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Shaun S.

Shaun S.

Joined on 07/22/05

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Great, Big RAM

CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C4DHX
CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C4DHX

Pros: Performance is flawless. Price is as good as or better than lower quality product.

Cons: The size can be problematic. The total height is roughly twice your normal stick of RAM, and if you have a cooling setup that covers any of your RAM slots you could be in trouble. You do have to manually set the RAM to the faster timing, but it's very easy and the steps can be located.

Overall Review: It's a really good value for really good RAM. Worth it as long as there's no size issues.

Price Performance is Amazing

ASUS VW266H Black 25.5" HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 20000:1) Built in Speakers w/ component connector
ASUS VW266H Black 25.5" HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 20000:1) Built in Speakers w/ component connector

Pros: Monitor looks great, nothing near this size looks this good for this price. 3 year warranty is a nice bonus.

Cons: It's very big and the speakers are, as expected, poor.

Overall Review: Be wary of these other reviews, one guy is knocking the camera functionality. It doesn't have a camera, so I guess that's a legit complaint?

Does it's job beautifully

BlackBerry Desktop Charging Pod For Bold 9000 ASY-14396-003
BlackBerry Desktop Charging Pod For Bold 9000 ASY-14396-003

Pros: This dock does what it's supposed to do very well. It, obviously, charges without any issues. The device stands up at a tilt, and I haven't had any stability issues.

Cons: For the price, you'd expect they could throw in a cheapo USB cable. Instead, you have to provide your own.

Overall Review: If you have a Bold, you probably need to charge it every day, and something like this is just much easier to drop it into and take it on the go than a regular wall charger.

Ideal for Extending Life...

EVGA 256-A8-N507 GeForce 7800GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X CO Video Card
EVGA 256-A8-N507 GeForce 7800GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X CO Video Card

Pros: Performance is everything I expected. It's blown away Oblivion on the highest settings.

Cons: Like it has been said the card is very long. I have a huge case, so I thought it'd fit fine. It does, sort of. The problem is that my power cables for hard drive and the video card were mashing together. I bumped the hard drive up. No problems with it black screening like others have said yet, although it was a prick about installing the drivers. It is fairly expensive.

Overall Review: It was pricey, but it's the final touch on my system that should let me drag the full extent out of it (3.2ghz P4, 2gb ram, etc). Everyone who even mentions PCI-E in comparison with this card is ignorant. I don't compare Ferrari's and Model T's, so why do you do it? PCI-E, if an option, is always better than AGP, but for those of us without it this card is the best thing on the market.

Hesitation wasn't needed

ViewSonic 19" Active Matrix, TFT LCD SXGA LCD Monitor 2 ms D-Sub, DVI-D X Series VX922
ViewSonic 19" Active Matrix, TFT LCD SXGA LCD Monitor 2 ms D-Sub, DVI-D X Series VX922

Pros: Looks fantastic, performs fantastic. Some reviews had concerned me discounting the color quality, I didn't have to worry. Looks better than my Trinitron monitor that I've had forever, and weighs about 90lbs less.

Cons: Lots of cons listing the adjustability. I don't contort my monitor, so nothing has come up yet. UPS struggled, oddly, to find my apartment (even though the two items from NewEgg last week were delivered promptly).

Overall Review: I debated getting a new monitor like this for some time, because I wasn't sure I wanted to spend this much. I am very pleased with the result so far. I figure I'll have this monitor for a few years, so the price is definitely worth it.