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David N.

David N.

Joined on 07/13/06

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Most Favorable Review

Nice keyboard!

Microsoft  SIDEWINDER X4  Keyboard - Retail
Microsoft SIDEWINDER X4 Keyboard - Retail

Pros: The keyboard is aesthetically pleasing with multiple brightness settings and a textured wrist pad. It's simply designed, but has no lack in features. I don't play PC games that often so I probably won't get too much use out of the macro keys, but it's nice having them there. It's not too noisy to type on, but not too silent or mushy either. Personally I think the key response is perfect. It feels great to type on.

Cons: The S1 macro button is incredibly sensitive to the point it'll activate if I just brush my finger over it. It may be just my keyboard though. The good thing is the software comes with the option to disable specific keys - since I don't play games all the time 5 macro keys is plenty. Also it seems that the volume buttons are not functioning any more, although it may just need a reinstall of the drivers. My biggest complaint is that it would appear the media buttons only function with winamp and WMP. It would be nice if they worked with any open and playing media player, since I normally use itunes and VLC player.

Overall Review: This thing is perfect for my needs, I'm glad I bought it.

Awesome

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0

Pros: Awesome case!! Looks really sleek and mean. Convenient placement of USB and firewire on the top. Great ventilation, and very nice and quiet. Plenty of room to work with.

Cons: Cable management was difficult with my PC power & cooling 750 quad PSU.

Overall Review: If my current antec breaks for whatever reason, I'll be buying another 900.

Great!

ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

Pros: Cools well. My e8400 wolfdale runs at 35 degrees C on light load. Probably could be even cooler if my computer was in a better ventilated spot. I didn't know it came with an external fan speed controller, that was a nice surprise :)

Cons: Instructions not very good, it took a while to figure out how to get it on my board.

Works

NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model FD1231H-302
NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model FD1231H-302

Pros: Works as it should. Allowed me to boot my raid drivers.

Cons: Didn't come shipped in a box or any kind of real packaging... it was just bubble wrapped. Some of the pins were bent and I had to bend them into place. If it were more expensive hardware I'd be more upset.

Nice!

ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Works with the Wolfdale e8400, has raid controller.

Cons: The placement of some of the transistors on the board made installing my Zalman 9500a cooler confusing. I had to install it differently than specified in the manual.

Overall Review: Other than the issue with the cooler, everything went great. Raid drive was set up easily. AI overclocker is a good program, although I have yet to overclock my anything yet.

Great!

CHIMEI 19" WXGA LCD Monitor 8 ms D-Sub CMV 937A
CHIMEI 19" WXGA LCD Monitor 8 ms D-Sub CMV 937A

Pros: Super bright and clear screen. Nice and simple design.

Cons: Its hard to adjust the tilt of the screen, but its not too big a problem.

Overall Review: When I first bought it I had it on the maximum brightness setting. I had to turn it down because it was starting to hurt my eyes. One dead pixel near the top of the monitor. When it comes time to upgrade my monitor again, I'll definitely get another Chimei.