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James C.

James C.

Joined on 05/26/07

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Most Favorable Review

Wow

AMD Opteron 165 - Opteron Denmark Dual-Core 1.8 GHz Socket 939 110W Processor - OSA165CDBOX
AMD Opteron 165 - Opteron Denmark Dual-Core 1.8 GHz Socket 939 110W Processor - OSA165CDBOX

Pros: I finally bit during the Memorial Day sale. When it arrived I cursed my foul luck at getting the LCBQE stepping. Now? Cruising at 2.94 GHz with the stock cooler.

Cons: Absolutely none.

Overall Review: Still the bang-for-the-buck champ.

Most Critical Review

Not quite

BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N300 Gigabit DD-WRT Wireless Router - WZR-300HP
BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N300 Gigabit DD-WRT Wireless Router - WZR-300HP

Pros: Fast, good range, good price, DD-WRT, stable for web browsing.

Cons: Loses connection during Netflix videos, about once an hour on average. DD-WRT versus "user friendly", Movie Engine or not, nothing helped. Which means it fails the wife test, which means my ancient WRT54GL is back on the job. Tried using the Buffalo as a repeater, but that wasn't stable either.

Overall Review: Hard to find a good solid router these days.

Pretty good

Mediasonic HomeWorX ATSC Digital Converter Box with TV Recording, Media Player, and TV Tuner Function (HW-150PVR)
Mediasonic HomeWorX ATSC Digital Converter Box with TV Recording, Media Player, and TV Tuner Function (HW-150PVR)

Pros: All functions work as described.

Cons: Output looks like SD, no matter what settings or cable I use. Recordings are uncompressed, about 5-6 GB per hour. Remote buttons are not very intuitive (for example to playback a recording press "USB") but you get used to it.

Overall Review: For the price it's a great little box.

Motorola knows their cable modems

ARRIS SurfBoard SB6121 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem
ARRIS SurfBoard SB6121 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem

Pros: Rock solid, as was the SB5121 it replaced.

Cons: No problems at all.

Very good for the price

Fujitsu MHW2160BJ 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Fujitsu MHW2160BJ 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Quiet. No apparent problems. Excellent deal. Vista disk rating jumped from 4.6 to 5.3. System is noticeably faster.

Cons: Not as fast as some newer (and more expensive) drives. May run just a bit warmer than my old drive.

Overall Review: Definitely worth upgrading to a 7200 rpm drive if you are a power notebook user.

No ReadyBoost for me

ADATA 4GB Class 6 Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model TurboSD SDHC 4G
ADATA 4GB Class 6 Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model TurboSD SDHC 4G

Pros: Seems to work.

Cons: But I wanted to use it for ReadyBoost. Too cheap to RMA though.