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Michele A.

Michele A.

Joined on 02/20/11

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Most Favorable Review

Problems

XFX Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-685X-ZNFR
XFX Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-685X-ZNFR

Pros: Works (after some plugging in, taking it out getting some dust out of the connection) Came with an unexpected free game, STALKER 2nd Best performance/dollar I found, but seemed more reliable

Cons: I can't find the Mail-in rebate. I might be doing this wrong because I don't see it for my power supply either... DIRT 3 game unattainable. The serial key doesn't work until AFTER you decide to try the part code, resulting in an error because you didn't register the serial and the activation code at the same time. I mean come on.

Overall Review: Pretty big card, but you should know that. Takes up 2 slots and has a pretty nice fan. My power supply and video card are actually blowing at each other because the power supply is bottom mounted

Most Critical Review

Not That good if your laptop is actually hot

SYBA Connectland Notebook Cooler Pad + 4 Ports USB 2.0 Hub SY-NBCP-4U
SYBA Connectland Notebook Cooler Pad + 4 Ports USB 2.0 Hub SY-NBCP-4U

Pros: Cheap, reduces heat, kind of. Lots of USB ports

Cons: You need 2 USB ports for this to run, and they are on the right side which can be annoying if your laptop is like mine and only has one on the side. The pad is SMALL. This thing is probably built for netbooks that are getting a little bit warm for your great grandmother's laptop. That being said it IS cheap

Overall Review: The bottom of this thing gets hot. Honestly my gateway fx 7805u feels ready to burn right through this.

Eh

Seagate BarraCuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: It was really good value when I bought it...$60. I don't know how but pretty much every hard drive just went up $100? Anyhow, it's got a lot of space and is fairly fast.

Cons: When I first got it, it was making a somewhat weird sound. Since then it has gotten louder and louder and I think the thing is going to crash soon...

Overall Review: What's going on with hard drive prices?

11/19/2011

Good but...

Seagate BarraCuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Holds a lot of space cheap, quiet when it's not being loud.

Cons: Has been making a rumbling/shaking noise increasingly since I bought it. Might die soon

10/18/2011