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HAL M.

HAL M.

Joined on 07/29/04

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Most Favorable Review

Bought it a few days early

Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996527
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996527

Pros: Booted right up in my new MSI P6N. On the advice of someone else here, I'm running at 4-5-4-12-1t @ 1.95v I ran a burn-in program all night with no problem

Cons: $50 rebate a couple of days after I bought it ----- WAAAH

Overall Review: What else can I say....it's RAM

It was perfect until...

SeaSonic S12 II SS-380GB 380W ATX12V V2.3   80 PLUS Certified  Active PFC Power Supply
SeaSonic S12 II SS-380GB 380W ATX12V V2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Looks good (my case is ALWAYS open). Very quiet. Efficient. Easy online RMA process.

Cons: It died last night. I replaced it with an older Seasonic (no SATA connectors) that was not getting much use, and the computer fired right up...WHEW!!!!!

Overall Review: I'm REAL glad that it was the PS that died, because this being my first and only foray (so far) into socket 775/DDR2 territory, I have NO replacement parts for troubleshooting

Really like this Drive

SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD403LJ 400GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD403LJ 400GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Quiet, cool, and fairly fast. This replaced a 250 Gb Maxtor which was noisy, hot, slow and in danger of dying according to a lot of people. Came in a nice plastic container which protected the SATA and power connectors. I'm probably only going to use this on my main PC until the Spinpoint F1 or the WD Green drives arrive. Then it will go into my media PC which is running out of room.

Cons: It does vibrate a bit. GParted live CD didn't recognize the drive, don't know what happened there. Got it partitioned with the MS utility on another computer

Overall Review: I thoroughly thrashed this drive 7/24 for 2 weeks: Created 2 equal partitions, totally filled first partition with 420,133 files in 7,902 directories. Ran a looping batch file which copied everything to second partition and then ran a secure erase program to wipe it. After 2 weeks of doing this routine with no problems, I copied my Maxtor to the Spinpoint and have been enjoying it ever since.

Works well

DAEWOO DWC-055RL 5,350 Cooling Capacity (BTU) Window Air Conditioner
DAEWOO DWC-055RL 5,350 Cooling Capacity (BTU) Window Air Conditioner

Pros: This is in a small upper bedroom where I keep all of my computers: about 300 watts of stuff running all day long. It easily keeps the room at 72 degrees and will go lower if I want. I live in the suburbs of Minneapolis. The wall and window of the room get alot of afternoon sun.

Cons: There is no provision for shutting the fan off when the compressor stops: it runs constantly when the unit is on. The fan has a lower speed, but it is barely discernable from the higher speed. Not a big deal, because it is fairly quiet.

Overall Review: Like another reviewer, I bought this at Costco (I buy TONS of computer stuff here though). Because I have horizontal sliding windows, I had to fabricate a bunch of stuff to make this AC unit fit. Come fall, I take it all apart and store the unit in the closet - another pro - it only weighs about 45 lbs and is easy to carry around

Good drive so far

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive (Perpendicular Recording Technology) Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive (Perpendicular Recording Technology) Bare Drive

Pros: Bought this from another online site about July 2006 and it's been in use about 12 hours every day ever since with no problems

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: I just found out about the jumper a few days ago and the burst speed went from 129.6 to 225.9 using HDTach when I changed the jumper from 150 to 300 position. I'm feeling kinda stupid right now...

It's what I've been waiting for

MSI P6N SLI-FI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI P6N SLI-FI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Got this yesterday and put it on a piece of plywood with all the needed peripherals and it fired right up with no problems. I have been running it hard for about 32 hours. Running various burn-in and memtest programs in Windoze and OpenSuse 10.2. It ran overnight with no issues. I got an E6600 and Mushkin 800 value ram to go with this

Cons: There's a large open area in back where they could have put a COM port. Instead I had to go out and buy one for $2.49 to plug into the header pins on the Mobo. I still use an external modem for faxing every now and then

Overall Review: I really wanted to upgrade my old AV8 computer to C2D, but didn't like what I was reading about the 965 mobos. I was waiting for 650i Ultra, but thought this is close enough (I'll never use SLI)and it was cheap. This thing is VERY fast. I have an AMD x2 mobo with a 4800 chip which runs SuperPi at 32+ minutes (32M). This new 650i runs it in 21+ minutes!!!!!!!