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Dan R.

Dan R.

Joined on 12/04/03

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Most Favorable Review

Solid Board, Easy Build

MSI H67MA-E35 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI H67MA-E35 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Decent Price install cpu, mem, Connect HD, PS- Post, load windows files, good to go! Intel graphics 3000 is the best integrated grapchics solution I have seen. impressive. Great little setup for the money.

Cons: only 2 mem slots but then MSI makes a different model with 4, so no problem really. No OC genie button.no biggy either.

Overall Review: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM (PC3 10600) KVR1333D3N9K2/8G WD 1.5 black drive 6.0gb Everything worked first attempt loaded windows 7 in 12 minutes. Cant complain, just ordered a second board for another build.

Most Critical Review

Flicker Problem

XFX HD-487A-ZDDC Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
XFX HD-487A-ZDDC Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card

Pros: Looks Really Cool in the pictures...

Cons: Well, this card is my 5th XFX card and the first one that had a problem right out of the box. It is also the first XFX card I have purchesed using the ATI chip- so far I have been sorely dissapointed. The screen flickers constantly. I am running top of the line components including a 700w power supply. I installed my XFX GTX 260 in this system and it runs like a champ. This is a stable system that I built, I was just upgrading the card from an XFX 9600GT. The problem is with the Card. I logged into my account at the XFX website to leave a trouble tag so we will see how long it takes for them to get back to me.

FAST but to many problems

OCZ RevoDrive X2 160GB PCI-Express x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSDPX-1RVDX0160
OCZ RevoDrive X2 160GB PCI-Express x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSDPX-1RVDX0160

Pros: Very fast drive

Cons: Slow windows 7 install. I thought the drive had hung up during the install, finally the progress bar started moving. About three months after installing the drive I started getting windows errors,corrupt drive errors. I am tired of this. I saw where OCZ told another newegg customer with similar issues to simply go to the ocz forum and update the firmware. I looked at that , no easy way to do that nor does the website show a firmware for anything other than linux. I am so tired of dealing with the constant drive errors I am installing a new SATA 3 SSD. Not as fast but it will be better than this. I have installed 5 SSd's in new systems with no problems like this. I installed this drive to see what it would do. It is fast but just is not worth the aggravation. If this product has a chance to succeed, the firmware update process will have to be improved.

11/18/2011

New Product Fail

Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 High-power 2.1 PC Speaker System
Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 High-power 2.1 PC Speaker System

Pros: Great Sound if you have time to constatantly tweak the LCD controller settings with so many variable settings for different types of music, movies or gaming.

Cons: I use and love many Corsair products but NOT this one. The LCD controller failed one month after purchase **LCD controller to complicated to adjust-to many screen settings to adjust during music play. **price **In my humble opinion this product is not up to the usual Corsair standards I am accustomed to. I wish I could get a refund or credit from Corsair- I would send them back.

Overall Review: I had high hopes for this set of speakers. I am a loyal Corsair customer for many years, power supplies, cases, desktop memory etc. I spent $250.00 for this product thinking it would be an improvent over my $150.00 speakers-Wrong. The LCD screen went dead a month after I purchased. The speakers cannot be used without the LCD screen controller. The company emailed they woudl take care of it. They did- They sent a brand new set of speakers, not just the controller. This means it is easier or less costly for the company to replace the entire product rather than the defective LCD controller? Overall you can get good sound with these speakers but the LCD controller is the biggest drawback due to the fact that it there are to many sound settings and it is difficult to naviagate through them while listening to music. Replace the fancy LCD controller with a manual bass and treble control knob and this would be a much better product worthy of the Corsair name.

11/12/2011

Works Great- Gets Heavy Usage

Maxi-Matic EKA-9210B Black Elite Cuisine 4-Slice Toaster Oven Broiler
Maxi-Matic EKA-9210B Black Elite Cuisine 4-Slice Toaster Oven Broiler

Pros: Good Price and features. I purchased this for use in a busy shop full of guys. Using the top and bottom element works great for turning week old pizza into fresh out of the oven pizza, tasting great. We were amazed at how well this thing reheats old pizza. Also works great on toast, pop tarts, frozen waffles and other similar types of Man Food. Costs much less to maintain than a wife that doesnt cook well.

Cons: *This came in black only, would have preferred white. *Doesnt make beer to go with the pizza~:- ) Can you have the engineering department work on this please.

Great Monitor

ViewSonic Graphic Series VG2230wm Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor Height & Tilt Adjustments 280 cd/m2 700:1 Built in Speakers
ViewSonic Graphic Series VG2230wm Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor Height & Tilt Adjustments 280 cd/m2 700:1 Built in Speakers

Pros: Great 22" widescreen Monitor with no dead pixels. What sets this one apart is the Excellent Height & Tilt adjustments. Most other monitor's have very limited height adjustment. The screen is bright and beautiful. I upgrade my monitors on a regular basis and this was a good choice for me. I am using this baby for a new gaming system I just built so I can rock&Roll in COD4.

Cons: $$Price$$300.00- Not really a con because you get what you pay for. You can get a 22" widescreen monitor from a different manufacturer for $100.00 less, just not with the quality and adjustment features this unit has. I like for my monitor to sit higher up so I was willing to pay more to get exactly what I wanted.