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Jonathan D.

Jonathan D.

Joined on 01/04/05

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TOSHIBA Satellite 15.4" Intel Pentium T3400 2GB Memory DDR2 800 Windows Vista Home Premium PSLB8U-079025
TOSHIBA Satellite 15.4" Intel Pentium T3400 2GB Memory DDR2 800 Windows Vista Home Premium PSLB8U-079025

Pros: Bought 3. One running Vista, one running XP 64-bit, the other XP 32-bit. No problems because Toshiba website is the greatest finding drivers. Got another coming for someone else. Lightweight, cool running, more than good enough for Dreamweaver, Acid Pro, Adobe Premiere, and Vegas.

Cons: Small HDD. Battery life 2-2.5 hours on all 3.

Overall Review: Recommend. Make sure to turn on SATA compatibility mode in Bios if you're going to downgrade to XP otherwise you get an error message after trying to start up with the CD.

Most Critical Review

Not quite what I thought

CORSAIR Gaming Series GS800 800 W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
CORSAIR Gaming Series GS800 800 W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

Pros: Ran fine with the 'stock' setup. Stock: I7 2600k, Asus P8Z68 LX MB, 4 GB x 4 Corsair Vengeance, 160 GB Kingston Hyper x SSD, 1TB Samsung 7200 HD, Samsung DVD 22X

Cons: Didn't run fine with the 'enhanced' setup. Either the 2 gtx 560 Sli or the single gtx 570. Both Evga.

Overall Review: Put together a small rig to play Skyrim on Ultra settings. Thought maybe had too much power drain from the two cards because it was force closing intermittently. Week later took the 2 cards back and got a single Gtx 570. Got artifacting and force closing in the middle of playing and I am not a great saver ... was pretty upset by now. Went with an OCZ 750 power supply and ran just fine on the single card setup on Ultra with all shadows, reflections and AA turned up. No artifacting, just high heat from card when under load. Didnt go back to try for the 2 cards. Sort of disappointed considering they 'lost' my UPC when I sent in my rebate and now it feels like I have to send it back just to get one that should work like it should. Just ended up costing me more money in the long run. Newegg is still great though.

Works pretty good. Glad I bought it when I did, OOS now.

Perixx PERIBOARD-716II Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad  -  Multi-Touch Large Touchpad  -  AES 128 Bit  -  US English Layout  -  2017 New Generation
Perixx PERIBOARD-716II Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad - Multi-Touch Large Touchpad - AES 128 Bit - US English Layout - 2017 New Generation

Pros: Works out the box, no CD. Good range. Love the design.

Cons: Starts off in Number Lock mode, which makes some of the keys a number pad. Not a big deal, but for someone with no knowledge of computers, they may think it was broken.

Overall Review: Have a Logitech Wireless Keyboard/Mouse combo. This is lighter than that, and feels like the same quality. Hope it holds up.

Works great with my system. Fast, reliable.

Kingston HyperX SH100S3/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-alone Drive)
Kingston HyperX SH100S3/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-alone Drive)

Pros: No hiccups or blue screens with this system: Asus P8Z68-V LX, I7 2600K, 16 GB (4x4) Corsair DDR3 1600, 120 GB Kingston Hyper X, EVGA GTX 570, Corsair GS800, Samsung 1TB 7200 HD, Samsung 22x DVD

Cons: None I see.

Overall Review: Of course, trying to find a place for a 2.5 in the desktop was sort of stupid and noobish originally for me. Flip over the insert to reveal, lo and behold, a blue 2.5 to 3.5 adapter. Don't have to tell me ... noobish. Installed Windows, went to website, pulled off latest drivers ... up and running ever since. Also, between the time Kingston said they received rebate and time I received it - ~ 2 weeks. Fastest ever for me. Better than some other big name memory company which said they didn't even receive the UPC; you can take a wild guess at that one. Will do business with Kingston again.

Seriously, Buffalo, had to download DD-WRT to get it to work.

BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N300 Gigabit Wireless Router - WZR-HP-G300NH
BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N300 Gigabit Wireless Router - WZR-HP-G300NH

Pros: Worked after I downloaded and installed DD-WRT. After, DD-WRT, great coverage, N-speeds. My old Buffalo, WHR-HP-G54 could barely make it downstairs (but it did work out the box) and now I'm getting almost full coverage now with DD-WRT on Turbo.

Cons: Didn't work without the update ... luckily I read up on this before I purchased it. I can't believe that you NEED 3rd party software for something to work. Maybe I'm just new to networking and wasn't doing something right, but when I installed DD-WRT and power cycled the modem, I was up and away in no time .... so maybe it isn't just me?

Overall Review: Running Comcast. I'm a noob when it comes to networking, but a tip if you are too: if you have one of the big modems that supply phone and internet, you can't just power cycle it. You have to either find a way to take the battery out completely or hold the reset button with a pin in the back for it to forget the previous modem. Took me about 10 minutes to figure that out and I thought I'd let you know. 4eggs for the router and newegg, minus 1 for buffalo's nonsense shareware firmware they put on the router.

Solid laptop.

Lenovo 15.6" Intel Pentium T4500 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 2958-9PU
Lenovo 15.6" Intel Pentium T4500 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 2958-9PU

Pros: Good quality. Decent battery life. Plenty of USB ports. Matte display - so no fingerprints easily visible. Keypad.

Cons: Already been said but the mousepad really does suck. No SD card reader. No way to turn the laptop's volume down externally.

Overall Review: Lenovo isn't a bad brand. Shied away from it, but I would probably buy another if they can keep the price down and provide a couple of more features. Toshiba was offering laptop for 4hundred about a year ago with the T3400 chipsets that are slower than these, but had a SD card