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Devan H.

Devan H.

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Most Favorable Review

Works great

ORICO USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure for 3.5/2.5 Inch SATA Hard Drives/SSD Up to 20 TB, 3.5'' Tool-Free HDD Enclosure with 12V/2A Power Supply and UASP Acceleration (3588US3)
ORICO USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure for 3.5/2.5 Inch SATA Hard Drives/SSD Up to 20 TB, 3.5'' Tool-Free HDD Enclosure with 12V/2A Power Supply and UASP Acceleration (3588US3)

Pros: No drivers to install easy install of HD into case. The USB cable got tugged on and this case with the HD inside went flying and slammed onto the wood floor. The HD still works and so does this product.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Buy it

Most Critical Review

Works because I fixed it

DELL Desktop PC 990 Intel Core i5-2400 8GB DDR3 320GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 2000 Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
DELL Desktop PC 990 Intel Core i5-2400 8GB DDR3 320GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 2000 Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Pros: This CPU is awesome with 4 physical cores (no logical cores). The CPU fan and system fan that came with it work great. Set fan at 100% in bios. According to RealTemp temperature has not gotten above 49 degrees C and that's while playing Skyrim on Ultra High Settings for about 5-6 hours non stop.

Cons: Broken on arrival. Did not meet Microsoft refurbished guidelines. Would power off and screens would have static and random colors and lines, nothing wrong with the different monitors tested on this system. Turns out wrong type of RAM was installed, not even appropriate for this motherboard. Now has 4GB RAM as that's all I can afford till next month. Also came with a rootkit virus infection. Was able to remove malicious files but some windows system files were not found on system after that which are needed for windows update. It does have a recovery partition but that didn't work either. Complete OS reinstall needed in order to work properly. I'm the one doing the refurbishing.

Overall Review: Installed a MSI nviida GTX 750 Ti (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127783) and as this card does not have or need a 6-pin plug for power from the power supply I installed a EVGA 400 watt power supply. Recommend getting 90 degree SATA cables as any gamming GPU is going to go over the SATA ports on the motherboard. Hours of Skyrim at Ultra High settings and the GPU never got above 26 degrees C according to log. It works because I fixed it. Edit: But I did spend less money than on a comparable retail system overall.

Works with good sound range but made for kids.

Califone 2800-BL Right angle 3.5mm mini plug Connector Supra-aural Listening First Stereo Headphones, Black
Califone 2800-BL Right angle 3.5mm mini plug Connector Supra-aural Listening First Stereo Headphones, Black

Pros: The sound is good. The sound is much better than my computer speakers. These headphones come with an HR sticker on the headphones.

Cons: The ear padding is not much and it's plastic. From the size of the product it's obviously meant for kids. In the product description it states these are for young students. Maybe change that to 8-14 year olds. It came in a sealed box but inside it was wrapped in a plastic bag that was not tied or sealed just had one piece of tape to shut the plastic bag. No company packaging. Has me wondering if this was an open box item.

Overall Review: The sound is great. No signs of use. This item is for kids.

Decent Power Supply With Modular Connections

GIGABYTE GP-UD750GM 750 W ATX 12V v2.31 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
GIGABYTE GP-UD750GM 750 W ATX 12V v2.31 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Overall Review: I love the fact this power supply is modular. I only plug in what I need and don't have to worry about cable management. This power supply comes with a lot of modular cables to suit your needs. I got this unit for upgrading an old Dell Optiplex 3020 with an i-3 4130. It's in a Mini tower case. To add a more modern GPU I needed to upgrade the power supply. However, the motherboard only supports up to PCI express 2.0. This computer came with a proprietary Dell garbage power supply at 290 watts. Who puts a 290 watt psu in a computer? Why not 300? Moving on... I had to order a 24 to 8 pin adapter separately so I could plug the Gigabyte power supply into the Dell motherboard. The Dell motherboard also uses a 4 pin CPU power connector. Gigabyte's power supply comes with a 4x2 CPU power connector you can just split and use one 4 pin CPU connector instead of both. After upgrading the power supply I powered the computer up and everything works great! Now I can go hunting for a GPU. Yeah I know PCI express 2.0 isn't much to work with now but upgrading the power supply and getting a good GPU was a better financial option right now instead of building a whole new system. Several months down the line, if prices start to go back to normal again, I'll build a system and move this Gigabyte power supply into the newly built system. I hate Dell and their proprietary garbage. HP is way worse though. HP is a total nightmare with their proprietary garbage. If the computer I was upgrading was an HP instead of a Dell I would not be upgrading. I would have taken the processor and RAM off the motherboard and thrown the rest away. This paragraph belongs in this review because for every product review on this website Dell and HP should be called out for their proprietary garbage that fills our landfills. If Dell and HP really cared about our environment they wouldn't make proprietary garbage. They would make computers out of standard industry parts and their computers would be modular, like this new and wonderful power supply I just bought. I feel that would decrease waste and maximize use. But Dell and HP are both operated by inbred pricks who don't care about anything except greed. F you Dell & HP! Gigabyte is run by human beings who make good products where anyone can mix and match Gigabyte's industry standard parts to build a computer. Thanks Gigabyte. :)

11/15/2022

Works great but locked into a 320 Watt HP power supply

HP Compaq Pro 6300 MT/Core i5-3470 @ 3.2 GHz/4GB DDR3/250GB HDD/DVD-RW/WINDOWS 7 PRO 64 BIT
HP Compaq Pro 6300 MT/Core i5-3470 @ 3.2 GHz/4GB DDR3/250GB HDD/DVD-RW/WINDOWS 7 PRO 64 BIT

Pros: Windows 7 pro 64-bit (can't stand windows 8 or 10) *i5-3470 with four(4) physical cores. It does not have Intel Hyper-Threading. Intel has made other i5 processors before and since which have 4 physical cores and don't have Hyper-Threading which are beasts. This processor runs at 77 watts. The watts is important as you are forever limited to 320 watts from the power supply because HP did a poor job designing this system. This processor is a great processor though. *Comes with 4GB 1333Mhz RAM (2 sticks of 2GB). 2 RAM slots available. *DVD+R DL Drive *10 USB ports total. (Four 3.0 ports in back, two 2.0 in back, four 2.0 in front. *Easy to install expansion slots no screws. *The front of the case looks brand new. There are some very minor scratches on both sides of the case. It's refurbished and I got this for under $200 so not a problem. Press F10 on startup to go to BIOS settings.

Cons: The power supply is the Achilles heel. It can never be upgraded. You have to use a slimline GPU. The mother board connectors for the power supply are proprietary, meaning only HP's rediculous power supply can interface with the motherboard. Why HP designed a powerful system and limited it with a 320 watt power supply makes no sense. I'm sure it will work great for any office interested in doing spread sheet calculations. So will Intel processors from 15 years ago. 250 GB Hard Drive. I Upgraded with a TB hard drive then cloned the OS onto the new HD.

Overall Review: Office work: Over kill. Graphic Designer/3D animator That's what this processor is made for but you are limited with GPU options because of slimline factor and the the fact you can't upgrade the power supply. Gamers: The processor in this system is a beast that will handle modern games. It is possible to find a good slimline GPU from Nvidia that will work but you will not be playing modern games at 1080P resolution. You will have to settle for 720p or less. The problem is the power supply.

Totally perfect

MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti GAMING 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card N750Ti TF 2GD5/OC
MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti GAMING 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card N750Ti TF 2GD5/OC

Pros: This card does not have or need a 6-pin plug for power from the power supply. Running great with a EVGA 400 watt power supply. Skyrim Launcher set itself at Ultra High settings. Played about 6 hours non stop and according to MSI log GPU never got above 26 degrees C. I did change the fan speed on the GPU before hand. It is running tightly fit in a Mini Tower case with a i5 2400 CPU.

Cons: None