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Vinh V.

Vinh V.

Joined on 01/15/09

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Most Favorable Review

AWESOME QUAD for CHEAP!

AMD Phenom II X2 550 - Phenom II X2 Callisto Dual-Core 3.1 GHz Socket AM3 80W Desktop Processor - HDX550WFGMBOX
AMD Phenom II X2 550 - Phenom II X2 Callisto Dual-Core 3.1 GHz Socket AM3 80W Desktop Processor - HDX550WFGMBOX

Pros: UNLOCKED to Quad with Gigabyte 785 board! Overclocked to 4ghz stable w/ CoolerMaster 212+ with dual push/pull 120mm fans.

Cons: NONE, dirt cheap for 4ghz quad!

Overall Review: unlocking is luck of the draw, dont buy expecting Quad.

Most Critical Review

DOA......

MSI 870A-G46 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI 870A-G46 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: N/A

Cons: N/A

Overall Review: DOA... I'm a computer Tech, so I'm pretty sure it's the MOBO and not any of the other components. Plus most of the other parts were tested from other systems as well. What a hassle to have to put everything together and taking it apart. Hopefully the RMA-ed one come back good... or else I'm never buying MSI again. Should've stuck with Asus...

Kensington K39552US PowerBolt 2.1 A Micro USB Car Charger for Kindle Fire, includes one micro usb cable
Kensington K39552US PowerBolt 2.1 A Micro USB Car Charger for Kindle Fire, includes one micro usb cable

Pros: Great power output! Charges phone up faster than usage even with Pandora through Bluetooth, GPS navigation and wifi tether working all at the same time!

Cons: Could have two USB port instead of one, but not a big deal.

Good small HTPC or Workstation

Acer Desktop PC AspireRevo AR1600-U910H Intel Atom 230 1GB DDR2 160GB HDD Windows XP Home
Acer Desktop PC AspireRevo AR1600-U910H Intel Atom 230 1GB DDR2 160GB HDD Windows XP Home

Pros: HDMI output, eSATA, Small form factor, low power consumption, VESA mount. The white mouse and keyboard that it came with is decent.

Cons: No WLAN!? PCIE port doesn't support SSD. Fingerprint magnet... but I guess that's not a con since it's small and out of sight. I'm docking one egg for the WLAN... I installed one later, but it would've been so easy for them to included it.

Overall Review: I thought at first this unit has WLAN because I googled it... but apparently there are different models, and this specific one didn't come with WLAN. The unit open up very easily with only one screw. Upgraded the Ram to 4 gig in a flash (uses Laptop DDR2 ram). I tried to run an 8gig SSD in the PCIE slot but it didn't work. It only supports two SATA devices, and I'm guessing the eSATA take up one and the Hard Drive take up the other one. I installed an Atheros 5007 card into the PCIE and it found it right away in windows, no BIOS setting required. I just taped two antennas to the case and it work alright. Came with Windows XP, I have no doubt that it'll run 7 better. But it ran XP fine so I'm leaving that alone. It's being used as a VNC Viewer machine on the TV and it work well as that.