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Matti V.

Matti V.

Joined on 08/17/07

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Most Favorable Review

Not bad for price

ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -Runs my agp 2600xt agp card. -Supported 4 additional usb ports on the front of my case. -oc's my e2200 -> 2.8ghz with stock cooler, runs smooth and stable.

Cons: -Realtek drivers didn't want to install. If that happens, disable UAA microsoft drivers under devices and delete them. This allows you to install the realtek drivers without a hitch. -limited to 2 gigs of ram. -oc support somewhat poor. -mb manual not the best but does the job.

Overall Review: Well it's cheap so really a no-brainer. Runs a lot of different cpu's and loads of agp and pcie cards. Good budget upgrade!

Most Critical Review

Don't waste your money

Cisco Small Business WRV210 Wireless VPN Router with RangeBooster 802.11b/g up to 54Mbps
Cisco Small Business WRV210 Wireless VPN Router with RangeBooster 802.11b/g up to 54Mbps

Pros: It has a nice looking box and a cd you can use as a coaster . Has a third antenna welding point when you open the router (found that out after the router died and opened it up).

Cons: Well the router completely died just after warranty expired. Very poor customer service, VPN never really worked, router required constant power cycles. Worst part is flashing for updates! I mean really who ever got the idea of forcing a Cisco registration to download a simple update to the router software?! The registration takes forever and it's impossible to find anything on their site.

Overall Review: I also had the wrv200, which had far less problems than this one. This was a total waste of money and I will stay clear of any more small business routers like these. Unfortunately you get what you pay for. If you want a good cisco router, buy the cisco 800. The 800 really works, this is just junk.

Fast with some flaws

OCZ Agility 4 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) AGT4-25SAT3-128G
OCZ Agility 4 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) AGT4-25SAT3-128G

Pros: Fast and firmware upgrade was easy (used another computer prior to installing windows). On AHCI windows experience should be around 7.4 if you have less your running this SSD on IDE mode. Works great in tandem with conventional spindel drive.

Cons: BSOD after sleep still not fixed. I've had these issues with prior SSD drives from OCZ and well it's still not fixed! My fix? Well more like a bandaid approach. Turned off sleep/hibernate and just shut down the computer (or leave it on). After all reboot takes a whole 15 seconds or so on ivybridge.

Overall Review: Not my first and certainly not my last SSD. Overall I'm satisfied especially at $55. I wouldn't necessarily recommend this for a laptop though, simply because of the sleep issues I've had with OCZ drives. If you want assured performance I'd still buy Intel, sorry ocz but fix your firmware! My older OCZ ssd runs great 24/7 for months at a time for the last 2 years now, just the sleep never works.

Nice replacement card

XFX Radeon HD 4650 1GB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card HD-465X-ZDF2
XFX Radeon HD 4650 1GB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card HD-465X-ZDF2

Pros: Bought this to replace a now dead Nvidia quadro card for my xw4400. The computer is primarily used for video trans coding and office work, so this card has never been used for gaming(par from solitaire and sudoku). Great bang for the buck card if you need a replacement for aging hardware or require a second card for a quad monitor setup.

Cons: The only nag I have about the product was the registration process for the card. Inside the box is a code and to download the newest drivers from their site it requires you to enter this giant code in order to get up to date drivers from their website. That's not what I call customer service.

Overall Review: Runs 2x 19" @ 1280x1024 over DVI. No screen tearing or artefact's.Quiet compared to old quadro card but not silent. Also works with many popular software titles for GPGPU.

11/29/2010

Good drive, but not what I call retail box

Hitachi GST Deskstar H3IK20003272SP (0S02861) 2TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail
Hitachi GST Deskstar H3IK20003272SP (0S02861) 2TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail

Pros: Quiet! The drive is more restraint than my old 1TB WD black drives. Price/GB is phenomenal bought on sale for $109, $89 with MIR. By far the cheapest 2TB 7200rpm drive around. Kudos to newegg, drive arrived the next day with standard shipping.

Cons: No sata cable included. Be sure to order one if you buy this! Should be a called a bulk drive not retail because of this (drive even arrived in a box with an installation manual and screws). Formatting a drive this size takes hours. Complete format of this new drive took approximately 7 hours.

Overall Review: I wish I could take half an egg off for the missing sata cable, but since that's not possible I'll give it a 4/5. Drive itself is quiet and runs cool.

More hassel than its worth

HIS Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card H26XF512ANP
HIS Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card H26XF512ANP

Pros: Once running it does work, getting there how ever can be slow. The performance of the card was a lot better than my old ati 1600 so in that sense, yes it was worth it. To get the card working use either "ati omega" drivers or "agp hotfix drivers" (currently 8.6). The normal drivers from ati will NOT install!

Cons: -Drivers that came with the cd did not work! Yes they do install but it won't let you run any games. To get this card working you must install 3rd party drivers. -Requires at least 400watt power supply! Make sure you check this before you order this or any other gaming card, they are very power hungry.

Overall Review: If you really must get a cheap agp graphics card than yes this *might* be for you. Getting the drivers to work is really tough though so be prepared for a few hours of searching. The 3xxx series will also blow this away and is only sligtly more expensive. Again same driver problems on agp though....