killory updated 11 products

killory — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:27:37 -0400

1. updated LiteOn LH-20A1L - July 30, 2008 at 11:27 am

2. updated NEC ND-3550A - July 30, 2008 at 11:23 am

3. updated D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router - July 30, 2008 at 11:16 am

new pro/con: Lousy customer service
agreed: "Poor performance in games. QOS doesnt work."
agreed: "OLED menu can be difficult to nagivate"
agreed: "Overly expensive"
agreed: "Very high speed capabilities"
agreed: "Setup can be very easy"
disagreed: "Quality of Service is intended to keep online games performing well"
disagreed: "Compatible with many devices and networks, very robust"

4. updated Netgear RangeMax Next WNR834B - July 30, 2008 at 11:12 am

5. updated HSPC Tech Station - July 30, 2008 at 11:09 am

6. updated AMD Athlon X2 4800+ - July 30, 2008 at 11:01 am

tapped as "have it"
new pro/con: Low 65w Power use
new pro/con: Runs cold, at room temp almost
agreed: "The 4800+ is at a sweet spot for price/performance in the X2 64 lineup"
agreed: "Dual-core processing"
agreed: "Good price"

7. updated Gigabyte GeForce 9600 GT - July 30, 2008 at 10:53 am

8. updated Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer - July 30, 2008 at 10:46 am

9. updated LANParty LT X48-T2R - July 30, 2008 at 10:41 am

agreed: "Two SATA controllers for up to 8 SATA devices, as well as 2 IDE devices"
agreed: "DDR2 1066MHz (Up to 8GB)"
agreed: "RAID 0/1/0+1/5"
disagreed: "Ethernet ports have odd speeds (100/200/400Mbps)"
disagreed: "No onboard video"
disagreed: "Expensive"

10. updated Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H - July 30, 2008 at 10:40 am

agreed: "Connect up to 4 displays with Hybrid CrossFireX - 3rd, and 4th display requires additional graphics card"
disagreed: "HDMI output"
agreed: "HDMI output"
disagreed: "Nicely color-coded backplate with clear labels"
agreed: "Only one DVI output; one monitor has to run VGA in dual setup."
disagreed: "Can't use HDMI and DVI at the same time"
agreed: "Can't use HDMI and DVI at the same time"
agreed: "low power consumption"
disagreed: "Best IGP solution (March 2008)"
agreed: "DirectX 10.1 compliant"
agreed: "Can power dual monitor right out of the box"
agreed: "Optical S/PDIF output"
agreed: "GPU decoding of HD codecs makes this board HD compatible with a relatively slow CPU"
agreed: "Nicely color-coded backplate with clear labels"
agreed: "Integrated Gigabit Ethernet"
agreed: "Includes 2 high quality SATA cables"

11. updated ASUS M2N-X - July 30, 2008 at 10:34 am

killory commented on AMD Athlon X2 4800+

killory — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:01:37 -0400

July 30, 2008 at 11:01 am

"Easly overclocked to 3Ghz per core"

killory — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:33:47 -0400

July 30, 2008 at 10:33 am