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David G.

David G.

Joined on 11/03/03

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Most Favorable Review

Slick as snot on a door knob!

IN WIN IW-BT610T.300BL Black Steel Micro ATX Desktop Computer Case 300W Power Supply
IN WIN IW-BT610T.300BL Black Steel Micro ATX Desktop Computer Case 300W Power Supply

Pros: This my third one of these cases and I cannot think of a single thing that is bad about them. I got my first one two years ago before they changed the front bezel, it now resides above the cooler in my restaurant as a deadhead system keeping the bad guys out of my wireless (PublicIP). The other two are mounted to the insides of my desk! Yup, if you take it completely apart, you will find that the bottom is plastic and accepts screws just fine. Once you put the steel case back over the bottom plate (plastic part) the case locks on to it, put the cover on, throw a padlock on the loop in back and now someone will have to take the desk with the PCs if they want them that bad! I use one as my video renderer for pinnacle and the other is my photo shop rig. The power supply that comes with is plenty to drive my 1300PCI-E X16 video cards, 2Gb dual channel ram, 250Gb hard drives, DVD burners, 11in1 card readers along with the dual core AM2 4000s.

Cons: would like a full face plate that folds up to hide the case front for when clients come over.

Overall Review: Placement of components is critical, you must mount the optical drives so that the button does not depress the eject button on the drive. Use the retail cooler that comes with the proc, it works fine, keeps you below 39c.

10/10/2007
Most Critical Review

M58 Disapointment

Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 SFF Computer - 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor - 2GB Memory - Windows 7 Home Premium (1 Year Warranty)
Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 SFF Computer - 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor - 2GB Memory - Windows 7 Home Premium (1 Year Warranty)

Pros: Great case, quiet, easy to work on and swap out hard drives.

Cons: This small form desktop PC should work just like the other one that is sold here but it does not. I have several of these machines and the 2.4 is a dog with frequent BSOD and memory issues.

Overall Review: Go for the 3.0GHz PC, its great, comes with a keyboard and mouse too and 4GB of memory.

Shorty, short, McShortster!

SYBA SY-KVM20051 2-Port USB KVM Switch with Unique Remote Port Selector Built-in
SYBA SY-KVM20051 2-Port USB KVM Switch with Unique Remote Port Selector Built-in

Pros: Works just like advertised, plug and play, the remote is hardwired, no beeping or lights, really clean.

Cons: 2'8" on each leg just sucks unless the computers you are hooking up are stacked on each other. I had to put the lappy on the desktop case in order for them both use the cables.

Overall Review: I should have done a better job looking for the right KVM, this one aint it.

Living LaRadeon Loca!

GIGABYTE Radeon R7 260X 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card GV-R726XOC-1GD
GIGABYTE Radeon R7 260X 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card GV-R726XOC-1GD

Pros: Great card for the money, it is paired with an AMD FX-8320 proc, 16 Gb DDR3 and a Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB har drive. This is how PCs should run, press button, things happen, no dots rolling in a circle on the screen, no loading, just pure performance.

Cons: I have asked again and again for breakfast in bed but NOTHING!

Overall Review: 2 free games, easy installation, quiet and cheap.

McJunkster McJunk...

ASUS GeForce GT 630 2GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card GT630-SL-2GD3-L
ASUS GeForce GT 630 2GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card GT630-SL-2GD3-L

Pros: Did not spontaneously ignite. Did not fragment into 1m pieces and kill all my clients. Did not cause the rest of the components to commit Seppuku.

Cons: Took 2 FULL spaces instead of the one that was advertised then it forgot it was a video card, it thought it was scrap metal and sat there looking at me enticing me to run it through a wood chipper! The VGA port did not work at all, the HDMI port was dead as a door nail as well, the DVI port worked as long as you booted to SAFE MODE then died as Windows loaded. Three other cards of all the top chip makers and manufactures work fine as well as the onboard video but this critter just flipped me the bird and provoked me...

Overall Review: Lets say that you are at home all by yourself and are snowed in with no books, internet or food, this would be a good boredom killer. But remember your high blood pressure meds, you're gonna need them!

Works as advertised

Transcend TS-RDP5K USB 2.0 Card Reader
Transcend TS-RDP5K USB 2.0 Card Reader

Pros: The Transcend card reader is small, has all the slots I need and syncs quickly. It also works with USB extensions so that you can use it with a micro USB cable.

Cons: The cards stick out the side blocking other slots. Not really a con but an observance.

Overall Review: I think that in comparison to other small electronics, this was a little pricey. I paid it happily and am glad I did.