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Michael T.

Michael T.

Joined on 12/05/09

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Most Favorable Review

1st impression (big card, terrible cd)

SPARKLE GeForce FX 5200 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card SF8834DT256MB
SPARKLE GeForce FX 5200 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card SF8834DT256MB

Pros: works, cpu down from 100% to 35-70% xp auto detect although it lists 2004 as the date updates on the nvidia site (from xp auto detect drivers) packaging is a marketers dream (less cd)

Cons: internet video still jumpy pricey for legacy setups cd is a nightmare and kinda unnecessary

Overall Review: dvi on a 10 year old machine? s video is limited hulu streaming fps (guessing up from apx11 to apx45)jump from geforce2 mx440 to this card. hoping to run itunes video I wouldn't recommend the cd as card is xp plug and play

11/15/2010
Most Critical Review

16% better than an OC 4200 hd

GIGABYTE GeForce GT 610 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Video Card GV-N610D3-1GI
GIGABYTE GeForce GT 610 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Video Card GV-N610D3-1GI

Pros: 3984 3dmark06 more than double of onboard from my GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard has OC tool which i will use pairing with a phenom 945 (currently a sempron 2.7) low wattage

Cons: Not a great card barely worth the outlay

Overall Review: was under $40 used my onboard for 3+ years

I've identified a few issues

MSI Gaming Desktop Aegis R 10SD-053US Intel Core i7-10700F 16GB DDR4 1 TB SSD GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Windows 10 Home 64-bit
MSI Gaming Desktop Aegis R 10SD-053US Intel Core i7-10700F 16GB DDR4 1 TB SSD GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Pros: Better than a G series from 3 years ago (major manufacturer) One star off for pricing (seems like alot compared to my 3050ti laptop) but worth it Goes pretty good with AW2521H

Cons: Not sure by how much especially for my primary game card sag (slight) getting a brace audio for movies is white noise in edge while using digital output (one of the reason i like this pc) it occurs in my external sound card as well so it may be an edge thing...but that is odd i can't really see the lights in my setup

Overall Review: It was an effort to sift through products and prices to find this the market is different than the last time I got 1 kind wish I still had the Ryzen 580 rig, but this takes the sting out.

12/31/2021

Easily my favorite and nice sounding

XtremPro 61089 192khz Digital to Analog Audio Converter
XtremPro 61089 192khz Digital to Analog Audio Converter

Pros: USB power Works

Cons: My other ones went on the fritz

Overall Review: I like the build as well as the sound the led is bright works for audio out when wanting sound out of a cd player form pc

12/31/2021

ni looking, nice sounding, and a bit power hungary

KEF FiveTwo Series MDL7 SAT SIL 5 CH Speaker System, Silver Pair
KEF FiveTwo Series MDL7 SAT SIL 5 CH Speaker System, Silver Pair

Pros: Takes all power from a 5.1 amp sleek Crisp highs Satisfying purchase after over a decade with 5.0 or 5.1 speakers. Nice sound-bar alt. Good speakers (individually) Lots of speakers (included) Only 2 speakers (easy to look @) Handles all of my amps 600 watts with ease

Cons: Wiring harness is car amp deckesque (perhaps too generous) Cords are an overcomplicated solution (although encompassing) Calibration is a bit of a guessing game

Overall Review: Got in the early afternoon and was not finish with wiring harness (soldering) until mid evening. This was taking at a brisk pace as i custom setup a work desk using a box with holes for lining up all of the harnesses 10 wires. I mixed up the rear surround wires so had 2 switch those @ the amp.

Sleek and precise unit

P3 International P4330 6 Feet Kill A Watt PS-10
P3 International P4330 6 Feet Kill A Watt PS-10

Pros: BackLight when u hit the buttons Kwh and current usage

Cons: not sure what the leakage reading means some features are less useful/intuitive

Overall Review: useful for monitoring power

12/15/2014