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Woodams C.

Woodams C.

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Most Favorable Review

Still great

Logitech X-540 70 watts 5.1 Speakers
Logitech X-540 70 watts 5.1 Speakers

Pros: Great sound quality Pretty Easy set up (see other thoughts as well) Compact. Ish. I think they're compact, maybe not for others though

Cons: Satellite speakers don't seem to add much BUT that's mainly my set up. I don't have room to place them behind me (not that they're too big, just my room).

Overall Review: When I first got this about a year ago I was impressed. After a while, I noticed that the center piece and sub woofer weren't really working. It took a while, but it turns out that Windows 7 doesn't like the 5.1 channel set up or something. I checked my wiring countless times over and had it right. Windows would even individually send sounds to the proper speakers, but it wouldn't work outside of the sound setup. Anyway, setting Windows 7 to 7.1 instead of 5.1 surround sound made everything work and then I was REALLY blown away. tl;dr? Try setting sound scheme/setup to 7.1 surround instead of 5.1 if it's not all you expected to be. I've owned these speakers for approximately 11 months now, approaching 12

11/17/2010
Most Critical Review

Was expecting more I guess

AMD Athlon II X2 250 - Athlon II X2 Regor Dual-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM3 65W Desktop Processor - ADX250OCGMBOX
AMD Athlon II X2 250 - Athlon II X2 Regor Dual-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM3 65W Desktop Processor - ADX250OCGMBOX

Pros: Cheap Dual Core 65W = Low temp Great Low-key HomeServer processor

Cons: I guess I expected too much from this. I saw 3ghz, dual core and $60 and said "YUS!" but I really can't see this doing much outside of internet email and videos really. Not HD videos either. Someone said it was great for 1080p BluRay, but from my experience I'm skeptical of that. I can't test it though. I watched processor load in task manager while opening windows and running some tasks. Opening windows made the processor spike to about 40% load. Chrome browser was about 10-20% load while just sitting there. I didn't bother trying any online games, or anything like that. Just because I had other things to do.

Overall Review: I got this processor for a low key server. My budget was $200 for the whole thing and this helped me make it. I thought this processor could handle more. I was expecting it to handle some pretty menial and cheap tasks, like backing up data and working as an IRC bot. Running a MineCraft server is the most expensive program running. I thought this would handle an MC Server well. Not exactly blaze through it, but handle it. I knew the MC server would be most intensive, but the processor seems to be struggling. Idle, it hangs around 10%, but adding players about 2 players puts it at 50% load. I see a lot of "Error: Did system time change, or is computer overloaded?" in the logs, suggesting it can't quite keep up. Perhaps that's more latency related though. In either case, I don't see this being able to handle 10 players. There's an AMD Quad Core for about $84. Idk how much better that would fare, but I'm wishing I saw that before buying this one. Running WinServ2008 4gig

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Xigmatek ASGARD II B/B CPC-T45UC-U01 Black / Black 0.8 mm SECC / Aluminum and Aluminum Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Xigmatek ASGARD II B/B CPC-T45UC-U01 Black / Black 0.8 mm SECC / Aluminum and Aluminum Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Pretty solid. Looks sexy on the inside. Clean cords. Plenty of drives. Sexy mesh cover plates where drives are not

Cons: Back fan (the only fan) is kinda loud. Well...loud for my taste. If you're 15 feet away, you probably won't hear it. But if you walk past it, it's clearly audible. Not an "Is the processor on fire???" noise but a "Huh. That fan is really blowing some air. Well at least I know it's working I suppose..." Also, it was about 10x bigger than I was expecting (my fault)

Overall Review: I wish I could control the fan. But no one else complains about it, so I'm not set on fixing it. I read "mini-ATX tower" and assumed it's size would be based on the size of mini-ATX mobos. Key word there is assumed. I could have easily looked at the measurements provided here, but I didn't, so that's my fault. I actually got this because I wanted it to be low-key. Meaning quiet and ugly. It failed both of those expectations. It didn't fail the first one by much though. When I opened it I laughed at how good it actually looked. I thought it would be just a black box, but I was wrong lol

JetWay JM26GT4-A-LF AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA NF6100-430 (MCP61P) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
JetWay JM26GT4-A-LF AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA NF6100-430 (MCP61P) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Tiny Gets the job done

Cons: No issues, but a scare. I was wishing for another standoff near the RAM. It really REALLY flexed when I was putting the RAM in. It flexed more than I expected, and WAY more than I felt comfortable with. Nothing broke though. Just...do it carefully I guess.

Overall Review: Wish it supported DDR3, but I knew that when I bought it and it wasn't a huge concern to me. If you want to know how small this is, Grab a piece of paper. Now imagine about 1 inch missing on all sides. It is tiny.

It's working

Western Digital AV RFHWD3200AVBS 320GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal AV Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital AV RFHWD3200AVBS 320GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal AV Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: IT WORKS!

Cons: None yet

Overall Review: Recertified feels like a complete gamble. Recertified Harddrives feeks like gambling on a lottery ticket. For the price though, I felt the gamble wouldn't kill me if I lost. But seriously, no issues whatsover. Great packaging albeit redundant. Box>packing paper>Another Box>5 layers of bubble wrap> anti static guard> HardDrive It's 100% silent, speedy, and IT WORKS! Oh and like $28 if you pay for shipping. It could have been $21, but I didn't feel like doing the 2 day free shipping by signing up for some scam company.

Okay

Audio-Technica ATH-ANC27 3.5mm/ 6.3mm Connector Circumaural QuietPoint Active Noise-cancelling Headphone
Audio-Technica ATH-ANC27 3.5mm/ 6.3mm Connector Circumaural QuietPoint Active Noise-cancelling Headphone

Pros: Dampers outside noise Good quality Comfy

Cons: Short cord. Not a problem for me, but I mean, it's like...1-2 feet long. I've never heard of a company providing a cord that short. Clearly for personal, MP3, computer and CD use. Nothing far. Lacking Bass in my opinion. Music just doesn't have as much depth as I was expecting

Overall Review: Great quality, and it really does block outside sound. But I've used cheaper headphones without noise cancellation that sound better purely for the fact that they have more bass. I'm not some bass junky that needs my ears blown out either. I'm listening to music now, and there's just nothing underneath it, you know? What I hear is great, but I'm expecting another layer of deeper, softer notes to add to it all, but it's not there :/ I'm probably going to exchange for another pair, not sure which yet.

12/25/2010