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Troy M.

Troy M.

Joined on 06/02/02

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Great board... but watch out

ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Good quality, well laid out (for the most part) and gives great performance for the money. The Built-in wireless is awesome. Asus did a good job with this board.

Cons: VERY VERY VERY picky about memory. I tried Geil and OCZ memory in it, and it did not post with either brand, I ultimately got some high end Corsair memory and it finally posted. Be sure to read the Qualified Vendors List in the manual online before buying memory for this board. Also, when you have a large (think 8800GTX) video card in, it blocks the first two SATA ports on the board. NOt really a big problem since there's 6 of them, but I thought I'd let you know.

Overall Review: The wireless card is a nice touch, but get rid of all the AP software and unneeded wireless stuff, just run the drivers and it'll be fine. The software that comes with it is annoying.

Oh my....

Sennheiser Silver RS 120 3.5mm/ 6.3mm Connector Supra-aural Wireless RF Hi-fi Headphone
Sennheiser Silver RS 120 3.5mm/ 6.3mm Connector Supra-aural Wireless RF Hi-fi Headphone

Pros: The sound quality on these things is incredible. I'm just running them off of my work computer with onboard sound and it sounds like I'm listening with a set of Bose headphones on my ears. I think these are by far the best wireless headphones I've ever used. They range is good and the sound quality doesn't go down with distance too much. A little static, but nothing horrible.

Cons: They don't grasp your head/ears as well as other headphones so they can fall off your head if you bend over. This shouldn't be a problem though if you don't need to be doing any bending over while you're using them.

Overall Review: The tuning dial and the volume dial are right next to each other, so that can be frustrating, but you'll get used to it after a day or two. The only other thing is that you might have to get a cord extender if you're going to put the receiver/charging station more than 6 feet away from the device it's plugged into. Not that big of a deal.

12/26/2007

Great camera

Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 1.3 M Effective Pixels USB 2.0 WebCam
Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 1.3 M Effective Pixels USB 2.0 WebCam

Pros: Produces a clear image even in low light, which is why I bought it. The video quality is awesome in great lighting, but just "good" in less than perfect lighting.

Cons: Price, but you get what you pay for.

Overall Review: People who claim this camera is no good do not have very fast computers. I went from a 3ghz Pentium 4 to a Core 2 Quad and the camera got even better. If you have a fast computer, you can pump out around 15-20fps at the 1.3mp video setting.

Good overall

SCEPTRE X22WG-1080P Black 22" 2ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 2000:1, US Warranty
SCEPTRE X22WG-1080P Black 22" 2ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 2000:1, US Warranty

Pros: The picture is bright and clear. Very sharp, and good contrast... with DVI.

Cons: Analog on this monitor is really washed out and the contrast is horible. I thought I bought a pile of junk when I first plugged it in on analog, but DVI made the picture a whole lot clearer. DO NOT USE WITH ANALOG CABLES.

Overall Review: Once in a while if it's been sitting off for a while, there are dozens of flickering pixels on the screen. Turning it off and then back on again will fix them though. Still, well worth it for the price and picture quality.

Great Bang-For-Buck

NAVMAN 4.3" In-Car GPS Navigation
NAVMAN 4.3" In-Car GPS Navigation

Pros: The user interface is very easy to navigate and easy to find what you're looking for. It has millions of "Points of Interest" including ATM's, Banks, Restaurants, Hotels, Parking Lots, Gas stations, etc. The info is pretty up to date as well.

Cons: The touch screen likes finger nails rather than the pads of your finger. The addresses you enter are off sometimes by a block or two, but once you're close enough, you should be able to find where you're going.

Overall Review: The remote needs to have the ability to zoom the map, instead of just doing volume and LCD brightness. Overall, a great GPS unit.