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Jonathan R.

Jonathan R.

Joined on 08/09/07

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Most Favorable Review

Great Buy

AMD A6-6400K - A6 Series Richland Dual-Core 3.9 GHz Socket FM2 65W AMD Radeon HD Desktop Processor - Black Edition - AD640KOKHLBOX
AMD A6-6400K - A6 Series Richland Dual-Core 3.9 GHz Socket FM2 65W AMD Radeon HD Desktop Processor - Black Edition - AD640KOKHLBOX

Pros: Great speeds at a great price. Runs Guild Wars 2 and Wildstar near max settings without going over 65C with stock heatsink and fan.

Cons: Dual-core so can bottleneck at times. However, this was taken into account on original build design so is a non-issue for me and no eggs lost.

Most Critical Review

Another Basic Keyboard

Rosewill RK-200 - Standard Keyboard - Black, 107 Normal Keys, USB Wired
Rosewill RK-200 - Standard Keyboard - Black, 107 Normal Keys, USB Wired

Pros: It's a keyboard, it works, and it is cheap. Free HDMI cable gift on purchase.

Cons: I didn't realize how much it would annoy me until the keyboard arrived. The reduced size of the Delete key to move the | \ key to the number row in order to have an oversized Enter key constantly throws me off.

Overall Review: The HDMI cable salvages this purchase for me. Hopefully, I will get used to the tiny Delete key with another few months of use.

Not a fan of Cox ISP

D-Link  DCM-301 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem
D-Link DCM-301 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem

Pros: Worked perfectly out of the box with our Cox internet and Linksys wireless router.

Cons: Cox's internet set-up system didn't recognize the modem despite it being on their recommended list so I had to register via Mac Address. Not the router's fault to my knowledge so no eggs off. Ethernet cable is a bit tiny. I never expect a reasonably sized ethernet cable to come with a router or modem so no eggs off.

Solid Cable

Rosewill HDMI Pro-6 - 6-Foot Black High Speed HDMI Cable with 3D & 4K Supported, 10.2 Gbps Transfer Rate - Male to Male
Rosewill HDMI Pro-6 - 6-Foot Black High Speed HDMI Cable with 3D & 4K Supported, 10.2 Gbps Transfer Rate - Male to Male

Pros: HDMI 1.4, works great, amazing video quality, and alot easier to manage than DVI cables.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Free with my Rosewill keyboard.

Beautiful Monitor

ASUS VS Series VS238H-P Black 23" HDMI LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 50,000,000:1
ASUS VS Series VS238H-P Black 23" HDMI LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 50,000,000:1

Pros: Beautiful picture out of the box and it only got better when I adjusted the settings. Great framerate and quality through an HDMI set-up. Light weight and a really nice power consumption amount. All at a great price.

Cons: I didn't buy two.

Decent Drive

Seagate SV35.6 ST1000VX000 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Surveillance Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate SV35.6 ST1000VX000 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Surveillance Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Runs smoothly and quietly. Definitely fits the description of cost-effective mass storage.

Cons: Upon format, drive totaled to 931gigs. Less than 10% of max capacity lost so I am happy with it, but above 5% so 1 egg removed from the rating.