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Paul G.

Paul G.

Joined on 06/01/12

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Spend more for this reader and get reliability / performance vs cheapies

AFT Xm-4U 11-in-1 USB 2.0 Black & Silver Internal card reader
AFT Xm-4U 11-in-1 USB 2.0 Black & Silver Internal card reader

Pros: 2nd Atech reader. Last one 4 years ago was somewhat buggy, but this one is perfect with no problems at all. Be sure to download the 12/2005 bios update to accept 2GB+ cards. No hassle one click installation: http://www.atechflash.com/download_driver.htm

Cons: None

Overall Review: USB port cord in back is long enough, but I wish all makers started making them extra long. No profit in it I suppose.

Most Critical Review

good while it lasted

ASUS Black 12X Blu-ray Burner SATA BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS
ASUS Black 12X Blu-ray Burner SATA BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS

Pros: It was relatively fast.

Cons: It did not even make it a year, then shorted out somehow and took my motherboard with it. Now Im out over $150. Ive never seen such a thing happen before.

No complaints, love this board!

MSI MAG Z890 TOMAHAWK WIFI LGA 1851 Intel Z890 ATX Motherboard
MSI MAG Z890 TOMAHAWK WIFI LGA 1851 Intel Z890 ATX Motherboard

Pros: As a longtime fan of MSI, I may be a little biased but this board has everything you need and maybe even more than you need. I went from a 2012 PC to a 2025 PC and all my old things transferred easily and worked fine, except the old CPU and memory (of course). Very stable, with LED bios codes and secondary redundant diagnoses color LED. Surprisingly well equipped for the price. Easy bios upgrades as well.

Cons: Because of all the features of this board, things are a little tight and power hungry but I think thats because I missed about several generations of change.

Overall Review: Very good board for the price. The MSI Center software is very useful and also has a fan control center that you can set to let the computer decide between normal quiet cooling and faster cooling if your computer needs it.

Good value for the price

be quiet! Pure Rock 2 CPU Air Cooler | 150W TDP | LGA 1851 1700 1200 2066 1150 1151 1155 2011(-3) Square ILM Compatible | Intel and AMD 4/5 CPU Cooler | Silver/Black | BK006
be quiet! Pure Rock 2 CPU Air Cooler | 150W TDP | LGA 1851 1700 1200 2066 1150 1151 1155 2011(-3) Square ILM Compatible | Intel and AMD 4/5 CPU Cooler | Silver/Black | BK006

Pros: Quiet as advertised, gets the job done. Consider it is air cooling it works well under most normal use and even hard use.

Cons: If you run AIDA 64 stress test it will throttle at 100C pretty quickly, but otherwise normally never gets that hot

Overall Review: A little cumbersome to install but is common sense once you figure it out. Comes with thermal paste already applied!

Works great, worth the money

G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK 48GB (2 x 24GB) 288-Pin CUDIMM DDR5 8200 (PC5 65600) Desktop Memory Model F5-8200C4052G24GX2-TZ5CRK
G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK 48GB (2 x 24GB) 288-Pin CUDIMM DDR5 8200 (PC5 65600) Desktop Memory Model F5-8200C4052G24GX2-TZ5CRK

Pros: Works well with Intel Boost

Cons: I am not a fan of led lights on memory that stay on when the computer is in sleep mode. I dont need a disco in my computer.

Overall Review: Would buy again.

Perfect monitor for the price

ASUS ProArt Display 24" (24.1" viewable) 16:10 HDR Professional Monitor (PA248CRV) - IPS, (1920 x 1200), 97% DCI-P3,  Delta E < 2, Calman Verified, USB-C PD 96W, DisplayPort, Daisy-Chain, Height Adjustable
ASUS ProArt Display 24" (24.1" viewable) 16:10 HDR Professional Monitor (PA248CRV) - IPS, (1920 x 1200), 97% DCI-P3, Delta E < 2, Calman Verified, USB-C PD 96W, DisplayPort, Daisy-Chain, Height Adjustable

Pros: Lots of inputs, easy menu to navigate, use on more than one system with easy switching. No power brick, just standard power cable, which is good as I dislike external power supplies.

Cons: I dont use built in monitor speakers but they were a little weaker than others Ive tried such as LG.

Overall Review: I wish they made 32 inch version of this monitor with 4k resolution, I would buy it!