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Scott L.

Scott L.

Joined on 01/24/03

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Most Favorable Review
HyperX 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Quad Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX8500D2K4/4G
HyperX 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Quad Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX8500D2K4/4G

Pros: I popped it in, it worked perfectly first shot at its rated settings.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: After a frustrating time trying to a certain dominator brand working in my new GA-X38-DQ6 in a 4 module configuration unsuccessfully, I finally RMA'ed the lot and bought this set. I popped it in, it worked perfectly first shot at its rated settings. It passed memtest86+ for two nights in a row with flying colors. I couldn't get a single cycle to pass with the other ones. I'll be using these again.

Most Critical Review

NOT SATA 3.0Gb/s

Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YD 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YD 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Its a raid specific WD SATA HD with TLER. How can you go wrong?

Cons: This drive iS NOT an SATA 3.0Gb/s drive unless the drive you are shipped is manufactured on or after March 1, 2006. I ordered a couple of these based on NewEgg's specification of SATA 3.0 and they shipped me drives manufactured Sept, 2005. Needless to say they are the old 1.5GB/s SATA drives. Be careful if you order these thinking they are SATA II 3.0GB/s.

Overall Review: Have an RMA and hopefully NewEgg will ship me the ones that match the product description.

Do not buy

Acer A1-840-131U Iconia 8" Tablet with 16GB Memory
Acer A1-840-131U Iconia 8" Tablet with 16GB Memory

Pros: When it works, its great. It was for my kids so they mostly play games on it. There are only a handful that wouldn't work (crash back to home screen)

Cons: These things seem to last about a month and then completely die. I'm assuming its something to do with the battery and/or charging connector because they will be working fine and then just appear to never register that the power is connected. I initially bought 2 for my kids and I've been through three replacements. The fourth one has just died today and I'll be requesting a refund.

No compatible RAM on market

JetWay J7F4K1G5S-LF VIA C7 VIA NanoBGA2 VIA CN700 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo
JetWay J7F4K1G5S-LF VIA C7 VIA NanoBGA2 VIA CN700 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo

Pros: It's a nice low-power, cpu-included motherboard.

Cons: This board can only use low density 16 chip DIMMs (or 8 chip for 512M). These are no longer in production anywhere and extremely difficult to find; if you do, they are extremely expensive and usually refurbished. This product should really be pulled off shelf.

Overall Review: An e-mail to Jetway got this response: "The board can only support DDR2-533/667 x8 or x16 type low density memory modules due to CN700 chipset limitation. There are some in our labs, but we are not sure if they are still available out there. "

Nice case, p/s cables too short

LIAN LI PC-Q09FB Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case 150W flex PSU Power Supply
LIAN LI PC-Q09FB Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case 150W flex PSU Power Supply

Pros: Nice compact case. Looks good and easy to assemble. Vents are all in the perfect places to keep it cool inside.

Cons: The power supply provided with this unit has cables that are FAR too short to reach any of the components it is meant to power. In order to install my motherboard and hard drive I needed to purchase a 24 pin ATX power cable extender, and a SATA power cable extender just to get the cables to reach. The SATA power connector on the power supply doesn't even reach the place where the hard drive goes. This is really an inexcusable flaw for the premium price on this case and so it gets only 3 stars.

3ware 9650SE-8LPML PCI Express SATA II Controller Card RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, Single Disk, JBOD, KIT
3ware 9650SE-8LPML PCI Express SATA II Controller Card RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, Single Disk, JBOD, KIT

Pros: Very fast, easy to install. Supported under just about any OS you care to run. Very full featured and the 3 different ways to access the controller setup (BIOS, web based, or command line) are icing on the cake.

Cons: The battery on the battery backup unit is VERY sensitive to heat inside the case. I had to swap slots with my video card because the rising heat from the video card was heating up the backside of the controller and shutting the battery backup off (which shuts off the write cache and slows everything down a LOT). No issues after I switched slots. I'm not taking a star off for this as it is clearly mentioned in the installation guide that the battery is heat sensitive.

Overall Review: I can verify that this works flawlessly on a Gigabyte X38-DQ6 board in one of the x16 slots, along with an 8800GTX in the other. I had no issues with installing it at all (other than the heat issue mentioned above). Just popped it in, the system recognized it and I was off.