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Michael W.

Michael W.

Joined on 11/16/01

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Most Favorable Review

Optiplex 760 Lifesaver

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7750 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Low Profile Video Card 100357LP
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7750 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Low Profile Video Card 100357LP

Pros: Fit in an old Dell Optiplex 760 with no further upgrades required. Made this a viable gaming machine, playing most games near max settings at very playable frame-rates.

Cons: None to speak of.

Overall Review: My card overclocks with AMD OverDrive to 930mhz core with no increase in voltage and stock cooling. If you're trying to squeeze some gaming life out of an old machine - this is the card you're looking for.

Most Critical Review

As any search will reveal, WD15EADS is junk

Western Digital WD Green WD15EADS 1.5TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD Green WD15EADS 1.5TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: When it worked, it was cheap storage.

Cons: It stopped working after 18 months, reads from the drive would come to a crawl and make file copying impossible.

Overall Review: All things considered, a cheap hard drive used for media storage that lasted 18 months isn't a miserable experience, it's just disappointing. Western Digital has not adequately addressed the issue either, as any Google search related to WD15EADS-00P8B0 will reveal.

12/23/2012

4 years and still strong

Acer H233Hbmid Black 23" 5ms HDMI Full HD 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 40000:1 (ACM) Built in Speakers
Acer H233Hbmid Black 23" 5ms HDMI Full HD 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 40000:1 (ACM) Built in Speakers

Pros: Workhorse, never a problem - always a great picture.

Cons: None to speak ok

Overall Review: This is what you hope you get out of all electronics purchases; a good value, a good product, and durability. If you can pick one up used, you'll be pleased.

Five Years - Still Running Strong

WD My Book Essential 2.0 500GB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N
WD My Book Essential 2.0 500GB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive WDH1U5000N

Pros: Durability, Easy to Use

Cons: It's certainly not fast, but USB 2.0 is the limitation - not the drive itself.

Overall Review: You buy an external drive, it runs for more than five years, that's a win.

*Worth Noting

Western Digital WD Green WD7500AADS 750GB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD Green WD7500AADS 750GB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Inexpensive, and in my experience, reliable.

Cons: *** Worth noting. This drive is 5400 RPM, so it's certainly not high performance - it's for storing media.

Great Router, a little tough to set up

D-Link DI-704P Broadband Router Plus Print Server 1 x 10Mbps WAN Ports 4 x 10/100Mbps LAN Ports
D-Link DI-704P Broadband Router Plus Print Server 1 x 10Mbps WAN Ports 4 x 10/100Mbps LAN Ports

Comments: As with most networking products, if you're not familiar with setting up a network the documentation provides little help. After some trial and error I got the router up and running and everything has worked great since.