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Sarah B.

Sarah B.

Joined on 06/20/04

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Most Favorable Review

BEST MONTIOR EVER!!!!!!

AOC 22" Active Matrix, TFT LCD LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D F22
AOC 22" Active Matrix, TFT LCD LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D F22

Pros: I love this monitor!!!!!!! It looks very good on or off. I have two side by side and it is just awesome. My very old parents who also have this monitor could not believe how nice they look and preform. The pre-set brightness controls on the "up" position on the menu button is surprisingly very useful. I usually set everything myself but the assortment of options works great; "check mark," "text," "internet," "game," "dvd disc (video)," "running guy (performance?)," and "DCR (it adjusts to what is being displayed.)" I usually keep it on "internet."

Cons: The monitor did not come with a DVI cable. Most VGA powered video cards I have could not send out 1920 by 1080. So I would have to use the stretch function, "right"on main button. But I had DVI cables already so all was fine.

Overall Review: The back of the monitor is all black not white. Make sure to use this with a DVI or HDMI source. VGA type signal just does not do this monitor justice. Also you will only need a single link DVI-D cable. The dual link DVI-D cable handles just fine but it is really used for higher res monitors. So if you have either you are good. If you turn off the signal to the monitor it does turn off but not completely. You have to press and hold the center button to completely shut it off. If the monitor says OSD locked, do not flip out. Simply press and hold the left arrow and the main menu button and turn the monitor on. That should release it.

Most Critical Review

OK, but not OK

Patriot Extreme Performance Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model PGS24G6400ELK
Patriot Extreme Performance Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model PGS24G6400ELK

Pros: Does what is should and works. The heat sinks attached to the mem stick actually do take the heat of the mem chips. No memory errors.

Cons: I ordered two kits, so four sticks of ram in two packages. One packaged worked just fine, while the other did not. To be fair the second package did have one stick that actually worked. So since half of the packages worked, the product gets a lower score.

Overall Review: New egg took the ram back and set another package, it of coarse worked. However this is the second out of three packages of ram I have bought from new egg that I had issues with. The first was an OCZ kit with advertised CAS latency that was not stable (crashed while in the bios, besides memtest issues.) This issue on the second set was DOA and the idea sits in my mind that new egg is a little risky on ram purchases. Out of the 6 sticks of ram I bought in the last 3 months, 50 percent have not worked as advertised. I guess I would not be unhappy if I did not have to pay to ship it back. :)

Windows that work!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 3-Pack for System Builders
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 3-Pack for System Builders

Pros: LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cons: none

Overall Review: Here is something interesting. I went from XP (6 years), to Vista (3 months), to Windows 7 (so far one month.) Now I know it looks like I did not like vista but I actually did like it. Some of the constant "are you sure you what to do this" messages got somewhat annoying but Win 7 kind of changed that. I really did find that the things that vista annoyed me with, win 7 seemed to fix it. Plus they add some little extras that I like. Here is a classic something I like, when safely removing a jump drive, I used to have like 5 mouse clicks to get to the its safe message but now I just right click and select "eject." I love the new term eject. My tech friends just laugh at me but I still like it.

Suprised how well it worked

ASUS Radeon HD 4350 512MB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Low Profile Ready Graphics Card EAH4350 SILENT/DI/512MD2(LP)
ASUS Radeon HD 4350 512MB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Low Profile Ready Graphics Card EAH4350 SILENT/DI/512MD2(LP)

Pros: I love the price and the functionality. The PCs i put these in were sooo quite. Well duh, the video card have no fans. The cards to do get hot in a way that hurts the system. Works perfectly.

Cons: none

Overall Review: The video has three outputs but only two can be active at one time. I ran this card with two 22inch 1080 p monitors and worked wonderful. I used the HDMI and the DVI output. I ran a HDMI to DVI cable by the way.

Mom loves it

Logitech Gray Wired TrackMan Wheel Mouse
Logitech Gray Wired TrackMan Wheel Mouse

Pros: My mom loves it. Does what it is suppose to do and I do not get any complaints from her, so I am happy.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I wish the actual track ball lit up but it does not change the value in my mind.

Great Product

SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-S223C
SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-S223C

Pros: Great drive, works fine. Actually burns faster than labeled max speed on my 16x dvd+r discs. I have not made a single coaster yet. about 25 discs so far. Very quite. All perfect.

Cons: Nothing yet.

Overall Review: I have been using HP drives like 6 years ago and then 2 years ago switched to lite-on brand and before their eventual failure I switched to Samsung. This older IDE drive was so good I bought this new SATA drive for my new PC. I again have been so impressed I bought two more for my parents new PC.