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Christopher K.

Christopher K.

Joined on 01/04/08

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Most Favorable Review

Very good Blu-ray drive + burner

Pioneer Black 8X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA 8X Blu-Ray DVD Burner w/ Software BDR-203BKS
Pioneer Black 8X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA 8X Blu-Ray DVD Burner w/ Software BDR-203BKS

Pros: Fast access time, and read CD/DVD very well.

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: Software provided doesn't work with windows 7 beta.

Most Critical Review

bitdefender total security 2008

Bitdefender Total Security 2008  - 2 Year / 3 PC
Bitdefender Total Security 2008 - 2 Year / 3 PC

Pros: Very high security. Lot of features, low cost. And it's very light on system resources.

Cons: Over protective antivirus. I can't install most of my software because somehow bitdefender doesn't allow windows installer to run. I can't copy my documents anymore. I have a lot of school stuff and some of them are compilers and my own programs for school work, and somehow bitdefender doesn't like it to run or even allowing me to copy the files. I can't even login using my profile settings, because windows cannot load my user profile after bitdefender starts on startup. That's ridiculous. There're many other problems that I can't listed here, but when I uninstall bitdefender, suddenly all my troubles gone, so it must be bitdefender causing this.

Overall Review: I have read a lot of good reviews about this particular product. Maybe it only happens on Windows 2000, I don't know. But I installed bitdefender on a clean computer (no virus at all, because I was reinstalling windows a few minutes before installing bitdefender). I use the latest version of bitdefender, and it has caused me a lot of trouble and waste a lot of my time because of this.

Good

OCZ Platinum 3GB (3 x 1GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P1600LV3GK
OCZ Platinum 3GB (3 x 1GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P1600LV3GK

Pros: Fairly low latency. 3 cards included specially for supporting Triple Channel Memory.

Cons: None.

WOW

BFG Tech GeForce GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGEGTX2801024E
BFG Tech GeForce GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGEGTX2801024E

Pros: Fast Graphic card. My games runs smoothly.

Cons: Runs very hot and requires a lot of power.

Overall Review: Good for gaming and make sure the power supply is adequate to supply power to this card.

Nice motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Good motherboard, support SLI. Lots of SATA ports. Dual BIOS, and very easy to overclock. Good board layout.

Cons: Some SATA ports might get a little bit hard to reach when you have a very long video cards. Integrated sound cards quality is close for being rubbish.

Overall Review: It has dual RAID controller. Manual is a must to read. Purchase for a better sound card is recommended.

Good Hard drive

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Somewhat cheap for what you get.

Cons: OEM which means no screws, cables nor manuals included.