvidia; that was all I needed.