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Alan J.

Alan J.

Joined on 11/15/07

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Most Favorable Review

does what its supposed to do

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory Model F2-5300CL5D-4GBSA
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory Model F2-5300CL5D-4GBSA

Pros: Does what its supposed to do. Installed in Dell Inspiron 1520 and works like a charm. Of course, only 3.5 GB got recognized as I'm running 32-bit OS. Haven't tried it in XP yet but in Ubuntu 8.10 it recognizes 3.5 GB. My system is a lot faster now; no more using swap space!

Cons: The box did not indicate what size RAM it was. just a generic Gskill box

Most Critical Review

Mediocre coin mining

PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX7870 2GBD5-2DHV2
PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX7870 2GBD5-2DHV2

Pros: Cheap after rebate.

Cons: This card is mediocre at mining and suffers from periodic hardware errors. Gets 330 Khash/s at scrypt mining but with the hardware errors averages out to less than 300 work units. My sapphire 7850 gets a better WU rate, similar hash rate, and also draws less power. Also, when I plugged this in as my main card, my display wouldn't work properly. I had to relegate it to second PCI-E slot and use another gfx card as my main card. I suspect I could RMA this card but it's a hassle and I'm not sure they'd approve it anyways.

12/29/2013

One stick good, one stick bad

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: one stick performed perfectly. gigabyte setting in bios was easy. There's an automatic presetting that autoset to 9-8-9-28 for me :)

Cons: The other stick was bad. memtest86+ showed thousands of errors. I wasn't aware what bad memory could do. Now I know. Several months of OS crashing on me, random system freeze, and I thought it was the OS or something else entirely. Nope. it's the memory.

Overall Review: Price was decent. Hopefully GSKILL RMA goes smoothly.

12/21/2013

Motherboard failed after 5-6 months

DELL Laptop Inspiron Intel Core i3-3217U 6GB Memory 500GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 4000 13.3" Windows 8 13z (i13z-8864sLV)
DELL Laptop Inspiron Intel Core i3-3217U 6GB Memory 500GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 4000 13.3" Windows 8 13z (i13z-8864sLV)

Pros: ...

Cons: Motherboard, like those on a few other reviewers computers, failed after several months. Dell will replace it but it's still a hassle.

Works great, but may be too small

Logitech V220 Dark Gray 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel Cordless Optical Mouse For Notebooks
Logitech V220 Dark Gray 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel Cordless Optical Mouse For Notebooks

Pros: USB receiver clips onto bottom of mouse. Takes standard batteries (AA) which last quite long (several months) Wireless works just fine, almost never have problems with it

Cons: The only negative I have for this mouse is that it is simply too small for my hands, and I would suspect for most male hands as well. It forces you to bend your fingers in an uncomfortable, unergonomic way. They might as well have just made it a bit larger in order to fit your hand better. The mouse works perfectly except for that one problem which cannot be fixed.

Overall Review: Works great, good value. May be too small for most users.