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Alicia S.

Alicia S.

Joined on 03/01/10

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It's a mousepad

SteelSeries 63005SS QcK mini Mouse Pad
SteelSeries 63005SS QcK mini Mouse Pad

Pros: It's a mousepad. It works nicely for what it is. Works fine with my laser mouse, and has a solid non-slip bottom.

Cons: The packaging, as others note, is very awkward to flatten the mousepad completely from. The price also probably isn't as low as it could be. It could also be a little thicker/heavier, but I'm just nitpicking there.

Simple, effective

APC P8T3 6 Feet 8 Outlets 1750 Joules Home/Office SurgeArrest 8 Outlets with tel2/splitter Jacks
APC P8T3 6 Feet 8 Outlets 1750 Joules Home/Office SurgeArrest 8 Outlets with tel2/splitter Jacks

Pros: It's a surge protector. The layout is effective (4 wall warts and 4 standard plugs spaced in an excellent way), the phone line protection is a welcome extra, and the recessed power button is a nice touch. Also a perfectly acceptable price, for what you're getting.

Cons: As others noted, it doesn't have RJ-45 (ethernet) surge protection. It doesn't say it does, so there's no egg off, but it would have been just that much better with it.

Overall Review: Even with eight outlets on this, I still need two surge protectors beneath my desk. Maybe I have too many electronics.

Amazing, low-voltage memory

CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1333C7 G
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1333C7 G

Pros: These modules are simply amazing. While they're far from the fastest (in terms of clock speed) RAM around, they're low voltage -- easily achieving the advertised specs (see cons for a caveat on this, though). I've got them running solidly (for 5 passes of memtest) at 1333 MHz with 6-6-6-18 timings at 1.5v -- that's lower latency than spec, at the advertised low voltage. I could try pushing them further, but this is enough for now!

Cons: As others have noted, the XMP profiles aren't the greatest. They may run at the advertised timings, but the voltage is higher than specs. Just set the speed/timings/voltages manually and they'll work great, though.

Great processor

Intel Core i7-930 - Core i7 Bloomfield Quad-Core 2.8 GHz LGA 1366 130W Desktop Processor - BX80601930
Intel Core i7-930 - Core i7 Bloomfield Quad-Core 2.8 GHz LGA 1366 130W Desktop Processor - BX80601930

Pros: As others have said, this is a great processor. A worthy upgrade for Intel's i7 line to the venerable i7-920, though I wouldn't actually buy one to replace a working (particularly D0 stepping) i7-920. My i7-930's running great at 3.5 GHz with only 1.15v (and the stock heatsink/fan), so it's solid.

Cons: As always, the stock heatsink/fan leave something to be desired. I haven't replaced mine yet, but it's something worth doing, even if you don't plan to overclock much, if any.