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Joseph M.

Joseph M.

Joined on 03/31/08

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Does what it's supposed to do!!!

PNY GeForce FX 5200 256MB DDR PCI Graphics Card VCGFX522PEB
PNY GeForce FX 5200 256MB DDR PCI Graphics Card VCGFX522PEB

Pros: Price, quality

Cons: None that I can see at this point.

Overall Review: Works well in my wife's Dell Dimension 2400. Her system's memory is now freed up and overall performance has visibly improved. Install was a snap. Disabled onboard video, slapped in the card, started it up and installed the drivers I downloaded myself from Nvidia. I didn't bother with the disk, I never do.

Solid entry-level card

EVGA GeForce 9400 GT 512MB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 512-P3-N944-LR
EVGA GeForce 9400 GT 512MB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 512-P3-N944-LR

Pros: Put this into an older eMachine that had onboard video. Easy install, works fine and does what it is supposed to do. Relatively quiet. A solid entry-level card for a reasonable price.

Cons: None. This card fully met and/or exceeded my modest expectations. No comment on the provided install disk as I never use them (see "Other Thoughts").

Overall Review: As usual, I tossed the install disk and downloaded and installed the drivers from Nvidia's online support.

Works just fine

TRENDnet TEW-423PI Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g 32bit PCI2.2 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates
TRENDnet TEW-423PI Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g 32bit PCI2.2 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: Installed in my mother's old Dell desktop running XP SP3. Works great.

Cons: None that I know of.

Great card for the price

EVGA GeForce 9500 GT 1GB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P3-N959-TR
EVGA GeForce 9500 GT 1GB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P3-N959-TR

Pros: As the title says, this is a great card for the price. Don't expect miracles and you won't be dissapointed. I upgraded from an ASUS EN8500GT SILENT MAGIC/HTP/512M GeForce 8500 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express which was (and is) ALSO a great card for the value. The difference was definitely noticeable on some games, but not during normal usage. Yes, it has its limitations as any device does, but it does what it is advertised to do. As always, I used the drivers downloaded from Nvidia's website and disregarded the install disk that came with the card. Runs fairly quiet, and I haven't noticed any spikes in my motherboard temps. If you are looking for a solid entry level card, then this is a good purchase.

Cons: None that I could see.

Good value

LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner 22X (CAV) DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X (CAV) DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH22NS30
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner 22X (CAV) DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X (CAV) DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH22NS30

Pros: Install was a snap, works fine. not overly loud. I feel that I got what I paid for, and more.

Cons: None.

Good, solid PSU

Rosewill RP550-2 550W ATX12V v2.01     Power Supply
Rosewill RP550-2 550W ATX12V v2.01 Power Supply

Pros: I've only been running this for a little over a week, but I can say that I am (so far) extremely happy with my purchase. Runs fine, supplies steady power to my rig, it's relatively quiet(on automatic) and...it looks REALLY cool :-)

Cons: None that I can tell so far. If it dies on me in the next year or so, I'll wriote a follow -up review to see how this is handled by Rosewill...