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CRAIG F.

CRAIG F.

Joined on 11/02/04

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Most Favorable Review

Sturdy

Athena Power CA-GSB01DA Black 0.8mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Athena Power CA-GSB01DA Black 0.8mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Strong, sturdy case.

Cons: Fan in rear of case is sort of loud and vibrates a tiny bit. For the price of the case it's not worth taking an egg off especially because it still works well.

Overall Review: Front drive bay covers are somewhat hard to remove but definitely not something worth taking a point for. Fan in rear of case is sort of loud and vibrates a tiny bit. It's not worth taking an egg off because it still works well.

Most Critical Review

Terrible

Logitech 960-000922 TV Cam HD 3 M Effective Pixels WebCam
Logitech 960-000922 TV Cam HD 3 M Effective Pixels WebCam

Pros: I saw video working for half a second.

Cons: Does not connect to the internet. Rather it does but because of some hard-coded ping test this thing won't get past the initialization and forces you to retry again and again to no avail. The power adapter for this did not work for me, luckily I had a cell phone charger that worked perfectly.

Overall Review: Logitech knows about the issue, it's all over their forums, but they have been pushing the blame onto anyone else they can from your router/modem to Skype.

10/15/2013

Fantastic Condition

Lenovo ThinkPad 14.0" Intel Core i5-3210M 8GB Memory 128GB SSD Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit T430
Lenovo ThinkPad 14.0" Intel Core i5-3210M 8GB Memory 128GB SSD Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit T430

Pros: - Came in what I would consider a lightly used condition. Keycaps were slightly polished due to use. - Has Mobile Data Capabilities - Good Battery Life - Came with the NVidia Optimus graphics - Snappy Performance - Was made to be compatible with Windows 7.

Cons: - Windows 10 was installed (Not really a con for everyone, but I needed some legacy support + I actually like Windows 7 better).

Overall Review: - Tried this out with Linux Mint as well and it works very well. Even the Mobile Broadband was working when I first started it up. - I'm very much considering buying another one of these. This is an excellent laptop for this price point.

10/20/2018

Solid

MSI 760GM-P21 (FX) AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI 760GM-P21 (FX) AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Board has run solid for me for about 3 years. I'm very please with this board and I've used it for about 3 builds for friends/family and none have had any issues.

Cons: The only problem I've had with this board (across all 3 computers that I built with it) is that the restart function never seems to work right. If you restart from within Windows or from the BIOS the system will continually restart until you turn it off completely.

Overall Review: Other than the issues with restarting, this has still been a great purchase. I suspect that a lot of the low egg reviews are from people who tried to overclock with this board or had power supplies which probably wouldn't pass jonnyguru tests.

Awesome Fan Controller

Lamptron FC5 V2 Black Fan Controller, 4 Channels 30W per Channel, LCD Display w/ 7 Colors, Aluminum Front Bezel, Large Display for Fan Speed, Voltage, plus Temperature & Fan Failure Alarm
Lamptron FC5 V2 Black Fan Controller, 4 Channels 30W per Channel, LCD Display w/ 7 Colors, Aluminum Front Bezel, Large Display for Fan Speed, Voltage, plus Temperature & Fan Failure Alarm

Pros: Plenty of features, Individual control for 4 fans, stable power/voltage control, sleeved extension cables for fans. One of the biggest selling points for me on this controller was the fact that there were no permanently attached cables on it. I can use what I need and leave the rest out of my case resulting in much less clutter.

Cons: My only complaint is that to change settings for the readout from voltages to Fahrenheit or Celsius and to change the color requires turning off the computer and using pin selects (like on older hard drives). I would have given it 6 stars if possible if they had done that.

Overall Review: I may try to wire the pins to some kind of interface. I have my doubts, but with any luck I'll be able to change colors and settings without having to shutdown the PC each time I want to change settings.

Works as it should

G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT
G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT

Pros: Works well, excellent price, and no timing adjustments needed on ASRock 970 Extreme 3+ (2 Kits (4 sticks) for total of 16Gb)

Cons: none

11/15/2012