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Justin B.

Justin B.

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Most Favorable Review

Works for 24+5 DVI

Coboc EA-AD-DVI2VGA-MF Black Color Dual Link DVI-I(24+5) Male to VGA Female Analog Video Adapter,Gold Plated,M-F
Coboc EA-AD-DVI2VGA-MF Black Color Dual Link DVI-I(24+5) Male to VGA Female Analog Video Adapter,Gold Plated,M-F

Pros: Works fine . . . not much else to say.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Remember to count your pins! This is a 24+5 connector - 24 pins, a flat bar, plus 4 more pins around the flat bar. Don't be an idiot like me and buy one for a 24+1 port!

Most Critical Review

Poor device - overheats, drops connections, etc . . .

NETGEAR WG111US Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g USB 2.0 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates
NETGEAR WG111US Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g USB 2.0 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: This device is highly portable, has good software that overrides the windows network junk, and is even compatible with Windows Vista (after some initial trouble).

Cons: Eventually, it just up and died. Computer wouldn't recognize it. Returned for a new unit. The new one decides when I'm done surfing the 'net. It'll drop my network randomly, sometimes for days at a time. I can be 6 feet from the router and it refuses to connect, then sometimes days later, it magically works again. What!? And during this time, my notebook and second desktop have no problem connecting to the network.

Overall Review: To give a general idea of the horrible performance, my connection has been dropped twice while writing this review (10 mins). This is perfectly normal, despite being only one wall away from my router and having an 80% connection strength. Just don't buy it.

11/17/2006

Great for GPU VRAM & VRMs

Akust Aluminum Chip Heatsink - 0.59"x0.59"x0.32"- 16Pack
Akust Aluminum Chip Heatsink - 0.59"x0.59"x0.32"- 16Pack

Pros: - Perfect size to cool GDDR5 VRAM, also fits VRMs fairly well - Definitely saw better temps after installation

Cons: - Adhesive isn't the best, had trouble getting heatsinks to stick even after prepping surfaces with alcohol. - Wish they were black or a neutral metallic color

Overall Review: Perfect for cooling RAM if you're using one of the retrofit kits that lets you use an Asetek-built AIO water cooler on a GPU. Shouldn't have any clearance issues for the VRAM.

Great Upgrade from a 120mm AIO

Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Pros: - Keeps the CPU cooler at lower fan speeds than air or smaller AIO systems - Looks good, but is neutral enough style-wise to work in any case - Pretty decent fans

Cons: - tubing is not flexible at all, would be afraid to install it in a compact system as it may put stress on one side of the waterblock - Corsair logo on the radiator is upside-down because I installed it in the top of my case with the tubes to the front - Corsair LINK uses up a mobo USB 2.0 header, which may limit front i/o to 3.0 for some people

Great SFF case/PSU combo for a HTPC

Antec ISK 310-150 Black / Silver 0.8mm cold rolled steel Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case 150W Power Supply
Antec ISK 310-150 Black / Silver 0.8mm cold rolled steel Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case 150W Power Supply

Pros: - Sturdy metal construction - Plenty of ventilation with included 80mm TriCool fan, plus room for one more 80mm fan - Excellent cable management with bundled zip ties and cable guides - Space for a half-height expansion card

Cons: - No 3.5" drive support - Slimline drive cover is a little flimsy

Overall Review: Worth noting that the non-modular PSU has exactly the connectors you'll need and nothing more - 1 20+4 pin, 1 4 pin CPU, 2 SATA, 1 Mini SATA for ODD, and 1 Molex connector for the power LED.

SYBA PCI to Parallel Port Controller Card Model SD-PCI-1P
SYBA PCI to Parallel Port Controller Card Model SD-PCI-1P

Pros: Installed and working in under 5 minutes! Windows found the correct drivers and had them installed before I could put the CD in. This is now my go-to parallel port card - will be ordering several more to have on-hand. If you need to support older parallel ticket printers on modern hardware in a point-of-sale environment, this will do the trick.

Cons: None

10/17/2014