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John B.

John B.

Joined on 11/18/02

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Great Bang For The Buck

Hanns·G HG-281DPB Black 28" 3ms  Widescreen LCD HDMI Monitor 500 cd/m2 800:1 Built-in Speakers
Hanns·G HG-281DPB Black 28" 3ms Widescreen LCD HDMI Monitor 500 cd/m2 800:1 Built-in Speakers

Pros: Great value for under $300. Replaced a $600 24" monitor I purchased a couple years ago.

Cons: Buttons are difficult to get to and use. Definitely needs some calibrating out of the box.

Overall Review: Used primarily for gaming. Definitely not a high quality panel but if it was you would be paying $1000. Viewing angles are good from Left, Right, and Top. Starts to fade quick if viewed from the bottom, so don't hang it somewhere high.

Powering my ASICMiner Block Erupter Cubes

Enermax Platimax 1350W 80 Plus Platinum Certified, Full Modular, ATX12V/EPS12V SLI Ready, Server Ready, 10 Year Warranty, Power Supply, EPM1350EWT
Enermax Platimax 1350W 80 Plus Platinum Certified, Full Modular, ATX12V/EPS12V SLI Ready, Server Ready, 10 Year Warranty, Power Supply, EPM1350EWT

Pros: Efficiency 5 year warranty Previous Enermax Experience

Cons: Cost

Overall Review: I have 4 ASICMiner Block Erupter Cubes running off this one power supply. All four are also overclocked. I did have an issue with the PS shutting down due to an overload on one of the rails. Turns out I had 2 cubes attached to one rail. A closer look at the directions and I saw that I had to move one of the modular cables to a different connection point on the supply. The instructions indicate which plugs go to which rail and each cube needs it's own dedicated rail. Very happy with the efficiency. I haven't done any actual measurements but I feel very little heat coming off the supply when I have a heavy load on it. Even though it's very expensive I feel it is still a good investment for my ASIC miner needs over the next few years. That many years at over 80% load should yield some energy cost savings from the added efficiency. I plan on buying a second one to power a pair of Antminer S1 Dual blade setups. In addition, I have been a customer of Enermax for many years now and I have been very happy with the quality that I get. I will admit though there may be a recent DOA issue. In the nearly 10 years I have been buying enermax supplies it wasn't until recently that I started getting the occasional DOA supply.

Great CF Bang for the Buck

SAPPHIRE 100312-3SR Radeon HD 6950 Dirt3 Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
SAPPHIRE 100312-3SR Radeon HD 6950 Dirt3 Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

Pros: The 6950 2G in general is a great buy if you want to do Crossfire. The added dual fans makes a pair of these great for overclocking. Keeping my OC at a mild 850/1350 for now. Fairly sure I'll be able to go higher.

Cons: Single CF Bridge connector. Card does sag a little at the end due to it's length and heavy heatsink.

Overall Review: If you want Tri-Fire, make sure your third card has 2 bridge connectors like the Sapphire Toxic version.

Major Performance Improvement

OCZ Agility 2 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-2AGTE60G
OCZ Agility 2 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-2AGTE60G

Pros: I replaced my 7200rpm laptop drive and installed Windows 7 64 bit. Even though the laptop only supports Sata 1 the performance difference is major. For the first time in my 20 years of working on computers I can honestly say the Hard Drive is the fastest component.

Cons: Cost and Size of course but SSD is constantly getting faster, larger, and cheaper every year.

Overall Review: Don't think I'll ever buy a regular hard drive again unless I need some large storage. For boot drive and most applications this is a perfect solution.

Gets The Job Done

Arctic Silver Arcticlean Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET)
Arctic Silver Arcticlean Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET)

Pros: Quickly turned the old sticky thermal paste into a liquid that was easy to wipe away with a tissue. Surface Purifier left the CPU clean and polished looking.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Cleanup required very little remover and purifier so this stuff is sure to last a long time.

Nokia 6263 Supported

Kingston 2GB MicroSD Flash Card  w/ SD Adapter Model SDC/2GB
Kingston 2GB MicroSD Flash Card w/ SD Adapter Model SDC/2GB

Pros: Works with my Nokia 6263 and Dell Inspiron 1720.

Cons: None