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Mark D.

Mark D.

Joined on 10/05/04

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent

HEC 7106BB Black 1.0mm Thickness ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
HEC 7106BB Black 1.0mm Thickness ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: The details on this case are WRONG, you can in fact install a 80x80x25mm fan (in the front of the case below the 3 1/2 in tray) additionally two 60x60x25mm fans. So you can install 3 fans in this case.

Cons: Too install the 80mm fan you will need to remove the face plate on the case and use standard screws for some reason, the threads are not designed to use standard fan screws. So make sure you got a nice small Screw driver as standard fan screws do not fit. Like mentioned in the other reviews, the screws in the 3 CD Bays seem to be a bit off, I didn't alter the case, I just screw in the 2 furthest screws on each side (so 4 all together) and kind of angled the drive to fit, did not hurt anything and it doesn't look bad, looks normal unless you wanna critique a 1mm additional gap on the bottom of the cd-rom drive.

Overall Review: BE CAREFUL when you consider buying this case, the 7 inch width is serious. The standoffs on the board are quite high as well, bigger than normal standoffs (screws that hold the MB off the Platter/tray in the case). If you are running an Nvidia 460 GTX make sure you buy a Mini-HDMI to Hdmi cable, your MINI-Hdmi to HDMI that came with your Vid Card wont fit because of the clearance outside of the case. My Mini-HDMI to HDMI cable was SHOVED in. I luckily did not need to shave off any plastic. I was nervous just shoving it in, that's how tight the fit was, I just know it wont get pulled out easily playing with the cords behind my tv atleast.

Most Critical Review

This board is a "?"

TYAN S2895UA2NRF SSI EEB 3.5 Server Motherboard Dual 940 NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 + AMD 8131
TYAN S2895UA2NRF SSI EEB 3.5 Server Motherboard Dual 940 NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 + AMD 8131

Pros: When it worked the speed was awesome...

Cons: It slowly, stopped working on me. The raid started erroring with the Maxline III HDDS, but my fault for not reading up on it. The ram/processors started getting buggy giving me IRQL messages. Bad board. (They need a return policy... like your money back)

Overall Review: I would never buy this board again. Or any product Tyan puts out, they have no Customer Service, and they've not responded to my email for a week so far.

10/31/2006

Love it

StarTech.com USB to SATA IDE Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5in or 3.5in Hard Drive / HDD Dock (UNIDOCK2U)
StarTech.com USB to SATA IDE Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5in or 3.5in Hard Drive / HDD Dock (UNIDOCK2U)

Pros: Exactly what I expected and worth the money.

Cons: Would have liked it to be able to work with a cd-rom via maybe the IDE, but oh well.

Overall Review: Would buy again.

Amazing

SAMSUNG TOC T260HD Rose   Black 25.5" 5ms HDMI Widescreen  HDTV  Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 10000:1(1000:1)  Build in TV Tuner & Dolby Digital Surround Sound
SAMSUNG TOC T260HD Rose Black 25.5" 5ms HDMI Widescreen HDTV Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 10000:1(1000:1) Build in TV Tuner & Dolby Digital Surround Sound

Pros: This is my first 25.5 inch monitor, and well since it is my first I can only say wow. Next upgrade a 30 inch monitor, in a year or two though lol

Cons: I don't really care for the on/off button, I mean in the dark I know where to push, but it seems I don't touch the right spot. So I gotta either turn on a light or move my finger around until it pops on. It's cool in theory, but not to practical for when it's dark in ones room. This however, isn't that big of a deal, I just leave the remote near the monitor, and the problem is solved.

Overall Review: I would recommend this and buy it again without consideration.

12/15/2009

Great device, quite happy

SAMSUNG STORY Station 1.5TB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive HX-DU015EB
SAMSUNG STORY Station 1.5TB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive HX-DU015EB

Pros: 1.36 TB is nice, I dislike how the companies calculate hard drive space differently then everyone else, makes it real confusing, oh well.

Cons: Isn't as fast as Solid State Drives. But, at this price it's one awesome storage device, took about... 2 hours for 233GB transfers from internal SATA II 3.0 HDD's. Not sure if that's long, but it got the job done, well 2 hours of windows minutes.

Overall Review: The light is a bit annoying, but at least ones capable of turning the light down a bit. But on the flip side it flashing tells you it's working... meaning don't yank it while it's working.

12/10/2009

Great

D-Link DGS-2208 Unmanaged 8-Port Desktop Green Ethernet Switch
D-Link DGS-2208 Unmanaged 8-Port Desktop Green Ethernet Switch

Pros: Great little piece of hardware, am really satisfied with the switch, wouldn't mind getting 2 more. I currently own 2 right now.

Cons: So far I've not found a con to really complain about, it runs my network great.

Overall Review: I would buy again without consideration