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Kevin S.

Kevin S.

Joined on 01/04/02

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Most Favorable Review

Simple and Impressive!

Cyber Acoustics CA-3602 30 Watts 2.1 3 Piece Flat Panel Design Subwoofer & Satellite Speaker System
Cyber Acoustics CA-3602 30 Watts 2.1 3 Piece Flat Panel Design Subwoofer & Satellite Speaker System

Pros: They sound as good as the $125 Creative i-Trigue speakers that they replaced. You get quite a lot of great sound for a low priced pair of speakers. I was expecting less, and I am surprised and pleased. The sound is not the loudest or cleanest, but I am rating these speakers against the expectation vs. price. The highs are high and the lows are semi-low. Everything comes through clear and well separated.

Cons: None yet, but I have only had them a few days.

Overall Review: It took me forever to find this exact type of speaker set. Everyone is trying to sell you wireless speakers or weird looking speakers that look like they came out of an alien craft. I just wanted a set of speakers that look good, are built with simplicity and elegance, and sound good. Excellent speakers for when you are sitting at the computer gaming, listening to music, or whatever. They do get fairly loud, but not loud enough to fill your house with music. Get a set of Klipsch Promedia speakers if you want that type of power.

Most Critical Review

2 Dead within 60 days

Western Digital Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: My first drive died after 35 days. The second one died after 60. I guess the only pro is that I was able to retain my data due to having them running in RAID-1

Cons: Two drives completely failing within 2 months is outrageously unacceptable.

Overall Review: If you are smart, you will avoid this drive like the plague. When I RMA'd, Western Digital did not have any in stock. My guess is that they stopped production on this drive due to a major known flaw. The good news is that they sent me a 1TB drive as a replacement, so at least the customer service is good.

Died after 37 days! Cannot RMA!

Rosewill RD450S, 80 PLUS Certified 450 W Power Supply
Rosewill RD450S, 80 PLUS Certified 450 W Power Supply

Pros: It worked for 37 days

Cons: It worked only for 37 days, which is one week past the 30 day period that Newegg provides for a return! This always seems to be the case with computer components, where they will die just after the RMA period.

Overall Review: Do not buy this power supply unless you want to be left with a nice paper weight after 30-40 days

I take it back...

Western Digital Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: These drives work great, if you only need them for 35 days...

Cons: I needed mine to work longer than 35 days.

Overall Review: One week ago I reviewed this drive with 5 stars, but now that I have owned it for 35 days it has comepletely failed. :(

Western Digital Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Quiet, fast, cool, stable...

Cons: None

Overall Review: I purchased two of these drives and am running them in hardware RAID-1 without any issues.

SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100283VXL
SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100283VXL

Pros: This card is fast and the colors are beautiful! I upgraded from a GeForce 8600 GTS, and this thing is hands-down a better quality graphics card. Of course that would be assumed, since the 8600GTS is about 4 years old. :)

Cons: None.