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Michael H.

Michael H.

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Most Favorable Review

Great cover!

ASUS Google Nexus 7 Dark Gray Travel Cover
ASUS Google Nexus 7 Dark Gray Travel Cover

Pros: Fits super tight (that's a good thing). Hard to get on (again a good thing). Fits like a skin and not a glove (that's another good thing) Flap covers screen very nicely Cut to fit perfectly leaving the buttons, USB, headphone jack and speaker perfectly useable One piece mold (no parts either glued or sewn on) ASUS made the darn thing and the Nexus so it should be a perfect fit. It takes a small bit of work to get it on but once it is on, its on. It feels like a glued-on outer shell making it very slim and you won't need to worry about it slipping off. It's material has a soft rubber feel to it that makes it not slide easily yet doesn't make it 'sticky'. No, it does not have a magnetic cover but it is unnecessary because the power button is right there on the edge and the Nexus wakes up quick. The flap covers the screen perfectly flat. The small raised ridge of the flap keeps it from sliding. And the hinge does not feel weak. I have yet to have a problem with the flap from.....flapping off. I have never had the flap catch on something to pull it open. It has been opened and closed well over a hundred time from all the way shut to all the way open and there are no sings of cracking. I highly recommend this cover!

Cons: 0

Overall Review: As stated in the description, it is a case/cover. No where does it claim to be a stand or have a magnetic cover. Do not give it a con or take an egg off for it not being what you wanted it to be. It doesn't keep my coffee warm but it doesn't say it would either. The cover fits snug enough that you could put it on a stand and still throw in a pouch or just you bag, glove compartment or jacket. I didn't buy it here. Wish I would have because I paid $30 for mine. I've been using ASUS since Intel's Pentium was wearing diapers. This is another great product from ASUS, let alone the Nexus 7. Google did a good job asking ASUS to make it.

Most Critical Review

DO NOT BUY THIS REGARDLESS OF OTHER REVIEWS OR PRICE!

G.Skill 32GB microSDHC UHS-I/U1 Class 10 Memory Card with Adapter (FF-TSDG32GA-C10)
G.Skill 32GB microSDHC UHS-I/U1 Class 10 Memory Card with Adapter (FF-TSDG32GA-C10)

Pros: HA! Absolutely none! Why is there no 0 egg option! 1 egg is too much to give this!

Cons: This is my second review after getting these RMA'd from G.Skill directly. I bought 2, the end of August. The first one out of the package was DOA. It was not recognized by anything. The second one did work, at least for a week. I put it in my son's Galaxy Tab 3 copied some movies to it via wi-fi to the card in the tablet and he was able to watch them during a long trip. About a week later, the card was no longer recognized. It could not be read by any device I plugged it into which included a phone, tablet, 3 readers and a laptop. Tried data recovery software but nothing could even see the card. I decided to RMA to G.Skill, which was actually quite a good experience so kudos to G.Skill's RMA dept. I took the two new memory cards and ran diagnostics software, specifically designed for memory cards and they passed all test. I put one in my son's new Galaxy Tab 4 tablet (Tab 3 has battery issues) and did a full copy test, filling the card with as many movies as I could. I was able to open each one, skip around, no problem. Now, it is no longer recognizable by any device just like the one it replaced.

Overall Review: Regardless of whatever manufacture response is to this, these are junk. They fail for almost everyone. It has gotten to a point that when the say that it is very strange that the cards just die out of the blue, they are wrong, if not, they are lying. If your a gambler, then by all means, go ahead and buy these but I wouldn't by them for $1. The other card was in my Wii U. I've already copied the contents to my PC. I have since ordered a Wintec card to replace it and I will throw away the G.Skill card. I have a Wintec 32gb Class 10 in my camera and after two years of taking pictures, video and taking them off and putting them on, it has never failed. I've actually never had a Sandisk or PNY SD card fail either. P.S. G.Skill RAM has been great for me over the years. I own about 10 pairs, not one has failed and I have been able to overclock their cheaper styles 25% for years without failure. I will still buy and recommend their RAM. Why they cannot make a good SD card is beyond me.

Bags are not that great..

CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750 W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750 W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

Pros: Solid build, quite, modular, 80 Plus Silver certified, etc... 7 YEAR WARRANTY!!!

Cons: Bags could be of better quality...

Overall Review: Replaced an OCZ after dying not long after the 3 year warranty (seems common). Love the modular and part of why I spent extra on it! Some don't seem to mention that this comes with two bags! One that the PSU was in and the other for the cables you won't need. The cable bag is square and doesn't completely seal as it is a flap closure. The velvet bag is a draw string but only velvet on the outside. Yes DOA sucks and having it die early sucks but it does come with a 7-year warranty! Not every single electronic device comes out of the box 100%. And for some of you that have RMAd more than once, ya might want to check your electrical connections. Power strips die too.

12/18/2011

Good

Diamond BUC151 Black 14" - 37" Double Hinge Swivel Articulating Wall Mount
Diamond BUC151 Black 14" - 37" Double Hinge Swivel Articulating Wall Mount

Pros: Solid, well built, fasionable, can't imagine it not fitting any monitor or TV. Comes with all the screws you'll need, including thoes that screw into the monitor/TV.

Cons: Slight con that doesn't effect me is the curve of the arm. You will not be able to bend the 'elbow' all the way to the left but you can turn the screen all the way left. This should not be a problem thought and thats no reason for me to take away a whole egg. It will come down to where you mount it.

12/18/2011

Great card! Great manufacure!

XFX Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-677X-ZNLC
XFX Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-677X-ZNLC

Pros: It a nice card. Works great. Upgraded from an 8800GTS. Thing was huge, large heatsink, required power plug. This thing is lightweight, requires no external power plug and more powerful than the 8800GTS. Heatsink still makes it take up two slots but is quite. Win7 rating on desktop/gaming performance hit 7.1. Was 6.8 with the 8800GTS.

Cons: Doesn't have anything like the cool awesome-looking, armored battle tiger on the box like my XFX 7950GTs had :-( Not really a con, the but metal cover over the heat sink is just there. Doesn't serve a purpose. Not even really any eye-candy. Guess its a slight con it that's is what your going for. Go with the XFX HD-677X-ZNFC 6670 for a little more performance and eye candy.

Overall Review: XFX is great, despite some issues ppl have had with DOA (it happens with all electronics). Rebates have not been a problem. This is not my first XFX product. I've had.... nvidia 6800 nvidia 7xxx (lower end series, can't remember) nvidia 7950GT two in SLI (These things were fanless heat sinks and were an awesome set) Radeon 4350 (for mediacenter) Radeon 6350 (for mediacenter) Radeon 6670 for main PC ...everyone an upgrade, not replaced, they even ALL still work to this day (com'on XFX. I think I deserve something for my loyalty...case sticke at least? Nah, you guys are great) I was also able to round out my rig with full AMD... ASUS Crosshair III Formula Phenom 2 X4 965 BE 8GB Mushkin @ 6-6-6-18 1300 MHz or 7-7-7-20 @ 1600MHz (rare) This video card! Corsair HX750W PSU Alright XFX, how about one of those 'Manufacture Responses' that is actuall positive for a change, thanking me for my truthfully positiveness toward your products? It be a great feeling!

12/18/2011

Nice low-end RAM

CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model VS4GBKIT800D2 G
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model VS4GBKIT800D2 G

Pros: Works, no problems! Stable!

Cons: No 'really-cool' heat spreader. Didn't come with free coffee.

Overall Review: Using in a Dell Optiplex GX520 mid-tower (only has two slots). Running Ubuntu 11.04 Server. Primarily, it is a minecraft server which minecraft uses a lot of RAM. Being on linux, there is no 'pagefile' used and swap never gets touched. Looking right now, 3.5GB RAM is in use (2GB for Minecraft, rest for file server, web server, vpn server, other apps, and cache.) Basically, RAM is constantly active and the server has only come down because of power outage. Stating all that to stress this RAMs stability! Being that DDR2 is old news, this is more expensive than comparable DDR3 but cheaper that a whole PC upgrade. It will breath new life into an older PC that can only use DDR2. In my case, it is being used in an active home server.