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ARlie B.

ARlie B.

Joined on 07/24/05

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Most Favorable Review

AWESOME!

ASUS WL-520gC 125 HSM Wireless Router 802.11b/g up to 54Mbps/ DD-WRT Open Source support
ASUS WL-520gC 125 HSM Wireless Router 802.11b/g up to 54Mbps/ DD-WRT Open Source support

Pros: Works exactly like I wanted. Upgraded factory firmware to DD-WRT and everything works, on both units that I purchased. If you want DD-WRT, this is the unit to buy. very low cost and feature-full. (after going with DD-WRT). I have a $496 Sonicwall that does not do what this can do. Praise, praise praise after this point. Dyndns.org works opendns.com works. everything. LOVING IT!!

Cons: Firmware is too 'up to date' so, I had to downgrade ASUS firmware from 2.0.1.1 to 2.0.0.6 in order to get the "dd-wrt.v24_micro_generic.bin" to load via web interface. This took some trial and error, but it did work. To do this, rename the ASUS firmware from "WL520gc_2.0.0.6_EN.trx" to "WL520gc_2.0.1.2_EN.trx". Then, after rebooting, upload the "dd-wrt.v24_micro_generic.bin" and reboot. WORKS!

Overall Review: You will not find a more feature-rich, inexpensive solution to your routing needs than this one... I would compare it to something that would cost me more than $1000 to replace, if purchased at retail. Again, I've done this to 2 of the routers I've purchased from newegg, and both are thriving. Check out the benefits of dd-wrt. You'll be amazed.

Most Critical Review

Don't waste your money

TUL AX480A7-F 754 ATI Radeon Xpress 200P ATX AMD Motherboard
TUL AX480A7-F 754 ATI Radeon Xpress 200P ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Many features for the price. Looks like a decent product. Again, nice price.

Cons: Many features do not work. I expected an INCREDIBLE performance gain by upgrading to an AMD64 3400+. Benchmarking software says I didn't. In fact I was 50% slower than a Pentium4 2.8Ghz This motherboard was not listed at AMD's recommended motherboard website for the AMD Athlon 64. Soundcard was not supported in Windows XP 64Bit edition, as well as the ATI Xpress Chipset. Grrrr... had to go back to Regular XP. RAID array performed slower than ATA-100, per Dr.Hardware Benchmark software.

Overall Review: Someday TUL might fix this problem.... But their support website suggest that it wont be anytime soon.

Excellent WEBCAM

Linksys Wireless-N+RJ45 IP Camera with 1-Way Audio / Wi-Fi Protected Setup / MAX Resolution 640x480(WVC80N)
Linksys Wireless-N+RJ45 IP Camera with 1-Way Audio / Wi-Fi Protected Setup / MAX Resolution 640x480(WVC80N)

Pros: Perfect for setting up a webcam that you can share with family/friends. Simple, easy to understand instructions provided me with what I wanted. Camera is stable and video is very good, with decent lighting.

Cons: Have to connect with wire to complete setup. Automatic "Draft N Wireless" button pressing does not work with my particular router.

Overall Review: Should be a feature to allow login to allow sound, otherwise no sound.

12/20/2009

Fast.

PNY GeForce FX 5200 64MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card GeForce FX 5200(LSFX5264APB)
PNY GeForce FX 5200 64MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card GeForce FX 5200(LSFX5264APB)

Comments: This video card is a little better than my ATI 9200 series card. This card actually had 128MB of ram instead of 64MB. What a terriffic deal for the price!!! Best of all it's 100% compatible with Windows XP MCE. I would definately recommend this card if you are thinking of building a Windows XP MCE computer.