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Jose G.

Jose G.

Joined on 03/23/06

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Most Favorable Review

No Regrets

ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5 Radeon HD 4870 Dark Knight 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5 Radeon HD 4870 Dark Knight 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card

Pros: Fits perfect in my small media case, runs all games max settings, looks way sexier than pictures give it credit, free leather mouse pad, awesome box. This card is amazing in every way possible. Buy it now, you will not regret it

Cons: None

Overall Review: Go to Asus and get the lastet drivers especially for the extra features.

Most Critical Review

Cheap

Mach Speed 4GB MP3 Player Trio Clip
Mach Speed 4GB MP3 Player Trio Clip

Pros: Small, sturdy, and the clip works fine. There's no software to install it works off of flash memory.

Cons: It restarts on its own sometimes, and switching between songs can be a bit slow.

Overall Review: I got mine for $20. For 4 gigs, its an awesome deal but its definitely not the best player I've had before. And stay away from sansa, it will drive you crazy.

Awesome Buy

SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC128N/AM 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Notebook Upgrade Kit
SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC128N/AM 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Notebook Upgrade Kit

Pros: Fast, easy to setup, firmware already updated, software for optimization is easy to use and helpful, 120 gbs for less than $1 (sale price) This drive does exactly what it's supposed to do and came with a free game and ghost software. Awesome buy on sale.

Cons: none so far.

Overall Review: skip ghost and do a fresh install (if possible). Lots of opinions on whether ahci, pagefiles, and a whole other variety of settings are needed. I would say yes to ahci if you're comfortable with messing with your bios and let the optimization software handle the rest.

Reliable

Western Digital Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Drive lasted around 3 years or so (until i physically damaged it) Never had read/write issues, decent speed - ran my OS, inexpensive and it's WD

Cons: None

Overall Review: I damaged the sata connection on the drive itself. You can remove the part but cannot order a replacement. You have to transfer your content or do a bit of jerry-rigging to get it working again. Otherwise, this drive would be going for 4 years of heavy use without a problem.

Good

ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro - Compact Multi-Compatible Tower CPU Cooler | 92 mm PWM Fan | for AMD AM4 and Intel 115x CPU | Recommended up to 115 W TDP
ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro - Compact Multi-Compatible Tower CPU Cooler | 92 mm PWM Fan | for AMD AM4 and Intel 115x CPU | Recommended up to 115 W TDP

Pros: Super quiet, efficient cooling, looks nice, big heatsink, dropped temps slightly

Cons: fan stopped spinning straight after about 1 yr, It kept hitting the heatsink causing it to make a lot of noise. The mounting bracket is hard to work with and is a real pain if you ever decide to upgrade your cpu or change out the thermal paste.

Overall Review: the heat sink is a little big, but that's intended in the design. The fan works great on its own to cool other parts - I've moved on to the corsair CWCH50 which dropped my temps by about 15-20 degrees celcius lower than this cooler.

W00t

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Works, reads/writes a decent pace - not the fastest out there, but stays cool and steady. I usually go with WD but seagate seems to be on par with them. They both have an excellent reputation; it only seems to come down to preference

Cons: none so far