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Michael B.

Michael B.

Joined on 07/27/06

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Most Favorable Review

Satisfied customer!

TOSHIBA MK4032GAX 40GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
TOSHIBA MK4032GAX 40GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Fit perfectly in my 4+ year old Dell Inspiron 8500. Quiet and fast (compared to what was in the computer).

Cons: None other then it being 40 GB, but I don't need more space than that for my laptop.

Overall Review: The computer came with a 60 GB 4,300 RPM hdd which fried. I bought this as a replacement and while its noticeably faster at 5,400 RPMs I noticed that battery life suffers. For me this doesn't matter since my laptop is plugged in 99% of the time.

Most Critical Review

Disappointed

Western Digital WD Green WD10EADS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD Green WD10EADS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: None yet...

Cons: Dead on Arrival.

Overall Review: After years of purchases and great experiences, this is the first time I am upset with a purchase on NewEgg. This hard drive was dead on arrival and while I know that isn't necessarily out of the ordinary for these high capacity drives, the packaging was sub-standard. I am deeply disappointed and awaiting my Advanced RMA through Western Digital.

10/22/2009

1 bad stick...

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400

Pros: While it was working my computer ran perfectly.

Cons: My computer began restarting itself every 2 minutes, or whenever I'd do anything that would use a decent amount of RAM. Memtest-86 verified that 1 stick of RAM was toast.

Overall Review: NewEgg is a great company to deal with as far as exchanges go and my new RAM is in transit!

Loving this tower

LIAN LI PC-61 USB Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
LIAN LI PC-61 USB Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Fit and finish is fantastic. Removeable mobo tray was nice. Everything fit without a hitch.

Cons: My Core 2 Duo is idling at 53C and I think that's a little warm considering I have a Zalman Heatsink and Artic Silver 5 Thermal Compound.

Overall Review: Going for a Lian-Li with 120 mm fans might have been better, but I have no regrets as I love this tower.

I love this CPU!

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 - Core 2 Duo Conroe Dual-Core 2.13 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80557E6400
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 - Core 2 Duo Conroe Dual-Core 2.13 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80557E6400

Pros: I am overclocked to 2.88 GHz right now and I really love this CPU. I'm idling around 53C though even with my Zalman Heatsink, Artic Silver 5 Thermal Compound, and Lian-Li Aluminum Tower. I think I need to get better fans.

Cons: None whatsoever.

Overall Review: The price is reasonable when you consider how great this CPU is!

Loving the card so far...

XFX GeForce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card PV-T71G-UCF7
XFX GeForce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card PV-T71G-UCF7

Pros: The image quality on my ViewSonic 20.1" widescreen LCD looks great. As does HL2 and CS: Source! I really cannot complain at all. Others are complaining about fan noise, but I don't seem to have much at all even while gaming. I have also yet to update the drivers even.

Cons: None