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David B.

David B.

Joined on 08/24/04

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Most Favorable Review

PRETTY GOOD SSD FOR THE PRICE!

Plextor M3 Series 2.5" 256GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) PX-256M3
Plextor M3 Series 2.5" 256GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) PX-256M3

Pros: extended battery life upto 12 hours use on high performance mobile setting using intel GPU- disk never turned off(advanced settings). on average around 340- 360 write speeds - 472-500 read speads battery use. 372-428 write speeds - 500-515 read speads on ac power. included NTI echo software works great for cloning original DELL back-up partition. actually clones the whole drive and will self- adjust to smaller size drives automatically. example 320GB hard drive - 256GB ssd. I used a old Nexstar external usb hard drive enclosure case to make the clone. I was surprised it worked because it would only read 120GB or less hard drives, but it read this 256 ssd. transfer speed is only sata1 but it copied in less than 30 minutes via usb using the included NTI Echo software. * you have to be connected online while entering the keycode to use this software. I did box & save the factory HDD and stored it as a back up to my system.

Cons: None.. it is what it is and more depending on applications and/or hardware.

Overall Review: I installed this ssd in my Dell Vostro 3350(6 months old). I5 2410M 6GB ram ATI 6490M Gpu. I have tested this drive for 2 weeks prior to this review. above stated read/write speeds are what I acheived while testing and now using. while not as blazing fast as a corsair GT,this is pretty fast while giving good battery use, this is what i was looking for extended battery life with performance for a mobile platform. Don't forget to turn on TRIM and turn off Defrag and turn off hibernation.* I hope this review helps others making a descision for their mobile needs. This is my second ssd the other one is a OCZ Agility2 120GB in my desktop connected to SATA2 Asus P5Q Turbo board.

12/17/2011
Most Critical Review
ASRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: It looked like a good bang for the buck,it was surely suppose to be a great performer according to the reviews I read online at press time. I also looked over the overclocks at a few pc tech tech sites. surely outstanding performance...

Cons: Out of all the boards I have built, this was a stun to me. I have used asrock before in a personal & client builds. this board was for a new personal build with a q6600. It never fired up.. i tried the q6600, pentium D820, and a E6600 with no success, swapped numerous brands of memory. To my belief, it was a bad board or I got somebody else's return... In any case Asrock has been good product to me in the past.

Overall Review: I sent the board back for a refund after a week of trying and thinking...I purchased an abit model with a ip35 northbridge- I became frustrated after the 4th day.. With a quad sitting on my desk, I did not want to take a chance on another bad board.. Also there was not enough reviews or listings about the board running oin online forums at the time with good results to convince me to try same model from asrock..I have done the rma before with parts, particularly on a intel board, rma-ed through intel it took 2 rma's in order to get a working board back in 2004.

Great bang for the buck

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100311-3L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100311-3L

Pros: Runs very cool plenty of graphics power. For the price it can't be beat. Scores a 7.9 in windows 7 index.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Its a huge card compared to the 4000 series. It fit my lian li case no problem, just tucked up the sata cables behind it. If they keep making these cards longer some customers will eventually will be forced to get a bigger case.

Pretty good product

BUFFALO AirStation N300 Wireless USB Adapter - WLI-UC-G300N
BUFFALO AirStation N300 Wireless USB Adapter - WLI-UC-G300N

Pros: build quality is good its a decent size. installed pretty fast and works.

Cons: n/a

Overall Review: works as advertised. no complaints.

Speeds are on par as stated

RiDATA 32GB microSDHC Flash Card with 1 Adapter Model RDMICSDHC32G-LIG10
RiDATA 32GB microSDHC Flash Card with 1 Adapter Model RDMICSDHC32G-LIG10

Pros: Speed is as rated by RIDATA.

Cons: none

Overall Review: as being a past Ridata customer , I specifically waited for the release of this 32gb. In the past their micro sdcards have lasted. Speed is what its rated. they release very good products. Also a note this is being used in a S2 Gt-I9100. internal 2gb movie files transfers are less than 2 minutes

12/15/2012

A nice cd clock radio

RCA Black CD Clock Radio With Battery Backup RC5610
RCA Black CD Clock Radio With Battery Backup RC5610

Pros: Very simple clock radio but gets the job done.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I bought this for my mom as a replacement for a magnavox. its simple enough for her to use. I like the compact size.