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BRANDON S.

BRANDON S.

Joined on 01/18/06

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Great, but not perfect

Logitech K740 Illuminated USB Keyboard
Logitech K740 Illuminated USB Keyboard

Pros: Back-light is excellent. It's thin, looks really nice. 95% of the time it works great.

Cons: Right Shift key doesn't register when pressed off-center anymore. It recognizes a limited number of simultaneous keystrokes. This isn't a problem in most situations, but can be obnoxious in some video games. For example, in the game The Binding of Isaac, I am unable to run diagonally and shoot at the same time.

Most Critical Review

Buggy firmware

OCZ Vertex 3 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) VTX3-25SAT3-120G
OCZ Vertex 3 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) VTX3-25SAT3-120G

Pros: Very fast, as you'd expect from an SSD.

Cons: Often crashes and stops being detected entirely by my system. I was told this was a firmware issue, but updating to the latest firmware just changed the way it fails. Now instead of crashing, causing a blue screen and not being detected. it locks up the whole system on faulty reads. In its current state, it locks up my system about twice per day. I'll be getting a different brand SSD soon.

Overall Review: This is a really highly rated SSD though multiple people that I know who have used it, have reported the same issues. Is that just bad luck?

Perfect

Eagle Consus T-Series ET-CSTU2-BK 3.5" USB2.0 to IDE External Enclosure
Eagle Consus T-Series ET-CSTU2-BK 3.5" USB2.0 to IDE External Enclosure

Pros: Great price. It looks very sharp and the blue glow is cool. No significant temperature increase even when transferring lots of information.

Cons: There are a lot of cords... but thats to be expected.

Overall Review: Exceeded my expectations. I've already recommended it to friends.

Good deal.

KWorld VS-L883D X-Pert DVD Maker PCI Card
KWorld VS-L883D X-Pert DVD Maker PCI Card

Pros: Great deal for the price! It does just what it needs to after the right software is installed.

Cons: The included software is not very useful for my purposes (playing/recording video games). You cannot go full screen or hear audio unless you install a different program for viewing/recording. The install documentation is painfully brief and unhelpful.

Overall Review: I followed some recommendations and downloaded a different program for watching and recording. The audio plug must be connected to the blue port and set as line in to work correctly. Now it does everything I had expected. Do a little research and find the software thats right for you and this will be a great purchase.