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Gavin H.

Gavin H.

Joined on 12/11/05

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Most Favorable Review

Mixed opinions, they seem to be adaquite though.

ARCTIC COOLING AF8025PWM 80mm Case Fan
ARCTIC COOLING AF8025PWM 80mm Case Fan

Pros: Somewhat quiet, can be daisy chained. 6 year warranty, Arctic Cooling brand name.

Cons: The reason why they're so quiet is because my BIOS reports them at 300rpm!!!! So I daisy changed all 3 of them to my CPU fan (Freezer 7) and they're at 1200rpm. Shipping price, it cost me double figures to ship 3 of them to me!!

Overall Review: Rather happy with this setup, at least my fans spin up and slow down depending on the CPU load, which in turn makes my CPU (Q9450) up to 10C cooler when doing complex tasks, such as gaming.

10/13/2008

Absolutely amazing

Nokia N97 Mini Black Unlocked 3G GSM Smart Phone with 5MP Camera
Nokia N97 Mini Black Unlocked 3G GSM Smart Phone with 5MP Camera

Pros: HD720P video recording, 8GB onboard memory with SD slot, fast UI, tonnes of apps, full office suite, full internet connectivity, messengers, high quality camera, well built phone, quadband, the list goes on and on and on! This is one truly fantastic phone. The touch screen is responsive, the keyboard is also responsive. Good selection of games, including The Sims 3!!!

Cons: Are you kidding me

Overall Review: I have mine on a contract with Vodafone UK for £30.00/month, not sure if US sellers have this phone on the market, but if you are buying a new phone, this is the one to get!

12/20/2009

Fantastic Sat Nav

TomTom XL 340S 4.3" gps navigation with IQ Routes Technology
TomTom XL 340S 4.3" gps navigation with IQ Routes Technology

Pros: This sat nav is fantastic, a sure upgrade from my old Nuvi 260! I have downloaded and installed the UK/ROI 2010 maps because it is primary used in the UK. It is very quick at calculating routes, highly clear instructions, and dead easy to operate.

Cons: None at all

Overall Review: The best voice for this GPS is "Kate (UK)". I have uploaded a video of the Tomtom UK Kate voice.

10/30/2009

Going into my third year, and third OS on this adapter!

Linksys WMP300N High-speed Wireless-N Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Draft IEEE 802.11n 32-bit PCI Interface
Linksys WMP300N High-speed Wireless-N Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Draft IEEE 802.11n 32-bit PCI Interface

Pros: This adapter is fantastic to be quite honest. I first got it on Windows XP Home SP2, since then, I have ran it on Windows XP Home SP3, Vista RTM/SP1/SP2 (x86 & x64) and now Windows 7 Professional x64. If you are looking for a wireless N adapter, quite frankly, you would be silly to get anything else!!

Cons: None at all

Overall Review: Windows Vista/7 has auto installing drivers for this adapter too, you just can't go wrong! This is the most reliable and best adapter I have ever come across and I am extremely pleased with it.

10/28/2009

Fast, cheap and quiet

Western Digital Caviar GP WD7500AACS 750GB 5400 to 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Caviar GP WD7500AACS 750GB 5400 to 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Using this as a storage drive, gets 85mb read on HD Tune, which will be a upper 5.8 / lower 5.9 drive on Windows Vista. Huge capacity, 698.9GB formatted.

Cons: None that I'm aware of

Overall Review: Can be happily used as a main OS drive without performance issues.

Fantastic RAM

Crucial 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Laptop Memory Model CT25664AC800
Crucial 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Laptop Memory Model CT25664AC800

Pros: This RAM is fantastic. Speedy, rates a 5.9 on Vista in dual channel.

Cons: Single Channel is 4.5 on Vista.

Overall Review: Make sure you buy two of these. Works in Dell Vostro 1000 laptop. Despite Dell saying 2GB Maximum supported, 4GB works flawlessly on Vista x64.