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Doreen G.

Doreen G.

Joined on 10/15/04

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Most Favorable Review

VeryFast Card for Most Games. Drivers Need Work

EVGA GeForce 7950GX2 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P2-N592-AX
EVGA GeForce 7950GX2 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P2-N592-AX

Pros: Very fast and stable card. It replaced a pair of 7800GTX cards that I was running. I want to run quad SLI and thats's why I bought this card. Nothing wrong with the two BFG 7800s. They are going to get a 2nd life via online auction house.

Cons: The drivers need to mature a bit. Most games run very well with the exceptopn of Quake4. It runs at no better than 20fps and thats if it manages not to crash my computer.

Overall Review: A great card to get (and keep) until the DirectX 10 cards become available

Most Critical Review

Could be better

HP LP2475w Black 24" 6 ms Height,Swivel,Pivot & Tilt Adjustable Widescreen LCD Monitor 400 cd/m2 1000:1
HP LP2475w Black 24" 6 ms Height,Swivel,Pivot & Tilt Adjustable Widescreen LCD Monitor 400 cd/m2 1000:1

Pros: Very sharp, great for Photoshop work, good gaming display. Calibrates easily. Great color, brightness and contrast. Very good software. Lots of inputs and USB ports. Very bright, I had to lower brightness and contrast in order to use it. This I see as a good thing because once the back light loses some of its brightness, I can just turn it up.

Cons: The first one completely died one week after getting it. The replacement was obviously a refurbished unit-it came with a dead pixel and what looks to be a hair sandwiched between the front surface a layer beneath.

Overall Review: I've very disappointed with this monitor, for close to 600 dollars I expect it work perfectly for a couple of years. I would much rather have had HP repair the first display than get a defective refurbished one.

Just an Awesome Piece of Hardware

OCZ RevoDrive 3 series 240GB PCI-Express 2.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) RVD3-FHPX4-240G
OCZ RevoDrive 3 series 240GB PCI-Express 2.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) RVD3-FHPX4-240G

Pros: Works as advertised. 900 MB/S sustained reads and writes. Installed without any issues on my Rampage III Extreme mobo. I tend to keep a good dozen or more applications open at once so the 64-but queue depth is much appreciated.

Cons: None that I can think of. I'm not going to complain about the added 15 seconds the drive takes to initialize. I don't care about that; I care about how fast the drive runs once booted and it does not disappoint one iota.

Overall Review: If you run multiple applications then this is the drive for you but make sure your motherboard supports this amazing SSD first.

10/28/2011

A Great Little Laptop

ThinkPad T Series 14.0" Intel Core i5-2520M 4GB Memory DDR3 1333 Windows 7 Professional 64-bit T420s (417032U)
ThinkPad T Series 14.0" Intel Core i5-2520M 4GB Memory DDR3 1333 Windows 7 Professional 64-bit T420s (417032U)

Pros: By far the nicest laptop I have ever owned. Very light but well built, the I-5 processor runs Photoshop CS5 very nicely. Decent battery life, USB3 and a 7,200 RPM hard drive make this computer one I will keep for a couple of years.

Cons: Not too thrilled with the placement of the optical drives eject button.

Overall Review: If you are looking for a light, fast and well built laptop, get this, you will be happy with your decision.

10/27/2011

The Best Router I Have Ever Used

NETGEAR WNDR3700-100NAS V.5 Wireless Gigabit Open Source Router/ USB port Rangemax 2.4/5 GHz Simultaneous N600 Dual Band IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab
NETGEAR WNDR3700-100NAS V.5 Wireless Gigabit Open Source Router/ USB port Rangemax 2.4/5 GHz Simultaneous N600 Dual Band IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab

Pros: I bought this router to replace a D-Link DGL-4500 which, after a irreversible firmware update, became unusable. I've had the router for three months and have had no issues with it at all. Very fast wireless and the GB switch works like it should. Many security and routing features and an easy to use interface makes this the best route I have owned or worked with-at least on the consumer level. Netgear should be commended for such a fine piece of hardware.

Cons: A little pricey but worth it because it works all the time.

Overall Review: If you want a very good N router, just get it, you'll be satisfied with your purchase.

Very Good Performer But 2 Died Within One Week

ASUS Rampage Extreme LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Rampage Extreme LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Very stable and fast motherboard. Lots of overclocking features. Well written manual.

Cons: I had 2 motherboards fail within 3 days of setting them up. The first one died when rebooting. It was working great, I turned it off so I could put the side back on my case, turned the computer back on and nothing happened. The only things that worked were the LEDs on the mobo. The 2nd one died after changing the CPU multiplier. On the LCD Poster, it shows CMOS Error then says Setup, the Welcome and it freezes. I tried resetting the BIOS, removing the battery, changing the jumper that select which BIOS to use and still the mobo is dead.

Overall Review: I'm going to RMA the 2nd mobo in almost as many days and hope I get one that willl last a little longer than the average life of a fruit fly. If the first mobo had not broken so quickly, I would give it a 5. If the 3rd one lives a week or two, I'll review it and post some overclocking results.