Gibhunter
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- First ReviewFebruary 1, 2008
- Last ReviewJune 20, 2017
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- First Review CommentMarch 20, 2011
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Intel - Core™ i7-2700K Quad-Core 3.5GHz Processor
This Intel® Core™ i7-2700K quad-core processor features an 8MB L3 cache for excellent multitasking capability. Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 3000 deliver lush images and vivid detail.
Nice Upgrade!
Customer Rating
5.0
Features
5.0
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What's great about it: easy install, powerful
What's not so great: price, integrated GPU is pretty bad, but usable
So this particular processor went into an old DVD player that was gutted and had a home theater pc (HTPC) put in. Before this processor I was running an Atom Dual core and it couldnt keep up with much for HD video - forget about streaming HD video from sites like Hulu/youtube/Boxee/Netflix.
Now, with this i7 quadcore in place the HTPC handles EVERYTHING like a god.
i7-2700K - stock clock to keep the temps low.
ASRock H67M-ITX/HT LGA 1155 Intel H67 Motherboard
8GB Ripsaw DDR3 @ 1333mhz
80Gb Intel SSD
SeaSonic SS-300TFX Bronze 300W PSU
2TB Seagate Network Attached Storage for movies which stream over wifi (works great with Linksys E4200 Router)
Remote sensor built in
Bluetooth wireless trackpad/keyboard
"Unified Remote" through phone/wifi control.
Xbox 360 controller to play games on steam.
Now, with this i7 quadcore in place the HTPC handles EVERYTHING like a god.
i7-2700K - stock clock to keep the temps low.
ASRock H67M-ITX/HT LGA 1155 Intel H67 Motherboard
8GB Ripsaw DDR3 @ 1333mhz
80Gb Intel SSD
SeaSonic SS-300TFX Bronze 300W PSU
2TB Seagate Network Attached Storage for movies which stream over wifi (works great with Linksys E4200 Router)
Remote sensor built in
Bluetooth wireless trackpad/keyboard
"Unified Remote" through phone/wifi control.
Xbox 360 controller to play games on steam.
See the pic attached of how small and crammed with parts this case is.. this thing at stock clocks with a stress test going stays FAR cooler than the dual core atom did. It reaches 55C max, 35ish Idle. I was afraid I would have to underclock this to keep it cool, but considering nothing I throw at it uses more than 40% cpu,I kept it stock. It stays around 35C with the 2 exhaust fans on low - they jump up when the temp hits 56C, which I have heard happen only once while gaming.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Other Best Buy Products I Recommend
Seagate - FreeAgent GoFlex 2 TB 3.5" Network Hard Drive - Desktop
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Hobbiest
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus (1-Year Subscription) - Windows
Simplify your software experience and protect your PC. Learn more ›Provide your computer with the essential protection it needs to keep you safe against the ever-growing threat of cybercriminals. Kaspersky Anti-Virus combines trusted virus and spyware protection to increase your computer's defenses against the threats that lurk on the Internet. With this reliable software suite, you'll be able to fend off online attacks, protect your personal data and surf the Web in confidence.Kaspersky Anti-Virus arms your computer against an array of online threats, including viruses, spyware, Trojans, worms, rootkits and bots. As you surf, Kaspersky Anti-Virus scans all Web sites for malicious software and helps guard against phishing and identity theft. The program also detects vulnerabilities in applications and secures them to protect against potential threats. Designed for fast performance, Kaspersky Anti-Virus works smoothly to protect you without slowing you down, granting you greater peace of mind as you roam the Internet.
Slow
Customer Rating
1.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: looks good
What's not so great: cant pronounce name, slow updates.
Updates take hours on end each day, kaspersky needs to buy a server in the US, the updates from their Russian severs take way to long.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Polk Audio - PSW 12" 300-Watt Powered Subwoofer - Cherry
Achieve room-shaking lows with this powerful Polk Audio PSW125 CHERRY 110V powered subwoofer that features a Klippel-optimized composite woofer cone for great performance, even at extreme listening levels.
BOom!
Customer Rating
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
What's great about it: power and sound quality
What's not so great: size
Smooth strong bass, this sub is a LOT bigger than I thought from pictures. I have it paired with Polk TSI200's and a CS10 center with klipsch promedia ultras in the rear, and the sub will overpower them easily (I keep it turned down to match). The great thing about this sub is how it can take a speaker input so you can have a sub with older receivers without a sub out. I do not like how the finish is different than the TSI200 and CS10 - it looks cheaper. This thing can really fill the void from bookshelf and todays towers that usually only have 6-7" woofers.
This product has... Easy to set up, Good build quality, huge
About me... Tech savvy
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Polk Audio - PSW 12" 300-Watt Powered Subwoofer - Black
Achieve room-shaking lows with this powerful Polk Audio PSW PSW125 BLACK 110V powered subwoofer that features a Klippel-optimized composite woofer cone for great performance, even at extreme listening levels.
BOOM
Customer Rating
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
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What's great about it: Price, power, features, sound
What's not so great: HUGE,
I have this subwoofer currently with Polk TSI200's, a CS10 (i think) center and soon to have T15's for the rear.
What I like most about this subwoofer is how it can literally be hooked to ANY system - be it home theater, a bookshelf stereo, or added to a computer speaker setup with a headphone splitter.
This thing has a line in input (easy to work with if you have a RCA to 3.5mm" cable), it also has something I had not seen before.. a speaker in speaker out for left and right channel. If you have an ancient classic receiver you can still have a sub in the mix by routing your speakers through the heavy gauge speaker inputs. See attached photo if needed*
Sound: It has boom, it is smooth, I havent heard it strain even listening to Dubstep or HipHop music. For movies it can provide a great thunder effect and has a good boom in movies. The cross over knob on the back and volume knob is awesome too for receivers with limited adjustment options.
This thing is HUGE, everyone who I have shown so far has been amazing at how large it is.. it would make a great ottoman if it had a pillow top. Make sure you have room for it before buying.
It has auto on, so it doesnt waste much power when not in use by detecting when a signal is present and active.
Overall, it blends very well with the TSI200's and is capable of overpowering them if turned up high.
This product has... Easy to set up, Good build quality, large, lots of connection options
About me... Tech savvy
I would recommend this to a friend!
Other Best Buy Products I Recommend
Polk Audio - 5-1/4" Bookshelf Speakers (Pair) - Cherry
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Polk Audio - 5-1/4" Center-Channel Speaker Parent: Center-Channel Speakers - Black
Polk Audio - T15 100 Watt Home Theater Bookshelf Speakers (Pair) | Dolby and DTS Surround | Wall-Mountable - Black
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PNY - 16GB SDHC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card
With up to 50MB/sec. data transfer rates, this PNY P-SDHC16G10H-GE SDHC Class 10 UHS-1 memory card is ideal for taking demanding action photos or recording high-definition videos with your compatible camera or camcorder.
Awesome
Customer Rating
5.0
What's great about it: Value, speed
What's not so great: not 32GB
I have 3 of these, one in my car radio (16GB of music on hand is awesome), my digital camera which takes 1080p video, and my GoPro HD. These cards perform great in each application. In my car, I had a class 6 card before and it took almost 10 seconds longer to scan the card each time I start my card before playing music. Now its down to ~20 seconds which is worth the wait for 16GB of music. 1080p video recording has been flawless.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Avid - M-Audio MobilePre USB Audio Interface
Turn your PC or Mac into a recording studio with this USB audio interface that includes ProTools SE software with more than 100 virtual instruments for creative sounds. Four top-panel knobs let you adjust input and output levels and headphone volume.
works fine
Customer Rating
5.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Durability
5.0
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What's great about it: It works
What's not so great: price for such a seemingly simple device
It works fine on windows 7 without even downloading special drivers from the website.. windows automatically installed it from windowsupdate (this is in response to the negative review below).
Anyway, I got this to interface a guitar to my PC and be able to use guitar rig without lag. In ableton Live 8 I can set this mobile pre as the sound card and ASIO drivers work great on it with ~8ms latency, which I can barely detect.
Also, unlike some brands I have noticed this one has powerful amps built in for both the phantom power and the headphone out. It works great all around.
See the attached video.. it shows how handy having a second soundcard (the mobile pre) is when using ASIO drivers.. which normally wont let you play a song in WMP while the drivers are activated. Also.. listen for the lag.. Laptop is an HP DM4, 8GB ram, i5@2.4ghz, and solid state hard drive.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Forza Motorsport 4 - Xbox 360
Your hands tremble as they hover over the steering wheel. You relax your arms and let your hands fall instinctively into place. Your foot is aching with the anticipation of pushing the pedal to the floor. Your eyes are trained on the track as you mentally prepare for every twist and turn. You look left, then right. Your opponents are focused and silent. You see the flag being carried out. Any minute now. Adrenaline begins to pump through your body, and you tighten your grip on the wheel. This is it. You're about to go speeding forward into the world of Forza Motorsport.Rev your engine and prepare for a racing experience like never before when controller-based racing meets the freedom and interactive power of the Kinect. Get into gear with Forza Motorsport 4, the newest game to the Forza Motorsport franchise, featuring content from leading brands like Top Gear and many others. Use the Profile Import feature to automatically add gift cars to your garage based on your player level and cars in your garage in Forza Motorsport 3. Don't worry that all the hours of your hard work will go to waste — import the detailed layers and liveries you created in the Forza Motorsport 3 Livery Editor. With a history of top thrills and high ratings, Forza Motorsport 4 is sure to offer a realistic experience from tires to engine blocks.
Woot?!?
Customer Rating
3.0
The 2011 Subaru WRX does 0-60 in 4.7seconds. The STI is a tag slow due to gear ratios, but has a faster 0-100. In this game its aggrivating to see such a fast car go so slow.. like the game is in slow-motion. I counted a 0-60 of over 7 seconds, which makes everything feel so slow.. the car drags at 80+mph gaining unrealistically slow speed.
This product has... Appropriate for your kids
About me... Frequent player
I would recommend this to a friend!
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GoPro - Tripod Mount - Black
This tripod mount is compatible with select GoPro quick-release cameras allowing you to attach your camera to most tripods.
Works
Customer Rating
4.0
What's great about it: works
What's not so great: cheap plastic
Does what it should - allows the GoPro to be mounted on any tripod. I turned mine into a use any camera with GoPro mounts. Take a bolt that fits the tripod screw hole, cut it ~1/3 inch long, and screw it in. Finally, break off the third plastic arm and now you can use your digital cam with GoPro mounts.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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GoPro - Chest Mount Harness
GoPro Chesty Chest Mount Harness: This GoPro chest mount for your camera makes it easy to capture exciting video and photos from the level of your chest. Perfect for any activity where you want a lower-than-the-helmet view of the action.
No good for biking
Customer Rating
2.0
Quality
4.0
What's great about it: comfortable compared to helmet cam mount, shakes least of all mounts but still shakes a lot.
What's not so great: price, plastic, design
As far as downhill mountain biking goes, I have the camera mounted pointing as far up as possible due to the design of the mounting system. Without a screen on the gopro I had no idea how my video was turning out, and sure enough at home all my video footage from the chesty was pointing straight down to the ground.
It is impossible with both me and the person I was with and his chesty to get useful footage of the bike and trail ahead while going down a mountain. The only good footage was while i was sitting up - which only happened for a few seconds at a time while going slow.
It is impossible with both me and the person I was with and his chesty to get useful footage of the bike and trail ahead while going down a mountain. The only good footage was while i was sitting up - which only happened for a few seconds at a time while going slow.
This mount I am sure is great for other things, but come on, make it more adjustable!!!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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GoPro - Camera Roll Bar Mount
Take dynamic action shots with your GoPro camera when you mount it to a radiator cap, bike frame, surfboard or tube with a diameter of 1.4-2.5" with this roll bar mount.
Broke on first use
Customer Rating
1.0
Quality
1.0
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What's great about it: the idea
What's not so great: plastic, breaks easy, almost lost camera
I took this to Sunday River with hopes of mounting it to the seatpost for a behind my bike shot of the person in back of me. I had it mounted and tightened with a screw drive since this mount will move no matter how hard you hand tighten it with only a little force.
When mounting it, it felt cheap and I thought it might break at the base since the half circle grips are really really thin and flex a LOT when tightening.
Anyway, I got down the mountain using Level 2/5 (easy - step up from a gravel trail down the mountain) trails. At the bottom I noticed it was gone.. see pictures below for the break off point. My camera made no sound or feel when it popped off.
Anyway, after 2 trips walking down the mountain and wasting an hour I gave up. Lucky for me though the guy I was with spotted it on the chairlift up reflecting back at us.
The camera corrupted the last 20 seconds of the video so I lost the part where it fell off unfortunately, but in putting the camera back up against the broken mount I know with 100% certainty that my back wheel did not hit the camera - it is impossible at the height it was mounted.
When mounting it, it felt cheap and I thought it might break at the base since the half circle grips are really really thin and flex a LOT when tightening.
Anyway, I got down the mountain using Level 2/5 (easy - step up from a gravel trail down the mountain) trails. At the bottom I noticed it was gone.. see pictures below for the break off point. My camera made no sound or feel when it popped off.
Anyway, after 2 trips walking down the mountain and wasting an hour I gave up. Lucky for me though the guy I was with spotted it on the chairlift up reflecting back at us.
The camera corrupted the last 20 seconds of the video so I lost the part where it fell off unfortunately, but in putting the camera back up against the broken mount I know with 100% certainty that my back wheel did not hit the camera - it is impossible at the height it was mounted.
GoPro NEEDS to make $30 mounts out of metal, the place this mount snapped off has no effect from how tight it is mounted which wasnt overly tight IMO or loose, it was at the start of a plastic arm!
I almost lost a $300 camera because GoPro cheaped out on ALL of their mounts. A $30 mount shouldnt be made of thin flimsy plastic.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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PNY - Optima 2-Pack 4GB (8GB total) PC3-10666 DDR3 Desktop Memory Kit - Multi
Give your PC a performance boost with this PNY Optima desktop memory kit that includes two 4GB PC3-10666 DDR3 modules to provide the power required for fast, efficient multitasking. Enhanced thermal performance helps ensure optimal operation.
Compaq Presario f700
I'm looking to upgrade can older laptop, is this compatible?
No, this is desktop memory. I would need your model to point you to the correct laptop memory - I would call or go in store with the laptop and ask
8 years, 6 months ago
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Klipsch - ProMedia 2.1 Speaker System (3-Piece) - Black
Use this Klipsch ProMedia 3-piece speaker system to enjoy brilliant sound when playing games, listening to music or watching videos on your computer.
Can the Subwoofer be connected to AV Receiver Subwoofer preamp out?
It is not meant to be used this way, but technically if you had a RCA to 3.5mm adapter you could. It is a standalone system not meant for this though but it wouldnt hard it. This subwoofer is very easily strained so for the price you could find a better powered subwoofer instead of using this set in a way it isnt meant to be used.
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Klipsch - ProMedia 2.1 Speaker System (3-Piece) - Black
Use this Klipsch ProMedia 3-piece speaker system to enjoy brilliant sound when playing games, listening to music or watching videos on your computer.
Would it be possible to use this sound system to connect to an mp3 player to create my own little bedside stereo system if I wanted to?
yes, just plug its 3.5mm jack into your phone/mp3 player, it would do a great job for most bedrooms. You could spend more and get a system with bluetooth so you could have a wireless connection, but bluetooth degrades the sound quality a bit.
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SanDisk - SSD Plus 240GB Internal Serial ATA Solid State Drive
Expand your PC or laptop's storage capacity with this SanDisk SSD Plus SDSSDA-240G-G25 solid state drive, which offers 240GB of space and sequential read speeds up to 520MB/sec. The shock-resistant design ensures lasting use.
Does this come with adapter to fit into 2.5" laptop bay?
Does this come with adapter to fit into 2.5" laptop bay?
I would like to change my laptop hdd to this ssd.
Please give me answers ASAP. Thanks.
I would like to change my laptop hdd to this ssd.
Please give me answers ASAP. Thanks.
Yeah, it has a little plastic piece that will increase the thickness to fit a 2.5" laptop. On some laptops you dont even need the plastic.
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NETGEAR - Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Smart Wi-Fi Dual-Band Wireless-AC Router - Black
Enjoy speedy Wi-Fi around your home with this NETGEAR Nighthawk X4 AC2350 R7500-100NAS router, which features 4 high-performance antennas and Beamforming+ technology for optimal wireless range. Dynamic QoS prioritization automatically adjusts bandwidth.
how many devices can this router handle
how many devices can this router handle
I had 20 devices on mine and it was constantly kicking them off the 5.0 ghz band. The ones on the 2.4ghz band would run horribly slow even though my internet connection wasnt being fully utilized.
9 years, 1 month ago
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my macbook pro is freezing cant open any applications
tried safe boot and apple hardware test
idk wat else to do
idk wat else to do
At this point your hard drive is most likely defective, but without running a hardware test it could be anything from bad memory to a defective logic board.
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Are the netnooks good if you are a student?
They are great for note taking in class becaus eof their size and battery life, but typing an essay on the small keyboard is a pain. They are meant to be secondary computers, and if that is how it is used it is great for students.
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repairable?
i have a problem with my olympus stylus 820 .the images output it captures were black and white, hazy, blurry and with black background and the images can't be defined.we don't have an olympus service center nearby and i am reluctant to have it fixed by local digicam repairmen for reasons that some may be fraud.i have a friend who told me that it could be the sensor thing.if it is true, is it repairable or replaceable?my husband docks in baltimore.does best buy stores have it?
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I have seen cameras with the description you gave sent out to precisicon camera (Best Buy camera service center on the east coast) and come back repaired rather than junked out for replacement. It likely is fixable as long as it wasnt water damage.
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What is the best compact camera for people who blink a lot during pictures?
What is the best compact camera for people who blink a lot during pictures? I have Cerebral Palsy and I seem to blink whenever it flashes. I need the camera to fit in a purse/pocket, to take good quality pictures, and I post a lot of them online and take a lot of pictures at concerts with stage lighting. I have bought and tried a Fujifilm FinePix A900 camera and a Nikon S220 camera. I always blink when I use the Fujifilm FinePix A900 camera and the Nikon S220 camera takes bad pictures.
A lot of cameras have various flash settings. Most of the time turning on a red eye only flash (option on panasonic cameras) will only show one flash exactly when the picture is taken so you will blink right after,
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SanDisk - Sansa Clip+ 4GB* MP3 Player - Black
Take your favorite tunes on the go with this MP3 player that features 4GB* of storage space and a built-in digital FM tuner. The built-in clip provides easy portability.
Is the battery replaceable?
I have been told that when the rechargeable battery wears out, it cannot be replaced, so you have to buy a new unit. Can someone confirm this please.
This is true, and the best way to avoid this is purchasing a warranty on the unit so it can be replaced if this occurs.
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