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Marcus W.

Marcus W.

Joined on 10/01/05

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Most Favorable Review

Great little board

Intel BOXD945GCLF2 Atom 330 Intel 945GC Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo
Intel BOXD945GCLF2 Atom 330 Intel 945GC Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo

Pros: Low power, duo core, good support, I didn't have any problem loading fedora 10, or vista ultimate on this board. This might seen carzy but I think Vista runs really good on this board, every thing works (on board vga, svideo works well under vista) Fedora 10 has problems with the svideo its a known bug with xorg.

Cons: The north bridge fan is a little loud, I replaced it with another 40mm fan (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835191002) just make sure you get a 40mmx40mmx10mm fan.

Overall Review: I put this together for my bedroom, nice little cheap HTPC setup, plays all my video collection with out any problems, mpeg, divix, avi, mp3. this turned out pretty good, I was thinking about getting one of them popcorn hours, glad i went this route, i have so much more for just 50 dollar more. Make sure you get all the updates from intel; bios and drivers. System config: 2GB ram, 500 GB SATA drive, SATA DVD r/w drive, and ita case, flash card reader; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154093 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820132016 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134192 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148377 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121003 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823166079

Most Critical Review

Not to reliable

NETGEAR 8 Port Gigabit Business-Class Desktop Switch - Lifetime Warranty (GS108)
NETGEAR 8 Port Gigabit Business-Class Desktop Switch - Lifetime Warranty (GS108)

Pros: Nice features, and fast throughput. warranty my first unit had 3 years! Netgear is offering Lifetime warranty now I wounder why?

Cons: Not reliable, the first unit went bad after a month of use, the replacement unit just went bad after 6 months of use! I got the flashing light deal that everyone is talking about! And I just purchased another one of these from newegg a couple weeks ago, I think may be I should have got another brand. what good is a lifetime warranty if you have to replace it every 6 six months, you still have to pay for shipping.

Overall Review: Get this Netgear give me 3 options 1) ship the unit back I pay the shipping ( which i did, and it cost me $5.00 bucks) 2) They send me a return shipping label for $16.95! 3) They send me a new unit with a return shipping label for $29.95 They got to be kidding, I did the option number 2 six months ago. I complained, and told them next time I'll buy something else. ps it would be so nice to talk to customer support people that speak understandable English!

11/30/2007

Works Great

Intel Core i5-4570T - Core i5 4th Gen Haswell Dual-Core 2.9 GHz LGA 1150 35W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I54570T
Intel Core i5-4570T - Core i5 4th Gen Haswell Dual-Core 2.9 GHz LGA 1150 35W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I54570T

Pros: Low power only 35W max, idle is even lower like 10W Turbo boost Hyper threading 2 per core great for a lower system with some kick..

Cons: Only two cores, I wanted the Intel Core i5-4460T which has 4 cores @ 35W, but they're not sold boxed, and are hard to find at a decent price.

Overall Review: Ues this for a NAS box, wanted something with decent performance for video/audio encoding at a reasonable power consumption since it running 24/7.

Works Great

SAMSUNG BP96-01472A Lamp Replacement
SAMSUNG BP96-01472A Lamp Replacement

Pros: The real deal not a cheap aftermarket bulb. Tv just like new nice and bright.

Cons: Didn't come with the housing, but it was easy but in my existing housing.

Overall Review: This is an OEM replacement bulb, they're a lot of knockoffs out there. The first bulb I got off A..zon was a cheap aftermarket bulb, it wasn't as bright, and it lasted only 6 months!

OK, but not great.

Subjekt PLS-9400 Supra-aural Pulse Stereo Bluetooth Headphone with Integrated Microphone
Subjekt PLS-9400 Supra-aural Pulse Stereo Bluetooth Headphone with Integrated Microphone

Pros: Light weight Easy setup Functional controls

Cons: Not to comfortable for me, ears started hurting after a hour of use. Easy to slide off your head. The sound is ok but for the price you can do better, bass is ok not great, and the mid-range and highs are lacking. Seems cheaply made.

Overall Review: Its an OK unit for 25.00 bucks, not worth 50.00.

Great case

GIGABYTE Triton 180 Black 0.7mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
GIGABYTE Triton 180 Black 0.7mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: This is really a nice case, it has everything, with a nice layout that's easy to install components.

Cons: None