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Alan A.

Alan A.

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best deal i could find

D-Link DWL-926 Wireless 108G Laptop Kit IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.11b/g
D-Link DWL-926 Wireless 108G Laptop Kit IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.11b/g

Pros: Was looking for a wireless router after having been skeptical of switching to wireless over wired for performance reasons. However, after buying a 37" Philips LCD and hooking my desktop to it in the livingroom with wireless mouse and keyboard, I decided to finally give it a shot. I chose this model by D-Link after reading alot of reviews of various routers. When I noticed the $xx rebate making this a $xx investment before shipping, I had to give it a try... not to mention it comes with its own wireless laptop adapter (my laptop has a built in wireless NIC by Gxxxbyte but I thought, what the heck - if the built in one isnt fast enough, I can use the one in this package.) I could not be more pleased. I ran a internet speed test just now to post my results from both PCs. My desktop using a Nxxxear WG311T wireless NIC (approximately 15 feet from the router just returned: 4216 kb/ps download and 637 kb/ps upload.) The laptop with built-in gxxxyte NIC scores at 2508 kbps!)

Cons: none

Overall Review: Its sleek design makes it easy and unobtrusive to mount or stack with a modem. For the price, even with the love of gaming, this offers great speed!

12/16/2005

Great replacement (or additional) battery

UBatteries Laptop Battery Toshiba Satellite L755D-S5106 - 8800mAh, 12 Cell
UBatteries Laptop Battery Toshiba Satellite L755D-S5106 - 8800mAh, 12 Cell

Pros: - 6 to 7 hours of power on 1 charge

Cons: - battery is larger than original so it sticks out past the frame of the laptop (but tilts it up a little in a good way!)

Overall Review: - from now on I will always replace my laptop battery with a 12 cell. 1.5-2 hours battery life vs 6-7 hours... no question.

awesome

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-2GBHK
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-2GBHK

Pros: awesome. my first g.skills experience. both sticks worked out of the box. i am running them at 4-4-3-5 T2 at lower than rated voltage...

Cons: none

Overall Review: buy 2 of these if you're using a 680i board and running vista

good little fan

Thermaltake CL-P0372 92mm Enter CPU Cooler
Thermaltake CL-P0372 92mm Enter CPU Cooler

Pros: quiet. does the job. my e6600 is overclocked to 3.4ghz on aircooled with this little guy.

Cons: no thermal paste included - just a paper width amount pre-applied to heatsink. it seems it could be a little bigger for the C2D - this fan is about the same size as the intel shipped cpu fan. (but, it works... and i would say a definate 5 eggs for use with a Pentium 4 or D cpu)

Overall Review: recommend you add some artic silver 5 or ceramique to your order

thouroughly impressed

Thermaltake Soprano DX VE7000BWS Black 0.8mm SECC Chassis/ Aluminum Front Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Thermaltake Soprano DX VE7000BWS Black 0.8mm SECC Chassis/ Aluminum Front Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: 1st to review - great case. quite. expansive. i have my eVGA 680i board in this bad boy. my e6600 is running at 3.4ghz on air cooled. plenty of room for expansion - but this is a sweet game machine - good airflow.

Cons: none

Overall Review: if you use front loaded media often (CD, DVDs, etc) be aware this is a case with a swinging 'door'. the door doesnt really impeed the tray from opening, it swings pretty light but is of solid construction. the plexi side panel has a vent that can be adapted to hold a 80mm fan.

700w of power

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700 W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700 W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: good 700W psu - im not running SLI in my rig, or i may have bumped it up... but 700W should be fine if i decide to do so. it has power cords for PCI-e 1 and PCI-e 2 (for both SLI graphics cards). sheathed wires. quite fan.

Cons: not modular... but some think thats a plus. im undecided. the extra cords tucked above my DVD burner

Overall Review: cool blue lights to go with my theme :p