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Michael K.

Michael K.

Joined on 02/17/08

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Most Favorable Review

DOES work with the Droid

Nippon Labs Black 6 ft. A/Male to Micro B/Male 6ft Cable Model USB-6-Micro 6 feet
Nippon Labs Black 6 ft. A/Male to Micro B/Male 6ft Cable Model USB-6-Micro 6 feet

Pros: Charges my phone fine. Haven't attempted to use this particular cable for data.

Cons: N/A

Overall Review: The previous reviewer's experience does not match mine. My cable has worked fine with both my Droid, and my co-worker's.

Great for programming

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite

Pros: Great for programming. The split doesn't interfere with vim's standard navigation mapping.

Cons: The arrow keys & home/end/insert/delete/page up/page down block have an awkward layout. But, I don't really need any of those for programming in vim.

Starting to die after 3 years, but that's ok

Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Until recently, has worked reliably, quietly, and w/o being a massive battery drain.

Cons: It's starting to die.

Overall Review: I don't expect laptop hard disks to last any longer than this one has, so that's ok. I'm probably going to be replacing it with another of the same model.

GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Works well. The power to USB ports while the system is sleeping is especially nice for charging my phone. Has plenty of USB ports, other ports. Works well out-of-the-box with various hardware monitoring systems to report on the thermal sensors, etc. Nice, powerful BIOS configuration.

Cons: Shipped drivers are alright, but some lack polish. Some just aren't very useful. The manual is somewhat helpful when it comes to assembling the system, but was a bit unclear.

Overall Review: Some sort of on-board GPU might have been nice, mostly as a "just in case" kinda thing, but that would have sacrificed some of the USB ports I guess.

easy expansion for my phone system

Uniden DCX150 1.9 GHz DECT 6.0 Cordless Expansion Handset
Uniden DCX150 1.9 GHz DECT 6.0 Cordless Expansion Handset

Pros: Easy to pair with my existing system. Pretty much "just worked".

Cons: n/a

Seems reliable, not too noisy.

PC Power & Cooling ModXStream Pro Series 600 Watt 80+ Semi-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ600MXSP)
PC Power & Cooling ModXStream Pro Series 600 Watt 80+ Semi-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ600MXSP)

Pros: Clean look. Helps keep things tidy inside by letting you only plug in as many cables as you need.

Cons: n/a

Overall Review: The little bag to hold the extra cables is a neat touch.