Hardware Reviews
MSI K8N Neo4 Motherboard
I bought this computer motherboard about 2 years ago, when assembling a new desktop PC. It cost me around RM 500 (USD$ 145), quite a hefty price to pay for a motherboard. However, I was prepared to pay for it since this is one of the latest and best …
G&G Ink Cartridges
G&G Ink Cartridges are the best cartridges when it comes to many aspects, because of many reasons. But I would definitely recommend these cartridges to anyone interested in saving some money, especially if you have an older printer which is compatible with them, and probably will use more ink …
Intel i7 2600 processor
I recently bought an Intel i7 2600 processor with a clock speed of 3.4 GHz. It is a high end processor with an integrated HD graphics chip. There is no need for a graphics card to play mid level games with this processor because the integrated graphics chip is …
Get Organized Garden Hands
The Get Organized Garden Hands is a lawn and garden product that sells for seven dollars and ninety-nine cents today. I use it in conjunction with Gardenline Telescopic Rake during the autumn season when the trees begin losing their beautiful red, yellow and orange leaves. The leaves aren’t as …
Memorex 3.5 Inch Computer Disks
I bought a box of Memorex computer dicks the other days. These things are pretty cool. If you have a floppy disk drive on your computer then you might like these. The thing that is great about them is that they are cheap and you can transfer text files easily.
I …
Meritline RIST Memory USB Watch
USB drives are all the rage these days. Tiny little drives that can hold large amounts of data (up to 4 gigabytes for some) and plug directly into your computer for plug and play capability. With floppy disks nothing more than a memory USB drives are here …
Creative SBS 240
Creative’s SBS 240 speakers are a joy to listen. They are 1000 watts speakers and sound too good. They are mid sized speakers of black color and silver coloured front grill. When operated even at maximum volume, it gives crystal clear sound, and I just love it.
These speakers are …
Western Digital 320GB My Passport
I first bought a 160GB Western Digital External Hardrive in December 2007, by August 2008 it had broken, not sure why but everytime i plugged it in to my USB drive it would crash my system and block everything.
I took it back to the store who informed me that …
Roberts Max Grip 3500 Carpet Adhesive
I recently had to install new carpet so I decided to purchase this carpet adhesive. I had a great experience using it and I have to say that it works wonderful. I purchased it from Lowe’s at a price of 30 dollars. I believe the price …
Darkest Grape Behr Paint With Primer
Recently I decided to remodel my bedroom, and along with moving around furniture and clearing out unwanted file cabinets, I decided to completely repaint my walls. While searching for a paint that would be both unique and efficient in covering up my previous color, I wanted something that would …
Logitech Keyboard
I am writing these lines with Logitech Keyboard. This Keyboard is with me for the last two years. Initially, when I bought my PC then I decided to go for a cheap keyboard with all facilities. However, this boomeranged on me, as that keyboard stopped working in a mere …
Kingston DIMM 2 GB DDR3 1333 RAM/ PC10600 /(KVR1333D3N9) /240-Pin
I bought this RAM for RM 160 in June 2010. Kingston is always my trusted brand for RAM and flash drive. My Windows 7 Ultimate edition rated this RAM to be 5.4. The price has dropped until there is little difference with the corresponding DDR2 RAM. This RAM (1333 …
Logitech Internet Keyboard 350
When having a keyboard for a desktop computer I am always fussy to what I like, especially when it comes to extended typing. I always want to have a keyboard that has chunky keys, has a good typing angle, and most importantly has multimedia/ hotkeys.
Without a shadow of doubt I …
Creative HS-350 Headset
I got the creative headset HS-350 by chance. I wanted to take courses in an online school where live chat was part of the interaction. I had been managing my voice chats with a cheaper headphone but for attending classes I needed a good headphone with mic. I wanted …
Logitech Notebook Optical Mouse Plus
I was hoping to save a few bucks by getting a cheap generic mouse for my laptop. Obviously, it died an early death, given my nasty habit of accidentally dropping it. My husband then compelled me to invest in a branded type. He recommended Logitech, given its track record for …
Brother HL2040 Laser Printer
This Brother HL 2040 Printer would have to be one of our discoveries of the year. We wanted to buy a printer that had a reasonable cost, as well as having a good amount of pages it can print before running out of ink. This printer costed us $100 …
A4 Tech WWW-25 2-Wheel 3-Button (4D) Scroll Mouse, PS/2
I have used the mouse since 2004. This mouse is large, easy to hold and it has a sleek curved design without any ergonomic features. However, I can hold this mouse comfortably for hours without having any strain in my hand. This is probably because my palm is large …
Newmen Optical Mouse (Model MS-090OU)
I could not discount the importance of getting a good quality computer mouse because my day job requires me to be in front of the computer for many hours straight while typing and editing many documents. I needed a good mouse that will not strain my hands and fingers …
HP PSC 1500
I have gone through many printers in my day. They all just seem so cheaply made. I was skeptical about this one, too. I was concerned that with the extra options of scan and copy, that would mean things would go wrong.
But so far, so good. …
Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave
Being tired of the constant tug of war between myself and the keyboard/mouse wires of my desktop, I decided to go wireless. After looking at the specs from several products, I decided on the midgrade Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave. One of the selling points is the wave …
Corsair Survivor USB Flash Drive
My first thought when I picked up the Corsair Flash Survivor USB drive was that it’s huge. Much bigger than the pictures had looked online. I would say it’s about a quarter inch longer than the average USB flash drive, and a quarter of an inch taller. …
Titanium .08 inch trimmer thread
I was in the store to purchase some replacement thread for my trimmer so I decided to go with this. When I’m purchasing thread I’m looking for some that’s durable and that dosen’t have to be replaced as much and I believe I can get that with this …
VONETS Mini 300Mbps Wireless 802.11bgn WiFi Repeater
At the risk of sounding pretentious I must say that I adore VONETS Mini 300Mbps Wireless 802.11bgn WiFi Repeater. I live in a rather large house and my phone line is attached to the extreme east side of the house so the WIFI signal from my router does not cover …
Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF
This is perhaps the best webcam I’ve ever owned in my entire life. This camera allows you to leave it at base level and also comes with a stand that can put the camera up to eye level. Unlike other web cams I have owned it gets a …
Craftsman 19.2 Volt C3 Cordless Drill
I often do a lot of work around the house that requires heavy duty tools. Some examples are when I have to drill in holes to put up pictures, lamps or even wall mount my television. Initially, I used to use a normal 16 Volt drill that produced little …
A4 Tech KL-5 Mini Slim Compact Keyboard
I have a A4 tech KL-5 mini slim compact keyboard which I enjoy writing on very much. I got it last year and I think I made a good deal because it only took me back about $13. I remember that I was looking for a slim keyboard and …
Lexmark Printer Cartridges
I use my printer on a daily basis for work and school. I have been attending evening college classes and found that my printer uses alot of ink. I am going to recommend Lexmark printers and cartridges to everyone. I have had the 2 same cartridges …
Nexxtech Flat Panel CIF webcam
I just bought a Nexxtech Flat Panel CIF webcam. I bought it for my laptop computer, as this is the only webcam I have ever found that clips onto the top of your monitor. I thought how easy it would be to chat with family and friends, with this …
Wacom Bluetooth Tablet
I really got the Wacom Bluetooth Tablet for my photoshop class I took as an elective towards my degree in international business. For those of you that have no idea what this is, it’s esentially a flat plastic device, a little larger than a mousepad, that has sensors that …
Ampg V4
I recently aquired an Ampg V4 from a freind of mine for 600.00 and up until now I had no idea of it’s capabilities!when I bought the amp head I had 2 peavey amps that I traded (in a rushed way) for a peavey 4 10″ cab which I …
Pronet PN-54WRT Wi-Fi Router
The Pronet PN-54WRT is an entry-level router according to me which complies with the IEEE 802.11 g/b standards and the company claims that it can transmit data to instruments upto a distance of about 900 metres. I love that fact, though I never tried it that far. This big …
Maxtor 100GB External Hardrive
The Maxtor 100GB external hardrive is a hardrive about the size of a book (except heavier) which stores files up to 95GB (whenever they say 100GB, you always have to take some space off.) This product can be bought in shops such as Target, K-Mart, Harvey Norman, Retra Vision, …
Sony 1GB Memory Stick PRO Duo Media
This memory stick actually came with the camera that my boyfriend sent me as a late birthday gift. I know memory sticks are just that, and don’t really need a review. But this particular memory stick gave ma a headache. I don’t know if I got a bum Adapter, …
Epson Stylus Scan 2500
The Epson Stylus Scan 2500 is an exceptional photo printer. It is a 3-in-1. It sports a scanner, photo printer, and copier. I have had this printer for 5 years so far and it has never ceased to function correctly. The photo printing is in sharp quality. You can …
Seagate VT6202 4 Multi USB 2.0 Port PCI Card
I purchased my first computer set more than 10 years back and back than USB slots were not used very much. Actually my Desktop didn’t facilitate any USB port and those days it wasn’t anything necessary but now everything is USB enabled and since my computer was …
D-link Wireless Router
For more than two years now, my cousin and I have been tripping over cable wires just so we could use the internet. We were primitive internet users; we only had a router for our laptops, thus the need for wires. We swore that one day our laptops won�t …
Intel Core i5-2500k Sandy Bridge 3.3 GHz
The Intel Core i5-2500k processor is lightning fast, versatile, and worth every penny of its price ($219). In that particular price range, the i5 may be easily considered as “top dog.” Before deciding on its purchase, I researched it thoroughly as not to waste money. General consensus was marked …
D-Link Wireless Router
After purchasing cable and internet through my local provider, it took me a month to figure out that they were actually charging me extra on my monthly bill to carry a router from the company. When I had originally purchased my plan, I actually bought a wireless router …
Kingston DataTraveler Pen Drive
I use pen drives all the time to save all my files on, I don’t tend to trust my hard drive, so having my data on a stick is a must. I have had a number of pen drives in the past in a whole manner of sizes from …
TechCom SSD- TV-722 external TV tuner
I recently update my TV tuner card and replaced my old tuner card with and TechCom SSD- TV-722 external TV tuner. I change my monitor from CRT to LCD monitor and my old External tuner card didn’t provide Tv tuning for the LCD and has very less number …
Belkin G Wireless Notebook Card
Now that all that is out of the way, we can move on. I just purchased this product, against other suggestions. I decided to give it a try any way to see for myself. I have to say I am quite pleased.
I will tell you I am …
Logitech QuickCam connect
I have bought many web cam for my computer but I always bought a poor image web cam, I want it clear even at night. I have a dozen of web cam and I already dispose it because aside from poor quality, it was easily destroy.
Last month I bought …
WD Passport USB External Hard Disk
I bought the Western Digital (WD) Passport USB external hard disk during a local PC Fair last year for RM 230 (around USD$ 65). It has 160 GB of hard disk space and is quite cheap for its price at that time. The device is quite small and light …
GN Netcom Headset Phone (Model 4170)
I love this headset because it was so affordable and had great features. I use it to take customer service calls for my home business and am in love with it. One of the best features of this phone is that you can connect a fax/data line and another …
Logitech K400 wireless keyboard
Work with your computer the way you’re used to, even when your computer is connected to a big LCD TV screen - it reads on the box. Well, my desktop PC works with a 27″ LCD display, so sometimes I want to relax, sitting carelessly with a keyboard on …
Neiko Comfort Gel-Filled Protective Knee Pads
As someone that does a lot of home repair works such as replacing tile and floors I know it’s very essential to have knee pads. I have owned several and I have to say that these are by far some of the best that I have owned. …
Riger ADSL 2/2+ Wireless modem DB108-WL
My father bought this wireless modem for RM 70 after my family installed the TM-Net streamyx internet service on December 2007. This modem is less expensive as compared to other routers such as D-Link routers (about RM 100 +). The “Smart configuration” procedure of this modem is very easy. …
Insignia Headphones
I bought an MP3 player from Best Buy and then I felt the need to go back and buy a pair of wireless headphones that would compliment the MP3. When I took the headphones out of the package the black ring that holds the ear padding on was broken …
Koyo clean boards
Even though I use my notebook daily plenty of dust accumulates on the keyboards as we live in a old wooden house and the dust comes in from all most every were. I do clean in it once in a while but that isn’t enough to keep it clean …
Webcam Creative Labs VF0170
Unlike the model I previously reviewed, this webcam has many more features, and also is a little more pricey. However, it has a much better display and takes much clearer photos.
RESOLUTION/QUALITY
Still capture (photos) capture images at around 5.0 megapixels. And the live video/webcam chat sends thousands of images a …
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