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CRAIG A.

CRAIG A.

Joined on 03/27/06

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Most Favorable Review

Great Motherboard

JetWay JXBLUEN78V-LF AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8100 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
JetWay JXBLUEN78V-LF AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8100 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Great motherboard with alot of features. Can support Phenom 9950 & 940. Decently setup BIOS that is pretty easy to navigate. Has good overclocking settings if you want to do a little OC to your system. I would buy this again in the future.

Cons: None really. Had to RMA the first one because of a defective LAN port. Not a big problem though. The Northbridge heatsink is a little big like another reviewer said, but that is not really to be considered a con.

Overall Review: I am using this motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+, 2 GB DDR2 667 PNY, XFX NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT XXX Edition 256 MB, 250 GB Seagate SATA II, Teac floppy drive, SONY DVD burner, Rosewill RP550 550 Watt power supply all in a HEC micro-atx case.

Decent Refurb Laptop

HP Laptop ENVY TouchSmart m6-n113dx AMD FX-Series FX-7500 (2.10GHz) 6GB Memory 750GB HDD AMD Radeon R7 Series 15.6" Touchscreen Windows 8.1 1 Year warranty
HP Laptop ENVY TouchSmart m6-n113dx AMD FX-Series FX-7500 (2.10GHz) 6GB Memory 750GB HDD AMD Radeon R7 Series 15.6" Touchscreen Windows 8.1 1 Year warranty

Pros: Decent refurb laptop for the price. Good for when I go up North so I can go online, use Second Life, & do my college work.

Cons: Sometimes, under Win10, the touchpad goes crazy. I did not have this problem when it had Win8.1 on it, though. Probably a driver problem.

Overall Review: Temps are not actually that bad. Speccy was reading them wrong but, that is a known problem. Speed Fan was reading them in the 50s & low-60s Celsius while I was on Second Life after a few hours.

Great RAM!

G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5S-2GBNT
G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5S-2GBNT

Pros: Decently priced 2 GB RAM sticks. Bought 4 for a total of 8 GB of RAM for my upgrade from Win XP 32-bit to Win 7 64-bit so I can start doing video and photo editing. As far as I can tell, my system loves this RAM! Much faster than the 2 1 GB sticks I had in it.

Cons: My motherboard is now maxed out in the RAM department. Other than that, nothing!

Overall Review: System I put this RAM in - AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, Foxconn A690VM2MA-RS2H, 8 GB G Skill (this RAM), Philips SATA DVD Burner, floppy drive, XFX NVidia GeForce GTS 250, PC Power & Cooling 750 Watt. All-in-all, I would buy this RAM again in a heart beat. I love this RAM and I would recommend it to anyone that needs DDR2 as their upgrade path.

10/30/2010

Decent Apple Laptop for the Price

Apple 12.1" 1.33GHz 1GB Memory Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Apple 12.1" 1.33GHz 1GB Memory Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Pros: Eventhough I have only had it for a couple days now, I love my 'new to me' recertified iBook G4. This is my first Apple product and I am actually quite impressed with it. It may be a few years old, but it still has plenty of power for what I am using it for. It runs office type applications perfectly. Battery life with mine is between 2.5 and 3.5 hours somewhere. I am glad that I bought it!

Cons: Does have some minor scratches and what not. I did have to reseat the RAM as it popped out slightly. Other than that, none.

Overall Review: I would buy another if I could. I am typing this review from it. Also, to put the battery in, you must turn the battery lock to lock the battery in place.

Great Fan!

EVERCOOL FAN-EC7025M12CA 70mm Case Cooling Fan
EVERCOOL FAN-EC7025M12CA 70mm Case Cooling Fan

Pros: One of the few 70mm fans that are available and fit on the heatsink from what was once an E-Machine heatsink. This fan cools the AMD Athlon XP 3000+ to a temp. of around 55-65 (or so) deg. Celsius while running Folding at Home on the system. Much quieter than the rattling and brown dust caked on fan that this fan replaced. Decently priced for its cooling abilities.

Cons: None really. The table it is on (the system this fan is in sits on this above said table) shakes a little when the system is on, but that is probably because the table is really old (more than 30+ years).

Overall Review: What this fan was used on. AMD Athlon XP 3000+ ASRock K7S41 This fan on the above said E-Machines heatsink 768 MB DDR 333 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 32 MB Lite-ON DVD burner (silver) Lite-ON CD reader (silver) Seagate 160 GB ATA Card Reader E-Machines Case Antec Basiq 350 watt PSU (Dual rail)

Great Wireless Card

ENCORE ENLWI-G(2) Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g TPCI Standard Universal Add-in card Compliant with PCI 2.0 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates
ENCORE ENLWI-G(2) Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g TPCI Standard Universal Add-in card Compliant with PCI 2.0 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: This card usually runs between 48 Mbps and 54 Mbps and has decent range between my router and the card. The card is also pretty good at keeping a strong signal. I never had a problem with this card.

Cons: The wireless application that comes with the card is harder to configure than the Win XP wireless application. Other than that...None.

Overall Review: I have this wireless card installed in my Aunt's computer built with a Foxconn A78AX-S, AMD Athlon 64 X2 BE-2400, Gecube ATi Radeon X1950XT, ASUS Lightscribe DVD Burner, Sony Floppy Drive, Rosewill RP550 (550 Watt Single Rail) power supply, Arctic Cooling Alpine 64, 250 GB Seagate SATA II, all inside of an HEC horizontal desktop style case.

11/13/2009