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Maria D.

Maria D.

Joined on 03/24/08

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Most Favorable Review

Killer keyboard, very nice buy!

IOGEAR Z-GKM541RA Silver/Black 104 Normal Keys 13 Function Keys 2.4GHz RF Wireless Slim Keyboard & Mouse Combo
IOGEAR Z-GKM541RA Silver/Black 104 Normal Keys 13 Function Keys 2.4GHz RF Wireless Slim Keyboard & Mouse Combo

Pros: Keyboard is really nice and quiet. It has a laptop type feel. The rubberized texture and color look and feel great. The Mouse works on any surface, glides nice and smooth too.

Cons: Wish the mouse was as quiet as the keyboard when clicking on it. Ive had louder ones, this one is about average.

Overall Review: I plan on taking care of this set. Hopefully I will not encounter the sticking keys on the keyboard. I have yet to test a distance further than 10 ft, but so far so good!

Makes my IBM T42 S M O K E!!!

Transcend TS8GSSD25-S 2.5" PATA SLC Industrial Solid State Disk
Transcend TS8GSSD25-S 2.5" PATA SLC Industrial Solid State Disk

Pros: Well made product with a solid warranty. Uses SLC chips. Super fast drive. Just enough room to load Windows XP.

Cons: The size vs. price. Transcends website could bring more to the table as far as support. All the information that I got to tweak the drive was gained from using google. Out of the box the drive is okay, but with about 6 tweaks it smokes. Nowhere on the Transcend website does it provide help in this area.

Overall Review: If you were toying around with the idea of purchasing a used T-series IBM laptop, and putting an SSD drive in it...this drive is a perfect match. I have to say that I am amazed at how well my T42 with an upgraded 2ghz Pentium M CPU, and 2 gb of memory operates. If I didn't know any better, I could swear I was using a newer laptop with more impressive specs, i.e. dual core, faster memory, etc...Definitely makes this old machine smoke, and well worth it in my opinion. The T42 is a great laptop, and with this SSD, it really is pleasure to use. In addition, I purchased a SATA HDD caddy for the hot swappable drive, and dropped in a 320gb 7200rpm 16mb cache Seagate HDD. Let me tell you, this setup works like a charm...

Great price, great product, lot's of display options.

32" 1080p LCD HDTV
32" 1080p LCD HDTV

Pros: Great display, several display modes and options to toy around with. Sound is also great, really no complaints. I picked this same unit up locally for $400 out the door (sweet!). For that price I figured I'd give it a chance. I previously had another no namer from Costco that had a very clear display, but lacked all the features that this one has; Analog audio in/out, digital audio out, component video in, in HD, 2 hdmi ports, vga in, oh ya did I mention 1080p? The viewing angle is also good. I use this for my htpc for my bedroom and its bright, clear, and sharp. I also play xbox 360 games on this at 1080p and no complaints.

Cons: I would have to say the surface sheen of the lcd display produces a glare. If there is any bright light in the background, you will see a slight reflection of it. Remote needs to point directly to sensor to operate.

Overall Review: Other than fixing the glare on the screen from background light, none.

Great all in one board.

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4350 512MB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card GV-R435OC-512I
GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4350 512MB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card GV-R435OC-512I

Pros: After a 30 min search for drivers, it works flawlessly. I'm using XP 64 and it smokes. Like the fact that there's room to grow CPU wise. It's been a while since i've owned an asus board, this one seems to not have any bugs.

Cons: Bought as an open box, and it came with only the board. But that's to be expected! Thought I would luck out with at least a driver disk.

Overall Review: The asus website is a bit slow, but I was able to find everything I needed to get this thing up and running smoothly.

Quiet, fast, does the job

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Fast and quiet, sata connection.

Cons: Not a terabyte.

Overall Review: None.

Great CPU for the money

AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 - Athlon 64 X2 Kuma Dual-Core 2.7 GHz Socket AM2+ 95W black edition Processor - AD775ZWCGHBOX
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 - Athlon 64 X2 Kuma Dual-Core 2.7 GHz Socket AM2+ 95W black edition Processor - AD775ZWCGHBOX

Pros: A step up from a build using a athlon xp 2800+, I am now actually able to multi-task with no lag whatsoever. Def not the fast cpu out there, but this thing works great with Windows XP 64 bit.

Cons: As others have complained, the heatsink is definately inappropriate. I ordered much better one from newegg for only $20 shipped.

Overall Review: Wish it came with a heatsink that was able to cool it while overclocking. Afterall it IS the "black edition". I've been a long time fan of AMD, through their good and not so good products. Intel is just way overpriced. And the fact that ATI is now AMD, thats a big plus!