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KEYMEDLEY H.

KEYMEDLEY H.

Joined on 05/08/03

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Most Favorable Review

New MB Champ

Foxconn P45A-S LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
Foxconn P45A-S LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: After installing this FoxConn board, I am officially pushing Asus and Gigabyte to second tier mb. I have built over 50 machines in the past seven years and have always used GigaByte or Asus motherboards...I can think of any time any of those installations didn't have one silly challenge or the other. Foxconn installed without any issue and for a price less than half of the Asus & Gigabyte MB's that support an intel Quad processor.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Installed the Q6600 Intel cpu in the P45A-S. The cpu core temperature when idle is about 34C. You DO NOT need to spend money on an expensive heatsink as others have suggested. The heatsink which comes with many intel retail boxed cpu works just fine. Just be sure to add a good layer of thermal grease and motherboard and cpu will work in perfect harmony.

Most Critical Review

Average Wireless Router

ASUS WL-520gU 802.11b/g Wireless Router up to 54Mbps with All-in-One Print Server/ DD-WRT Open Source support
ASUS WL-520gU 802.11b/g Wireless Router up to 54Mbps with All-in-One Print Server/ DD-WRT Open Source support

Pros: The price is the best thing about this router.

Cons: The firmware it comes with is why this router is average. If this router shipped with opensource dd-wrt firmware which supports a host of amazing features including secure WDS via WPA/WPA2. I would rate this device five stars.

Overall Review: Like I said...the router is attractively priced...but the firmware on a router is really what differentiates one router from the other and the one that comes with this device is average. However, if you have the expertise, and you don't mind flashing the firmware with dd-wrt the device goes from par to amazing

11/15/2008

Goodbye 32 bit Windows!!!!

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders

Pros: 64 bit windows 7 runs all of my existing applications robustly...finally an OS that can truly harness the power of 64 bit processing!

Cons: None I have encountered thus far.

Overall Review: Once you go 64, throw 32 bit out the door!

Awesome Processor

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Quad-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - HH80562PH0568M
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Quad-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - HH80562PH0568M

Pros: This is my first Intel Quad Processor. I am quite pleased with performance and price.

Cons: None

Its an Acer!?

Acer 19" Active Matrix, TFT LCD SXGA LCD Monitor 16 ms AL1912b
Acer 19" Active Matrix, TFT LCD SXGA LCD Monitor 16 ms AL1912b

Comments: I have experienced nothing but trouble with ACER products in the past, and decided to take a chance on this Great Value. It arrived a day earlier than expected, dead-pixel free, amazing resolution. Building a system for a friend who is an architect and loving this 19" monitor, and I bet he will too. I have an affinity for black lcd monitors and this one is such a terrific value! You wont be disappointed!!

11/29/2004