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Christopher L.

Christopher L.

Joined on 10/14/12

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Most Favorable Review

Worked flawlessly, even with an old dual-Xeon workstation...

EVGA GeForce GTX 950 02G-P4-2956-RX 2GB SC+ GAMING, Silent Cooling Gaming Graphics Card - Certified Refurbished
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 02G-P4-2956-RX 2GB SC+ GAMING, Silent Cooling Gaming Graphics Card - Certified Refurbished

Pros: + The GTX 950 is a great value card.<br>+ It's an even better value when refurbished.<br>+ It has a 1-year warranty.<br>+ The fans do not spin at idle, and barely make any noise when under load.

Cons: - Have experienced some screen flickering at idle, not entirely sure the card is at fault at this point. (Update: It wasn't the card, it was my motherboard)

Overall Review: I've got this in a Dell Precision 690 with two dual core Xeon 5160s. This motherboard has a single PCIe 1.1 x16 slot, and was made in 2006. It's rather impressive to me that this modern card will still work with it.

Most Critical Review
HP Pavilion 23XW Silver White 23" IPS Ultra-Wide Frameless LCD/LED Monitor with Anti-Glare Treatment and Amazing Viewing Angles
HP Pavilion 23XW Silver White 23" IPS Ultra-Wide Frameless LCD/LED Monitor with Anti-Glare Treatment and Amazing Viewing Angles

Pros: + IPS (great viewing angles). + Well priced. + Two HDMI ports.

Cons: - Not very bright. - Not VESA mountable. - First few hours of use gave me a horrible headache. - No built in audio or audio out (for HDMI). - It doesn't work well with Macs unless you disable automatic input switching in the OSD.

Overall Review: Probably wouldn't buy this one again.

Works Just Fine...

Seagate ST90250N1A1AS-RK 250GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive Retail kit
Seagate ST90250N1A1AS-RK 250GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive Retail kit

Pros: + Wasn't DOA + Really Inexpensive + Arrived in 2 days

Cons: None

Overall Review: What can I say? It's a typical 250 GB, 5400 RPM laptop hard drive. I was replacing a broken HDD in a laptop for a client. It's low cost was the attracting factor.