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Michael L.

Michael L.

Joined on 01/24/04

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Most Favorable Review

Dude! ...Sweet! ...Dude! ...Sweet!

APEVIA X-JUPITER-JR G-Type X-JPJGT-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
APEVIA X-JUPITER-JR G-Type X-JPJGT-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Good case. Well made. Slick design. Good price. Plenty of room. Makes all the other techie peoples stare and covet.

Cons: Only 3 internal hard drive bays. Note: I still have 2 free.

Overall Review: Removing the front cover to install the front fan gets a lot easer when unscrewing the 4-prong connector at the bottom.

Most Critical Review

Good while it lasted

ECS BLACK SERIES GF8200A (V1.0) AM2+/AM3 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
ECS BLACK SERIES GF8200A (V1.0) AM2+/AM3 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: 3 months of solid computing, and then... (see cons)

Cons: ECS is a con. 3 months after purchase the onboard video (or something) went out on the board. I'm not doing anything crazy - I don't even play PC games. I added an 8600GTS video board but still no picture. ECS customer support is WORTHLESS!!! I've submitted a ticket and called with NO luck. In fact when I called, after I finally got through the gauntlet of half-foreign menus the phone just rang. It's still ringing. And it will keep ringing, because they're not answering - just laughing. I will NEVER buy ECS equipment again - EVAR!!!

Overall Review: Don't buy ECS. Boo ECS! ECS bad. I will RMA with NewEgg. NewEgg is good. Buy from NewEgg, just don't buy ECS.

Cool. Quiet. Shiny.

ASUS Arctic Square 92mm Vapo Bearing CPU Cooler
ASUS Arctic Square 92mm Vapo Bearing CPU Cooler

Pros: Now that I have my Asus Arctic Square I don't have to keep my cpu in the freezer! It runs like a champ and doesn't make a sound. It looks like one of the heads on a Vtwin motorcycle engine.

Cons: the blue led isn't quite bright enough to serve as a night lite for my dogs

Overall Review: Core temp dropped to 23 degrees

Works perfectly

Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G

Pros: It works better than ANYTHING else when it comes to thermal compound. I had enough in the tube for 2 installs.

Cons: None

Overall Review: You lika da pepper!

8 is enough

OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2N800SR4GK
OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2N800SR4GK

Pros: I bought 8GB of this stuff for $40 after rebate. It works great.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I don't use SLI.

8 is enough

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory Model OCZ2MV6674GK
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory Model OCZ2MV6674GK

Pros: I bought 8 GB of this stuff. It works great. Great price

Cons: None

Overall Review: I don't run SLI