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James H.

James H.

Joined on 06/23/03

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Most Favorable Review

Perfect

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 100292DDR3L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 100292DDR3L

Pros: Quiet and fast. My Core 2 (4300) 1.8GHz Dell Optilex 320 with 2gig memory would run at over 90% CPU watching HD videos on the built in video card. Now, with this card, it's down to 45% CPU with full screen HD. Exactly what I wanted... and no GPU noise. The thin format Dells also don't have many watts for the PCIe bus (just 25watts). This card uses about 20 when maxed out so it was a perfect choice for my power requirements.

Cons: None

11/22/2010
Most Critical Review

Warning

PC CHIPS A31G (1.0) ( W/AMD Mobile Sempron 3000+) AMD Sempron 3000+ Mobile 754 SiS 761 GX Micro ATX
PC CHIPS A31G (1.0) ( W/AMD Mobile Sempron 3000+) AMD Sempron 3000+ Mobile 754 SiS 761 GX Micro ATX

Pros: Seems like a well laid out MB with all of the options one would want.

Cons: The LAN SIS chip was bad, I'm returning it tomorrow; spent 4.5 hours of my life trying to set it up. I downloaded drivers from PCChips and from SIS for the onboard LAN; nothing worked. I even flashed the bios thinking it would help... nothing. I know people usually don't write responses unless they're bad but if you see some bad ones... might mean something.

DOA

iBUYPOWER Desktop PC Source Series NE654X AMD FX-Series FX-8320 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 2 GB Windows 8.1 64-Bit
iBUYPOWER Desktop PC Source Series NE654X AMD FX-Series FX-8320 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 2 GB Windows 8.1 64-Bit

Pros: Don't know.

Cons: Besides the fans spinning slowly when turned on, nothing works.

Overall Review: Girlfriend threw out all of the boxes so am not returning it. Just bought a Gigabyte MB since I'm guessing the motherboard is shot. UGH. Drove this monster and set it up at my parents house for a present to my mother. Never had a new PC not work before. Of course this had to be the time to buy a dud. Long drive, lots of time and money spent for nothing. Really sucked. Be bad enough if it was for me.

Wow

OCZ Vertex 3 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) VTX3-25SAT3-120G
OCZ Vertex 3 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) VTX3-25SAT3-120G

Pros: C#.Net projects that used to load on my development PC took 33 seconds... they now take 6 seconds. Everything is snappy. This drive turned my Dec. 2007 quad-core PC into a brand new PC. Outlook used to take 17 seconds to load; now takes 2 seconds. My PC runs some programs on start-up; used to take 4m 2s to boot, now takes 1m 52s.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I want more for every C I own.

Fantastic

Genius SP-HF1800A 50 W 2.0 Three-way Hi-Fi Wood Speakers
Genius SP-HF1800A 50 W 2.0 Three-way Hi-Fi Wood Speakers

Pros: These speakers are large (almost as tall as my 23" monitors) and they sound fantastic. I watched a youtube breakdown of the speaker and the inside looks great; very well built. Good bass response down to 46Hz/50Hz. I am very pleased. Bass Treble adjustments as well. Unlike others, I also enjoy the bright blue LED. You can stick electrical tape over it if you don't like it. They can go very loud as well without distorting. Excellent value! Oh, and the amplifier is very clean. When at full volume and no input audio, there's no hiss or amp distortion.

Cons: None that I can find.

Bought two, brother bought one

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 100292DDR3L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 100292DDR3L

Pros: Fan-less, low power (something like 57watts full load), works flawlessly. Put these in two thin PCs with a Core Duo, and 280watt power supplies. Great HD video performance boost for older PCs.

Cons: None