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Theresa A.

Theresa A.

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Most Favorable Review

Great card for the Money

XFX GeForce 6600 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card PVT43KUDF3
XFX GeForce 6600 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card PVT43KUDF3

Pros: Upgraded from an Nvidia Gforce 4 MX 400 w 64 Mg. Noticeable improvement playing Age of Empires III. Very easy to install. I use a 380 watt Antec PS with several fans, 3 hard drives, DVD + CD and have no power problems. Check out the coolbits option to overclock it.

Cons: No instructions on how to use the Nvidia options out of the box but they are easily found on the web.

Overall Review: Newegg shipped same day. Received in 2 days. Great Service.

Most Critical Review

Makes a nice 1Gig Switch

TRENDnet TEW-673GRU N600 Concurrent Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, with USB Storage & Printer Sharing
TRENDnet TEW-673GRU N600 Concurrent Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, with USB Storage & Printer Sharing

Pros: Print server works really well.

Cons: Drops WAN connectivity often. Upgrading firmware did not help. Opened problem ticket with Trendnet and got stock answers. I using a wired connection and they kept telling me to check various wireless settings. Documentation on set up is rudimentary and not helpful for anything advanced. Router will not work as a repeater or a bridge. I had most trouble when trying to connect to a VPN. I would not recommend. It also takes a long time to reset itself everytime you update a config parameter on the GUI.

Overall Review: I don't want to pay shipping to return this so I decided to re-connect my trendnet 639 wireless router which worked flawlessly and use this one as a print server and extra Gigabyte switch. As long as the other router connects to the WAN and serves as a DHCP, no more drop outs. thankfully I didn't pay a lot. The firmware on the router is really bare bones, I can't even use it as a repeater. Also note that the dual band requires that you have a 5 Ghz device that will use the other band. Its not 2 - 2.4 Ghz, so unless you have a wireless card or internet TV that uses 5 G, you only have one band.

Does not work

Rosewill RCW-608 USB Type C to SATA Adapter Cable for 2.5" SATA SSD HDD, Support SATA III / II / I and UASP
Rosewill RCW-608 USB Type C to SATA Adapter Cable for 2.5" SATA SSD HDD, Support SATA III / II / I and UASP

Pros: None

Cons: IDE connections don't work for 3.5 or 2.5 in drive. Windows 7 does not recognize the drive at all for 2.5. For the 3.5 it said it was an unknown device.

Overall Review: I'm not going to spend $8 to ship this back or stand in line at the post office. The hard enclosures and drive docks I got work better than this, but they are SATA. I needed one that would do PATA.

12/30/2010

Watch out for compatability

Pictureperfect Hair Salon Nintendo DS Game
Pictureperfect Hair Salon Nintendo DS Game

Pros: My little niece who is 6 was very excited about getting this game for her Nintendo DS. Newegg shipped this very fast.

Cons: This game does not run on Nintendo DS Lite and no where did it mention it would only run on DSi. I even checked the Nintendo site and it did not indicate that some games do not run on DS lite or really compare the two systems. So now she's disappointed and we are trying to figure out what to do since the game is open.

Overall Review: This is not really Newegg's fault but I criticize Nintendo for not making it clear on which systems will run the game. I think its bad to have people buy the lite version without telling them what they are missing and disappointing a kid on Christmas.

12/28/2010