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John R.

John R.

Joined on 01/28/02

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Most Favorable Review

When it comes to memory, when you say G.Skill, you've said it all

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL

Pros: What's to be said, quality construction & great performance at the right price.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: ! A note for AMD FX processor owners. ! If you want to run at 1866 it's best to use only 2 sticks. I had 8 gig (2 x 4 gig) sticks of this RAM already installed in my PC, running at 1866 mhz, and I wanted to upgrade to 16 gig, so I ordered another 2 x 4 gig kit. The memory works fine, but will only run at 1600 mhz. Little did I know that in most cases AMD FX processors will only allow for 1600 mhz with 4 sticks installed. According to AMD white paper, to run at 1866 mhz or faster you need a memory configuration that only uses 2 sticks of RAM. Not a big deal and no fault on G.Skill or NewEgg

Most Critical Review

Not For Acer Aspire 3050 Laptop

CENTON 512MB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Laptop Memory Model 512MBS/D2-533
CENTON 512MB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Laptop Memory Model 512MBS/D2-533

Pros: -NA-

Cons: Acer Aspire 3050 notebook won't boot with this RAM installed.

Overall Review: Choose a different brand. I went with a Gxxill 512meg stick and it worked great.

Beware of this GPU

PowerColor Radeon X1650 256MB GDDR2 AGP 8X Graphics Card X1650 256MBAGP
PowerColor Radeon X1650 256MB GDDR2 AGP 8X Graphics Card X1650 256MBAGP

Pros: PowerColor lived up to their warranty. My son's PowerColor X700 died and they replaced under warranty it with this card.

Cons: This is an x1650 issue not unique to PowerColor. Im unable to get 3d apps to work without lock ups or crashes. Ive upgraded drivers and reset to less agressive AGP setings. All this acomplishes is prolonging the interval between crashes. Searching the net finds a lot of users with the same or similar issues.

Overall Review: Although Powercolor lived up to their end, Im still having to go buy another card to get my sons machine up and running. Im sorry to say it because Ive got a 9700 in my other sons machine and an x850 in my own and I really like the ATI products, but Im going to buy an nVidia product this time around for the driver stability.

Works in Acer Aspire 3050 Laptop

G.SKILL 512MB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Laptop Memory Model F2-4200PHU1-512SA
G.SKILL 512MB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Laptop Memory Model F2-4200PHU1-512SA

Pros: It Works in my new Acer Aspire 3050 Laptop. Good price point combined with a good warranty.

Cons: none

Overall Review: The Acer Aspire 3050 notebook (also purchased from Newegg) needed another 512 meg of ram. I tried a piece of Centon ram but that wouldn't boot. I've got 2 gig of high prof. G.Skill ram in my desktop that I luv. This should have been my first choice. You can't go wrong with G.Skill or Newegg!!!

Value packed

Acer Aspire 14.1" 3400+ 512MB Memory DDR2 533 Windows XP Media Center LX.AV10J.037
Acer Aspire 14.1" 3400+ 512MB Memory DDR2 533 Windows XP Media Center LX.AV10J.037

Pros: I cant say enough good things about this PC and Newegg. This is a feature rich & really pretty machine. The VERY bright wide screen is a pleasure. The keyboard is all but full sized with great action & layout. Its quiet and runs cool. The onboard wired & wireless LAN adapters are super fast and the wireless has great range. 3 USB ports are a plus as well. The ATI x300 graphics are fast enough, & share up to 256 meg of onboard system memory with 32 or 64 meg dedicated via the BIOS. The 1 yr warranty is good and once you register you can upgrade the warranty to 2 or 3 years (if you please).

Cons: Theres no OS or applications install disks. You need to use the ACER backup/restore utility to make a copy of the original OS (WinXP MCE) & factory installed apps. And theres far too much *stuff* loading on startup for the stock 512meg of memory. To be honest I uninstalled half of the preinstalled stuff & ordered another 512 memory module.

Overall Review: Do yourself a favor and order some blank CDs & a minimum of an additional 512 meg memory module. Thats really all this machine lacks and the only reason I didnt give it a 5!!

12/29/2006

Dual Channel Memory

G.SKILL Extreme 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F2-4200PHU2-1GBNT
G.SKILL Extreme 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F2-4200PHU2-1GBNT

Pros: Picked up a base model Dell 5150 for da cheap. Added some of this ram and a x800 and put together a nice PC for an extreme value price point. I liked it so much I'm ordering another gig.

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: The BIOS reports this RAM as "dual channel/interleaved". Click on the manufacturers websight link and you'll see that this is a dual channel memory kit.