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Andrew V.

Andrew V.

Joined on 03/05/04

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent board

ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 939 ULi M1695 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 939 ULi M1695 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Easy installation Great price to feature ratio

Cons: Annoying board layout

Overall Review: This board is pretty good. It worked the first time I hooked it up with my A64 3800+ Venice. It automatically detected my two sticks of RAM and put them in dual-channel mode. It recognized everything that I put in on hte first try. The only minor problems was that it detected my RAM as DDR333, but you can easily change it back to DDR400.The board layout, however, is somewhat annoying. The bottom is way too crowded. All of the headers (chassis connectors, USB headers, CMOS header etc.) are at the bottom. The SATA and IDE connectors are directly above them. Because I have 2 IDE devices and 3 SATA drives, the cables really get in the way. It’s very difficult to get to the headers to change anything, like flash the CMOS if need be. I have to unplug some of my drives to get to it. But, if you plug in the headers before you put in your hard drives, you should be set. Also, the IDE connectors are a little too low on the board. My IDE cable didn’t reach my optical drives, and I had to buy a lo

Most Critical Review
RAIDMAX Scorpio ATX-868WBP Black 0.8mm Japanese SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 420watts PS2 ATX12V Power Supply
RAIDMAX Scorpio ATX-868WBP Black 0.8mm Japanese SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 420watts PS2 ATX12V Power Supply

Comments: I got this case a few months ago, and it's been great up until recently. The latch for the front panel snapped when I was opening it one day. It's very difficult to repair, so I now have to put a hinge in. The latch is so small and it can break very easily. This case isn't a good idea if you plan on opening the front panel a lot. Besides that, great, good looking case.

LITE-ON Black 4X BD-ROM 12X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA Internal 4X Blu-ray DVD ROM Model DH-4O1S-08
LITE-ON Black 4X BD-ROM 12X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA Internal 4X Blu-ray DVD ROM Model DH-4O1S-08

Pros: Reads BD-ROM discs without a problem.

Cons: Can be noisy at times.

Overall Review: Make sure you're prepared to play Blu-Ray movies before you get this. Have a decently powerful system and a software player that will play Blu-Ray movies.

12/24/2008
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Laptop Memory Model CM3X2GSD1066
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Laptop Memory Model CM3X2GSD1066

Pros: Works without a problem in my Lenovo Thinkpad R400 (this RAM should also work in the R500, T400, and T500 Thinkpads). It runs at its rated speed and hasn't given me any errors.

Cons: Cliché "it's not free".

Overall Review: Make sure you have a 64-bit OS if this RAM will bring your system to 4GB or over so you can take advantage of the additional memory.

12/24/2008
Kingston DataTraveler 100 16GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) Model DT100/16GB
Kingston DataTraveler 100 16GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) Model DT100/16GB

Pros: High capacity for a low price. Decent write speed (14MB/sec sustained). LED is small and unobtrusive.

Cons: Cheapish plastic, but as long as you don't hit it with a hammer you should be fine.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 - Core 2 Quad Yorkfield Quad-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - BX80569Q9450
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 - Core 2 Quad Yorkfield Quad-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - BX80569Q9450

Pros: Very fast, pretty cool, and very stable. I haven't tried overclocking it yet, but I'm assuming it'll cater to my needs. 4 cores and SSE4.1 = unbelievably fast F@H and SETI@Home run amazing. The SSE4.1 optimized version of SETI running on four cores is about 6-7 times faster than my Athlon 64 3800+.

Cons: Runs not quite as cool as I was hoping, but definetely cooler than the older chips.