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Jed P.

Jed P.

Joined on 09/27/10

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Most Favorable Review

Good option for home printing

HP LaserJet Pro 200 M276nw (CF145A) Up to 14 ppm 600 x 600 dpi Color Wireless All-in-One Laser Printer
HP LaserJet Pro 200 M276nw (CF145A) Up to 14 ppm 600 x 600 dpi Color Wireless All-in-One Laser Printer

Pros: Easy setup; Wireless is seamless; Print quality is better than acceptable, as is printing speed.

Cons: Not much capacity on the initial black ink cartridge.

Most Critical Review

Worked great until it failed

SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 256GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE256BW
SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 256GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE256BW

Pros: Reasonably fast (as an SSD should be)

Cons: Lasted about 6 months. Certainly expected more.

Overall Review: Going to file a warranty claim with Samsung. We'll see how it goes.

11/27/2016

Well worth the investment

Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Bought 2 of these for my media center tower computer over 2 years ago. Neither have ever missed a beat. No bad sectors, fast, -- nothing to complain about. I use them as primary storage of all my digital pictures, home videos and recorded TV and movies, with backup to less expensive RAID array. These were comparatively expensive when I purchased them, however, they have held up quite well, making them well worth the investment.

Cons: none yet

Run away!

MSI 890FXA-GD65 AM3 AMD 890FX USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI 890FXA-GD65 AM3 AMD 890FX USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: 6 6gps SATA Ports, USB3, overclock utility

Cons: 5-6 months into ownership, random shutdowns noted by others began. A month ago, I attempted to make a BIOS setting change and the board never posted again. Reset CMOS--nothing. RMAd to MSI. Spent $20 on shipping only to have them return what I think is the same board. This one will only occassionally power up, and even then, will not power PCI. I bought a new PSU and Graphics card troubleshooting this. Now convinced it's all this junk board. Military grade my eye!

Overall Review: Done with MSI. Got an ASRock MB-990EX4 on the way.

Stopped working

NETGEAR WNCE2001 Universal Wi-Fi Internet Adapter Wireless 802.11b/g/n Ethernet Port / Connect Wifi to LCD-TV, Game Console and Blu-ray Player
NETGEAR WNCE2001 Universal Wi-Fi Internet Adapter Wireless 802.11b/g/n Ethernet Port / Connect Wifi to LCD-TV, Game Console and Blu-ray Player

Pros: Connected out of the box to Motorola Surfboard SBG6580. Did well for a couple months with only limited interruptions, despite that it was bridging a considerable distance. I was happy with it.

Cons: Last week, it just stopped connecting to the internet (which is kind of the point). It would make it to the router--just no internet access. My other wireless devices (laptop, blu-ray player) all keep right on connecting to the internet. So, I spent all afternoon (about 5 hours) on the phone with NETGEAR support. After upgrading firmware and trying most everything, still nothing. Sounded to me like security settings, so I completely disabled all wireless security, re-set the adapter, and tried again. Still refused to connect to mine. So, on wild hair I decided to try to connect to a neighbor's old, unprotected WIFI. Surprise--success! My next step was telling this to NETGEAR support. They were ready to issue an RMA to me until I told them this. Instead, they now want to blame Motorola! Old firmware, they said. I told them that Cox updates Motorola modems--not me. It made absolutely no difference that all my other wireless devices work just fine.

Overall Review: There is a clearly something wrong with my device, but I got no help from NETGEAR. It is clearly hit or miss on whether it will work for your application. And forget about support--you are on your own.

Not as good as my onboard graphics

SAPPHIRE Ultimate Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100289UL
SAPPHIRE Ultimate Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100289UL

Pros: Fits nicely in my case. Silent. Runs cool.

Cons: Not as good as my onboard graphics (780G chipset with Radeon HD 3200). Disabled onboard graphics in BIOS and installed CCC. Even tried over-clocking it. Still provided choppy video when displaying HDTV via my tuner card. No appreciable difference in displaying Flash over internet. Windows Aero score jumped up to 7, but that's not real in my world. Open to the possibility that I am missing something in the installation.

Overall Review: Setup: Gateway LX6200-01 running Win 7 64 AMD Phenom Quad Core 2.2 mhz 8 Gig DDR2 RAM 3T total hard drive capacity 450w power supply upgraded case fan to 120mm PCIe 2.0 x 16 slot (only one) Toshiba 40" 1080p LCD TV

12/31/2010