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Alexander j.

Alexander j.

Joined on 03/26/08

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Most Favorable Review

Great board!

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This board brings huge value. All the features you want, and the ability to upgrade to PCI 3 and ivy bridge when they come out. I paid $125 shipped... $50 under the closest competition. RAID0 was painless and required no windows 7 drivers Lots of fan headers, and the work well with Speedfan. Skip the molex fans and plug them right into the board and control them! Running an i5-2500k @ 4.4 with +.1v offset I did not know this had Intel SRT when I bought it WOW!!!

Cons: Small cons knock off an egg 1. Known bios glitch, if you plug a USB keyboard into the middle USB ports the system will not post... took my a while to figure out why the system would not post. 2. Did not recognize my DDR3 as 1600, had to manually increase from 1333 3. Only 2 SataIII ports limit you to RAID0 OR Intel SRT not both. I created a RAID volume and wont be able to incorporate SRT without a reinstall

Overall Review: Heat spreaders around CPU are not mount well. The move with a small amount of pressure. This made it difficult to mount a coolmasterV8 (Huge cooler). Alternately this makes them really easy to remove if I want to water cool them (and chipset) Windows 7 retail install does not come with USB3.0 drivers. You can't use the blue USB ports (or the middle USB2.0 ports) with a USB keyboard to install windows

Most Critical Review

Non functional

Cellet Black 3.5mm Pin to 2.5mm Input Plug Cable CN35M25F
Cellet Black 3.5mm Pin to 2.5mm Input Plug Cable CN35M25F

Pros: Does not work.

Cons: This product does not work. I tried with 2 different 2.5 mm devices. The plugs match but it doesn't carry the signal

Overall Review: I bought this one and it works fine. Newegg neds to carry functional products. eForCity Premium Universal 3.5 mm Male to 2.5mm Female Stereo Headset

Great if you follow advice

Turtle Beach XBOX 360 Wireless Gaming Headset Ear Force X41
Turtle Beach XBOX 360 Wireless Gaming Headset Ear Force X41

Pros: Great sound quality, Great battery life, light weight yet durable, even with batteries it's lighter than my wired set! Totally brings gaming to a new level!

Cons: Request 3.5 pin to 2.5 input cable to connect to a PC, requires proper room configuration to avoid popping

Overall Review: This uses the same frequency as G wireless (2.4 GHZ). That means your own as well as neighbor wireless signals can cause some popping sound. I relocated my router to the other end of the house and can use this 24' from my PC in another room through 2 sheets of drywall. Keep all wifi devices away from this bad boy! For best result 1. Keep transmitter to your left, the antenna in these is exclusively in the left ear cup (mic side). You want to have the signal emitted from your left, not on your right side where it has to travel through your head to get to the reciever! 2. Disable G wireless, you must keep this away from a wireless transmitter. Using wifi with your xbox/PC? get a long Toslink cable and move the unit far away. You need to be closer to the transmitter than to other wifi devices. 3. Invest in some rechargeable AAA batteries

got what I ordered

CORSAIR 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model VS2GB800D2 G
CORSAIR 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model VS2GB800D2 G

Pros: exactly as described

Cons: Paid more than equivalent DDR3... hate the price jack up on DDR2

Exactly what I ordered

Foxconn SFF R10-G4 Intel Socket T(LGA775) Intel G41 Barebone
Foxconn SFF R10-G4 Intel Socket T(LGA775) Intel G41 Barebone

Pros: Great deal on a bare-bone for older Intel processors.

Cons: PSU fan is very loud. Mine came with an atom sticker on the front

11/22/2011

Works as advertised

Logitech C200 0.3 M Effective Pixels USB 2.0 WebCam
Logitech C200 0.3 M Effective Pixels USB 2.0 WebCam

Pros: works as advertised

Cons: None

10/19/2011