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Robert B.

Robert B.

Joined on 05/21/02

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Most Favorable Review

So easy to install.

Western Digital Blue WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Blue WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: SATA 3.0 rules. It took literally 1 sec to launch outlook express compared to maybe 5 seconds vs my old 80 gig EIDE drive. I cloned my 80 gigger with 2 partitions to this 160 in 1 hour and it booted right up. Now I just have to remove the old drive and save it in case this drive tanks at one point.

Cons: None yet.....time will tell but it was whisper quiet and it wasn't even in the case yet.

12/27/2007
Most Critical Review

Mine was pure garbage

ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T LightScribe Support
ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T LightScribe Support

Pros: Solid feeling construction, heavy, tray was nice and solid.

Cons: Worked for a very short period ot time flawlessly then took a big dump and me and started messing up DVD-RWs...that was the first thing to go. The CD burner lasted but wouldn't burn CDRW's flawlessly. I could burn about 20 min on the CDRW then skipping noises would be heard on every player I played it on. I dealt with this for so long and I should have just replaced it years ago. I currently replaced it with a Samsung and although the Samsung seems a tad more flimsy...it burned the long ago "supposed" dead DVD-RW discs that I thought were flawed. Turns out it was the Asus.

12/20/2011

Easily better than some $200 cans

GCI TECHNOLOGIES HSR1000 Studio Reference Headphone
GCI TECHNOLOGIES HSR1000 Studio Reference Headphone

Pros: They sound closer to a full range speaker system rather than glorified headphones. Bright highs....slightly recessed mids and excellent lows. Not only low bass, but excellent mid-bass. I paid $43

Cons: They might, might be too bright for some, but they aren't harsh like I'm hearing the $650 T90s are. I've been told they are better than those.

Overall Review: If they were made just a tad better and automatically came with better pads...they'd be worth $200 easy. I had to upgrade the pads to the HM5 pads. Now...so good. They could use a complete cable mod as well but I'm no good at that.

Still kicking years later

PC Power & Cooling ZT Series 650 Watt 80+ Bronze Fully-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply  (OCZ-ZT650W)
PC Power & Cooling ZT Series 650 Watt 80+ Bronze Fully-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ-ZT650W)

Pros: Powered 2x 6870 SLI without any problems but I had to remove Creative X-fi and on board audio is just too terrible. Decided to sell 2 6870 for 1 7850 which I still have. I think the amps are enough to handle almost any single GPU honestly. 54A on the rail and most GPUs require about 45 amps.

Cons: It's price has gone up. I got on sale for $89 years ago.

Overall Review: Solid investment to pick OCZ at the time.

Speed and More speed

SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E250B/AM
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E250B/AM

Pros: It's pretty much hitting the benchmarks and everything is lightning fast. Make sure you have it plugged into the correct ports. My first SSD wasn't using the right ports and I was getting like 50% performance loss, lol.

Cons: Not much yet....only time will tell

Overall Review: BUY NOW.

12/27/2014

Got cheap...so fast of RAM!

G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR

Pros: used the XMP profile running at 1866 flawless for over a year. Benchmarks very high...such great ram from G.Skill...really I can't say enough about it.

Cons: None