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Craig J.

Craig J.

Joined on 04/12/09

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Most Favorable Review

VERY NICE!

LINKSYS SE2500 Unmanaged 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
LINKSYS SE2500 Unmanaged 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch

Pros: This is a very nice/quick 5 port switch with gigabit speed. I use the Linksys E3000 with a Motorola surfboard extreme with 20.0 net connection. I purchased this to wire the few wireless devices I have in the bedroom (panansonic blu ray player, samsung 46C630 lcd). I have been running the Xbox 360 wirelessly with no HD Netflix streaming issues but decided to hard wire it with this switch and it was a good decision. The system as a whole is more responsive. I also run a 50 foot cable to my PC and it has no drop whatsoever and I have seen consistent or higher speedtest ratings with this switch! Very glad I got this to include my other components. I will probably purchase another one for the living room as well.

Cons: The only con is the LEDS are on the back of the unit where the cable inputs into the ports. It would have been nice to put them on the front/top of the unit for more functionality but oh well.

12/20/2011
Most Critical Review

POOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND REBATE!

XFX Black Edition P1-750B-CAG9 750 W ATX12V v2.2 / ESP12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
XFX Black Edition P1-750B-CAG9 750 W ATX12V v2.2 / ESP12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: It has great power output and seems to be stable after the initial malfunction. Sweet looking PSU.

Cons: So I remove the old PSU which was working fine but did not have the capability for SLI (2x 285 gtx oc2e) so I purchased this power supply that had no bad reviews and seemed to be a solid buy for the price and my power needs. I installed the XFX and upon power up it melted all four of my hard drives and continuing down the chain my lite on dvd drive as well. We're talking smoke and sparks here not just an internal hemorrhage. I had just purchased a new 80gb seagate for fresh install with WinXP pro that I bought from the egg, lost my C-drive, game and my itunes drives all in one shot. My guess is I should have bench tested it first before installing but with such good reviews I said what the heck. Amazingly the supply now holds constant 12.20v and 5.25 volts but not before destroying my machine. Very dissatisfied with this purchase.

Overall Review: The rebate that was available when I purchased this supply on 11/12/10 is no longer valid and shows that I had to purchase between 11/16-11/30. Seems this is a no win situation for me. Will think next time before purchasing again from here.

11/20/2010

Great floor standing speakers!

Polk Audio Monitor60 Series II Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Black) Single
Polk Audio Monitor60 Series II Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Black) Single

Pros: Very crisp and clean sound powered by a Denon AVR 2112 receiver and Klipsch RC 52ii center channel and Klipsch surrounds. I'm not sure why some are talking about needing a powered sub with these towers. I have these in the bedroom and had an Infinity PS-8 hooked up at first but then after removing the sub and just using the towers I asked myself "why?" The bass is very strong and pronounced with these speakers. Maybe it's the Audyssey setting on the receiver but dang they really do rock.

Cons: NONE

Big, Bright and Contrastic

ViewSonic VX2753mh-LED Black 27" 1ms Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor w/Speakers 300 cd/m2 DC 30,000,000:1, (1,200:1)
ViewSonic VX2753mh-LED Black 27" 1ms Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor w/Speakers 300 cd/m2 DC 30,000,000:1, (1,200:1)

Pros: Nice contrast, much better than the LG 24" it replaced. 1 ms response time is a big plus. NO DEAD PIXELS! Big screen makes BF3 way more fun to play. My first LED monitor for PC.

Cons: I cannot really find any at this time. If I come across any I'll update the status.

Overall Review: Make sure for proper color saturation you set your Nvidia control panel under desktop color settings to YCbCr444 or the panel will look washed out and way too bright. Great panel for the price and blu ray and HD Netflix look great on this monitor as well. 2 HDMI connections are a big plus. You will not regret this purchase and what makes it an even safer bet is Viewsonic's 30 day no dead pixel policy to where they replace the monitor and even will pay for shipping if you receive a panel with bad pixels!

INTRUSIVE JUNK

Symantec Norton Internet Security 2011 - 3 User
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2011 - 3 User

Pros: It does protect your PC from invasion and tracking cookies but see below cons>>>

Cons: This is the most intrusive software I've ever wasted money on. It will slow your internet down to a crawl as some one else said. I don't care what they say, it takes up resources it shouldn't. Oh, and don't try to uninstall it...it took 3 hard reboots after windows tried to repair itself and couldn't. I run 64 bit win 7 and it failed to fix it after trying to restart. I got lucky on the third time with normal boot. I will never again purchase Symantec.

Overall Review: A waste of 70 bucks.

FANTASTIC ROUTER!

LINKSYS E3000 Wireless Router simultaneous Dual Band Gigabit 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4GHz / 5GHz up to 300Mbps with USB Built-in UPnP AV Media Server
LINKSYS E3000 Wireless Router simultaneous Dual Band Gigabit 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4GHz / 5GHz up to 300Mbps with USB Built-in UPnP AV Media Server

Pros: This router is very easy to connect and with Cisco connect software it talks to the PC for you, very fast and simple install. I was able to connect my PS3 with no issues, it found the wireless network and the rest is history. Works well with my Ipod touch as well!

Cons: gets a little hot maybe? I purchased some self adhesive rubber feet and strapped them to the bottom to give some breathing room.

Overall Review: Great purchase and thanks Newegg for the quick shipping and great price!!!