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Michael R.

Michael R.

Joined on 01/12/07

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Acer Laptop Aspire Intel Core i5-2410M 4GB Memory 500GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit AS5750G-6496
Acer Laptop Aspire Intel Core i5-2410M 4GB Memory 500GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit AS5750G-6496

Pros: Pretty powerful for what it is and how much it costs. Plays Deus Ex Human Revolution, HoN, and WoW just fine even with only 4gb ram. I plan on upgrading to its max of 8gb so it'll be ready for Battlefield 3, which I'd recommend others do as well since it'll only cost you ~$50 on newegg anyway. Bought this to replace my clunker laptop for school, and when I'm actually using it to just take notes in class the battery is still above 50% after 3 classes unplugged with power on/offs between each.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Completely content with this purchase

Most Critical Review

not that great

TP-LINK TL-WPA281 KIT 300Mbps Wireless N Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, 2.4GHz N300 Adapter + 200Mbps Adapter, IEEEE 802.11b/g/n
TP-LINK TL-WPA281 KIT 300Mbps Wireless N Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, 2.4GHz N300 Adapter + 200Mbps Adapter, IEEEE 802.11b/g/n

Pros: it somewhat works

Cons: cannot get wireless to function at all often times out when trying to log into configuration

Overall Review: it worked immediately when i first plugged it in and h it the pairing buttons, however, as soon as I put in the cd and tried to configure the wireless everything went to hell. If I have ANY of the wireless security types selected it flat out denies access to my laptop/tablet/phone when i try to connect after putting in the password, and if unsecured they can connect but don't have internet access. Essentially stuck using my dying wifi router as the internet input, so even with the powerline hookup I'm still subjected to the hangs/disconnects of my wifi router. If I cant figure out how to make this work like its supposed to I wasted $80. Really doesn't help that the support faq/pictures on their website show you how to fix a different model and not this one. Overall pretty aggravated right now

10/10/2012

louder than you would expect

Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 - Sleeve Bearing 120mm Green LED Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators
Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 - Sleeve Bearing 120mm Green LED Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators

Pros: Lots of airflow, had room to add one in my HAF 932

Cons: Maybe mine is faulty or something, but there's nothing whisper quiet about this . Its louder than all the other fans in my case combined, and the HAF 932 comes with 4(3x230mm, 1x140mm)

Overall Review: if you dont mind the noise, this fan looks nice and does its job exceptionally

11/13/2010

My first DOA ever

G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) FM-25S2S-120GBP2
G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) FM-25S2S-120GBP2

Pros: Received item 1 day before estimated shipping date(go NewEgg!)

Cons: DOA: Drive could not be recognized by my computer in any way. Updated BIOS, tried different SATA cables/slots, switched to ACHI in bios, then tried raid, then ide, nothing detected the drive and unfortunately the GSkill "support forums" showed a lot of people having similar problems.

Overall Review: Was really looking forward to this SSD, been using GSkill ram for years now with no problems ever, but I'm thinking I may have made a poor choice selecting them for a SSD, I guess I'll just have to wait and see if the RMA'd one actually works or not.

worth every penny and more

Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior

Pros: This case is flat out amazing. Upgraded from a mid tower with only 80mm fan availability, and man, the 230mm fans on this thing are ridiculous. Despite their size they are quiet, and despite being quiet they have ridiculous airflow. This case is also great for hiding wires, hell I did a quick install and everything looks completely organized. The massive full tower size is awesome, there is plenty of space between hd's if you have multiple to allow proper cooling of the fan thats blasting on them. The wires for the frontside USB and 1394 come already in a single connector rather than multiple + - connectors so its extremely easy to connect to your mobo, the power/reset/led ones are are still singular but they have a tendency to be different on different mobos so this was expected. Last note, bottom mounted power supply is also a plus; helps with clutter and cooling. GREAT case.

Cons: For some this may be a little big; I use a 37" lcd for a monitor and this case is as tall and about 2/3 as wide as my tv. Also, some people may have trouble with wire lengths from power supply due to the large case size.

Overall Review: Worth every penny, I'm definitely in love with this case.

GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Board worked awesome on arrival, running AMD phenom 9850 BE, 4gb gskill @1066,

Cons: Board fried tonight, after about 1 month with not too much of a workload going on, blue screened while playing age of conan, and on the reboot not even the bios will launch.

Overall Review: Guess I was one of the unlucky ones, but atleast now i have a reason to buy a reg ATX board and go SLI