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Tim H.

Tim H.

Joined on 02/18/11

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Most Critical Review

Solid Board, Died after a couple weeks

ASUS P8H61-I (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P8H61-I (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Great Bios, energy efficient, nice gpu boost feature. I used this board to run a mini itx server for my web site and it worked perfectly fine for about 3 weeks until on about the 3rd day of the 4th week, where when I tried to turn my computer on, it wouldn't turn on. I ran a couple of tests on the other components: ram, cpu, cpu heatsink, psu, and all worked perfectly fine on another motherboard. I even tried plugging the front panel switches from a case into another mobo and everything worked fine, so this leaves the motherboard at fault. As a final test, I tried removing all of the components from the motherboard and putting everything back together. Core i3 2100 LGA 1155 3.1GHz Processor ASUS P8H61-I (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 SILVERSTONE NT07-1156 90mm CPU Cooler Silverstone SG05 itx case w/ 450w psu

Cons: Won't allow the computer to start up. Pushing the on/off button does nothing. The motherboard LED is on when I turn the PSU I/O switch on but the computer won't turn on from the power switch of the screwdriver test.

Not the most cost efficient printer

Samsung ProXpress SL-M3320ND Monochrome Laser Printer
Samsung ProXpress SL-M3320ND Monochrome Laser Printer

Pros: I got this printer when it was on sale for ~$90 which is not a bad price for a laser printer with this printer's specifications. The warmup and printing is relatively quick for a printer of its cost.

Cons: The toner is much more expensive than toner for other laser printers. In the long run, it would be more cost efficient to go with a more expensive printer with the same specifications but cheaper toner. In addition to this, while printing, I have run into a lot of memory errors with this printer where it will stop a job, and start all over again, i.e. print from pages 1-38 out of a 50 page job, print an error message, then start over with the same job, which is incredibly annoying since it has a memory standard of 128gb and the file size for many of the files I print are < 1gb. You will end up wasting a lot more money on toner and paper than you will save getting this printer on sale!

11/13/2013