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Brent H.

Brent H.

Joined on 06/08/06

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Most Favorable Review

Good *passive* adapter

StarTech.com MDP2HDMI Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter - 1080p - Passive - Thunderbolt to HDMI Monitor Adapter - Mini DP Converter
StarTech.com MDP2HDMI Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter - 1080p - Passive - Thunderbolt to HDMI Monitor Adapter - Mini DP Converter

Pros: It works on my Radeon 6950 video card (see notes) Picture is perfect, no lines, distortion, or discoloration. does up to 1920x1080 resolution

Cons: none so far I do not use audio on my hdmi, so I can't say if/how good it works

Overall Review: I bought this to try out eyefinity on my Xfx 6950 video card. While it does work for adapting mini display to hdmi, it will not work for a 3rd screen. With this hooked up, I could use any combination of 2 of the 3 monitors at one time. But never all 3 at once. I "think" it is because this adapter is passive instead of active (active usually have a usb cord for power).

Most Critical Review

Stay away from anything this brand

Rosewill RX-DU100 2.5” & 3.5” SATA to USB2.0 Hard Drive Docking - Retail
Rosewill RX-DU100 2.5” & 3.5” SATA to USB2.0 Hard Drive Docking - Retail

Pros: It feels well made.........doesn't look too bad either......eject button works nicely.........and it's cheap (for a reason possibly?)

Cons: Hooked it up, powered it on, LED's lit up. Plugged in a hdd, nothing. Rebooted PC, nothing. Turned it off and back on, now no LED lights at all. HDD powers up, but that's about it.

Overall Review: I purchase a LOT of PC products from newegg and other site. In my personal experience, Rosewill has always been on the bottom end of quality. Maybe it's just my luck? I bought this hoping to renew some faith in the company, but alas my feelings have not changed. Hoping for a refund possibly? But we'll see. Newegg still rocks!

11/23/2010

Great screen, but out of range is annoying

ASUS ROG Swift 27" 1440P Gaming Monitor (PG278Q) - QHD (2560 x 1440), 144Hz, 1ms, G-SYNC, USB 3.0, DisplayPort, Pivot, Tilt, Swivel, Height Adjustable
ASUS ROG Swift 27" 1440P Gaming Monitor (PG278Q) - QHD (2560 x 1440), 144Hz, 1ms, G-SYNC, USB 3.0, DisplayPort, Pivot, Tilt, Swivel, Height Adjustable

Pros: G-Sync is awesome, and the buttery smoothness of 120-144hz is just amazing. In addition to that, this is the only monitor that out of the box, is able to achieve those high refresh rates at 2560x1440. Input lag feels non-existent. Colors are pretty decent, not as good as IPS, but far from bad. The monitor stand is excellent. The rear buttons are very simple to use and the joystick is perfect for making quick adjustments.

Cons: Out of range error message often, currently requires unplugging/replugging the displayport cable to fix (very annoying) Backlight is a little uneven, and you will see some colorshift on solid color backgrounds if you look for it. ULMB mode brightness is pretty low, but usable.

Overall Review: The first few days of gaming I had no issues at all. Only after about a week did I start to get the out of range message. Unplugging and replugging the displayport cable is annoying. Hopefully they are able to fix this in an update in the near future.

A very handy device

SABRENT USB-STP3 USB 2.0 to SATA 1.8"/2.5"/3.5"/5.25"/SSD Hard Drive & CD/DVD-RW Adapter
SABRENT USB-STP3 USB 2.0 to SATA 1.8"/2.5"/3.5"/5.25"/SSD Hard Drive & CD/DVD-RW Adapter

Pros: It works perfect. Build quality seems pretty good. I really like the on/off switch to turn on/off whatever you have plugged into this handy device. Has a blue power LED light and White access/read LED, which is also handy to tell if a drive is even working.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I often work on computers for family/friends, this device is very handy to have near by. For netbooks I can use this to access a dvd drive, with laptops it's nice to be able to copy over OS to a new drive/ssd. Also works great to trouble shoot stubborn HDDs that won't boot anymore, you can at least hook this up to another machine and try to salvage some files easily. Overall it's a great product.

10/30/2012

Works fine for me

EDIMAX EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g/n Nano USB Adapter
EDIMAX EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g/n Nano USB Adapter

Pros: Small, and doesn't get in the way of neighboring USB ports. Blinks blue so you know it's working.

Cons: Range is far from great. I expected it to be much better, or at least close to my other "standard size" usb wifi adapter. The added software is not for everyone. I prefer the windows default wireless utility.

Overall Review: The range isn't the best in the world on these, but it fulfills my needs, so I didn't knock off any eggs. I bought two of these, the one in my HTPC seems to have decent speed. I've had no issues streaming 1080p video. Speed tests show around 9 meg download which is pretty much all that I get from my cable modem. At the normal list price, I'd avoid these, but for 66% off, they are a great deal.

Great Upgrade for Work Laptop

CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Laptop Memory Model CMSX4GX3M1A1600C9
CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Laptop Memory Model CMSX4GX3M1A1600C9

Pros: Plugged in and no configuration was required and these are running 1600mhz on my thinkpad.

Cons: Can't see the cool gold stickers when installed.......so none really.

Overall Review: I upgraded my lenovo thinkpad L420 with this 8GB kit. It had 4GB factory and with my work I was maxxing that out, so I figured it was time for an upgrade. Now my ram usage floats around 62% usage so this did the trick for me. Not to mention its faster then the stock ram. This is running at 1600mhz for me with 9-9-9-24 timings showing. I did no configuring at all. Windows score before was 5.9 with stock ram, this RAM boosted it up to 7.5 I can say I'm very pleased with this purchase.