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Ed M.

Ed M.

Joined on 02/22/02

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Most Favorable Review

Great value for the low cost

Cooler Master Hyper N520 - CPU Cooler with Copper Base and 5 Heatpipes
Cooler Master Hyper N520 - CPU Cooler with Copper Base and 5 Heatpipes

Pros: I've been building since 99, and the Hyper N20 is the best Heatsink/Fan cooler out of the many that I've used over these many years. It started out cooling my Q-9550 on a Gigabyte board, and is now cooling a i5 2500K on a Z-68 EVGA board with 16 Gb of ram, a 32Gb Sandisk SSD, and a Samsung 1Tb HDD. I had no trouble installing it in my NXZT Apollo mid tower case. As I write this, the LED indicator on the mobo shows 33C!!

Cons: It really isn't a con, but I did have to cut the corners off of two attached heatsink covers, when it was on the Gigabyte board, so it would fit. Just cleared the inside ram stick.

Overall Review: 98% of the pc conponents I've bought have come from Newegg. They've constantly treated me like I was one of their best customers, and whenever there was a problem, they solved it with caring and professionalism!

12/12/2012
Most Critical Review
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3160215A 160GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Hard Drive (Perpendicular Recording) Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3160215A 160GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Hard Drive (Perpendicular Recording) Bare Drive

Pros: I switched to Seagate because WD lowered their quality and their warranty to only 1 year. Of course if you sent them $14.95, they'd extend the warranty to 3 years. I'd heard good things about Seagate, and they thought enough about their drives at the time' that they offered a 5 year warranty! I've three Seagate drives operating flawlessly at present.

Cons: A 120Gb Seagate Barracuda that was purchased from Newegg when Seagate still offered a 5 year warranty. No matter what I do, I can't get Seagate's RMA webpage to acknowledge this drive. I have 3 other newer Seagate drives, that for now, are working fine. Is this the kind of hassle I'll get if and when one of them fails under warranty, as did this dead 120Gb?

12/26/2009
Rosewill Black 15.6" Notebook Cooler with 4 USB2.0 Hubs RLCP-11003B
Rosewill Black 15.6" Notebook Cooler with 4 USB2.0 Hubs RLCP-11003B

Pros: I almost didn't buy this cooler due to some of the negative review comments. I'm glad I did, as it is much better than I expected it to be. I like to use my new, first laptop on my lap, but doing so, cuts down on the laptop's intake fan airflow. The adjustable fans on this cooler eliminates this problem. I had looked at an all plastic model at WallyWorld, wow, what a difference! Being a power desktop pc builder for many years, I can only say thank you to Rosewill for coming up with such an ingenious solution to my problem.

Cons: None!

XFX GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card PVT84JUSD4
XFX GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card PVT84JUSD4

Pros: I really don't understand where some of these guys are coming from. I have this great "bang-for-the-buck" gaming card installed on a motherboard that only has a PCI Express 4X slot, and I'm able to play Crysis on high at 1024x768 with no hiccups at all.I plan to move up soon to a 45nm single PCI Express 16X slot board that will support 4Gb memory, and a 45nm dual core! I would think this configuration will run SimX just fine for this old geek. At present I'm using the Asrock VSTA mobo with an Intel 805 dual core, 2 Gb Corsair XMS 6400/800 DDRII memory, and a 250 SATAII WD harddrive with 16mb cache, at 7200rpm. All purchased from "The Egg".

Cons: Runs a little warm, but I'll address this with the new build.

Overall Review: This is my second XFX video card, and so far I'm impressed with their high quality, amazing results, and their fast turnaround on rebates.

Who needs a Core Duo?

Intel Pentium D 805 - Pentium D Smithfield Dual-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - HH80551PE0672MN
Intel Pentium D 805 - Pentium D Smithfield Dual-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - HH80551PE0672MN

Pros: I paid twice this amount over a year ago,(retail), but it was worth every cent. Got it from newegg along with 2G of Corsair 6400 ram and a AsrockVSTA II mobo. I have been running at 3.80G the whole time with nary a hiccup. Don't use thw stock cooler, it's hard to install, and won't do the job. Can't understand these cry babies complaining about it running hot. I'm using a Rosewill Z3 hsf and at present the system is 30C and the CPU is 36C in a room with an ambient temp of 73F. It runs much cooler than my AMD XP3000 and my AMD64bit 3000, both of which are at their stock settings. It also runs rings around them performance-wise. My AMD know-it- all neighbor has bought 4 since I bought mine. I won't be going back to AMD anytime soon. Got it all at the Egg/ the best!

Cons: Why didn't Intel bring this little powerhouse out sooner, and save me so many AMD problems?

Overall Review: Better get one soon, before they disappear. $71. is so cheap, but for only $24. more you can get it retail with a 3 year warranty. To me, that's a no-brainer.