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jon w.

jon w.

Joined on 10/04/09

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SteelSeries 68035 Zboard Limited Edition Keyset (StarCraft II)
SteelSeries 68035 Zboard Limited Edition Keyset (StarCraft II)

Pros: It's a refurbished keyset (KEYWORD IS KEYSET NOT KEYBOARD). Anyone who owns a ZBoard or the like knows that the zboard is a KEYBOARD that has interchangeable KEYSETS.. I mean who expects to get a STEELSERIES Starcraft 2 KEyboard for $10? This is is a KeySET just like the title reads and the other 2 commenters gave it 1 egg because a Used keyset has couple scratches and they both failed to read the title of what they were buying. NOT NEWEGG's fault!!! Nor are they liable to pay for you to ship it back when there is nothing wrong with the product.

Cons: Nothing at all just know what your buying!

Overall Review: Here is the Zboard this goes too http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3SD20H1714&cm_re=zboard_keyboard-_-9SIA3SD20H1714-_-Product

Most Critical Review

It's Flawed

D-Link DIR-615 Wireless N300 Router, 4-Port Switch, DD-WRT Open Source support
D-Link DIR-615 Wireless N300 Router, 4-Port Switch, DD-WRT Open Source support

Pros: I wouldn't know of any....

Cons: Like many you will find I also have the same dangissue where the router keeps losing signal and then ti's back a couple mins later.. Just enough to screw the connection on a game or movie. Happens all day long 5 or 6 times a day. This router is trash and D-Link should be ashamed for shipping it.

Works in Ubuntu 14.04LTS

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Gigabit Ethernet, Plenty of USB Ports, Fits in nicely, came with Rev 4 (not a old rev 1 or 2), Bios was easy to navigate. What little Issues I had were easily resolved with little to no effort. has Tons of USB Ports for the front of the case to use.

Cons: In Linux: 1. USB 3.0 Ports didn't work and the only 2 USB 2.0 ports did. Turning on IOMMU in Bios worked just fine to fix this issue 2. Secure Boot Blocked Ubuntu Install, agian in bios Disabled Secure Boot & Enabled Legacy Support 3. Network Card didn't work after install (Kept disconnecting & reconnecting) Went to Gigabytes website, and downloaded the LINUX Native drivers. Ran the SH Script it came with and BOOM everything was fixed :)

Overall Review: My Setup / Tested OS: Ubuntu 14.04LTS / Linux Mint 17.1 CPU: AMD FX 8350 8 Core RAM: Corsair Vengence 8Gig (2 slots) 1600Mhz Drive: Kingston 128Gig SSD GPU: GTX 560 TI

Good Board

ASUS A78M-E FM2+ AMD A78 (Bolton D3) USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS A78M-E FM2+ AMD A78 (Bolton D3) USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Fits in snuggly, installed with little issues, no updating of the BIOS required to make my components run.

Cons: Had to trim the metal bracket a little bit to make the connectors fit in. Doesn't have many USB ports (but i knew that buying it.) Not happy with ASUS Customer Support (Online chat 2hrs to get a answer on my question)

Overall Review: Loses 1 Egg due to a combination of ASUS being slowest customer support on the planet, and that their BIOS is misleading as it says "SECURE BOOT ENABLED" in gray where you can't change it. You can bypass secure boot by changing the OS Type to "Other OS" instead of "Windows UEFI", but the Secure boot still shows "enabled" even though it booted without secure boot.

Not a good deal... here's why

Acer Desktop PC Veriton 2 VM2611G-UG2020X (DT.VFFAA.005) Intel Pentium G2020 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Intel HD Graphics Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Acer Desktop PC Veriton 2 VM2611G-UG2020X (DT.VFFAA.005) Intel Pentium G2020 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Intel HD Graphics Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Pros: It's by Acer which is a nice company to deal with. Win 7 Prof is a +

Cons: - Dual Core's are not going to last very long with the new bulkier software coming out - Intel Graphics which means it barely plays video's well. A cheap graphics card would help performance - 500gig hard drive alright for basic users, anyone doing a lot of video's or pictures will run out of space - It's a cheap case with low end products, but the price is way too high.

Overall Review: You can go to a local electronics store and get one of the new ASUS laptops brand new for the same price and have better stats. Only thing it has going for it is 4GIGs of RAM, but the rest of the computer bottlenecks it down to much. Just not a good price for a vastly outdated computer

Works Great

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G10664GK
OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G10664GK

Pros: Ram has had 0 issues from day 1. Got it March 2009 and for 3 solid years i've ran it on XP/XP Pro/Win 7/Win 7 Busi/ Ubuntu10/& Fedora 16 no issues. I use it to push Multiboxing 5 wow accounts & Deadspace 2 on max graphics. Love it! Easy to install, stays cool.

Cons: None