Joined on 09/03/03
Best bang for the buck
Pros: -1080p -great image quality -price -good customer service from Optoma & Newegg
Cons: -not great in daylight even on brightest setting - go for more lumens if you can't make it dark in your viewing room -no lock on the focus, if you take the cap on/off, you need to refocus every time -not a lot of freedom in placement due to the very limited zoom, but then again, this is true for most projectors
Overall Review: -had to RMA one due to a dead pixel line after 2 months of light use, but the RMA experience was smooth and the replacement works as a charm, so no complaints there - it happens
Decent for the price
Pros: -cheap -light -comes with a bag -gets the job done
Cons: -mine looks used! -not very sturdy -movements are not very smooth
Overall Review: The tripod itself looks ok, but the head has a lot of dings on it, definitely not a new item. A bit disappointed with this, but for the price, it's not worth going through the return process especially since functionally it's good. I'd give it 4 stars if it wasn't for that.
they get the job done
Pros: -great sound, much better than the stock Apple ones -perfect fit in the ear, can use them for extended periods of time -block surrounding noise -good bass
Cons: -as others have said, the cord makes a lot of noise when touched/moved, not suitable for working out unless you find a way for the cord to stay put
Overall Review: I use them for my daily commute, for which they're perfect. They go on sale often, so Id' suggest waiting for that. I didn't pay full price - at full price I would maybe subtract another star due to the cons.
Perfect
Pros: No issues, worked like a charm on a GA-P55M-UD2 board with an i5-750. Runs cool. Fast!
Cons: Makes me want to get a second set even if when monitoring my useage on memory I can clearly see I don't need more RAM
Overall Review: To get the 7-8-7-24 timings you need to set it in the BIOS, otherwise you get the default 9-9-9-24 timings. This change gave me an extra .3 on the WEI scale for the memory (if that says anything), but haven't done other testing to see how noticeable this change is for some demanding applications.
Not great in its price range
Pros: -Looks good -Good (solid) build -Quality materials used while still pretty light -Silent case fans
Cons: -Bad airflow design - at least without the custom Silverstone components like heatsink, crossflow fan in the back (those 2 are exclusive apparently), etc. The airflow relies on the PSU fan alone on the cpu side, since the video card cuts the access to the other half of the case that has the 80mm fans. -Most heatsinks you can fit are the same type as the stock ones, which in this case would compete for air with the PSU, so make sure you can reverse that fan to blow up towards the PSU, or get ready for cooking. -intakes are just holes, so you will need to constantly clean your heatsinks if you want them to perform well
Overall Review: There are many good cases in this price range (and don't forget to consider their custom components for this case prices too), but if you care about the looks, and you're just going for a small and quiet computer, this could be the case for you.
Bad SATA connectors design
Pros: Good quality as expected from GA, my 3rd board from them, all boot up no problem and things fit nicely except for... see the Cons
Cons: I have to drop 3 eggs since I cannot access the Sata connectors at all, except for one. For some reson, they're oriented sideways, and my hard drives go there in my SG01 case, so I'm stuck with a working computer that I can't put back toghether in the case. Only one SATA connector is oriented up and accessible... All I could do is go here and warn others. Why Gigabyte, why? It does come with one L shaped connector, but it says that should only go on the HDD side. It's ok, I tried that one anyway, but it still doesn't fit in the space. If you're working with a tight space, watch out for this
Overall Review: aaaarrrggghhh