Maximum PC

Thumbs way up: PC Power & Cooling. I ordered a 510 SLI from them,for $30 less than what Newegg was charging. And, here's the fun part..after unwrapping the maze of 15 connecters,screwing it into the case,and hooking up everything:It fired up on the first try. WOOHOO!!

(Newegg's price,with slower,and more expensive UPS shipping,was $240).
Direct from PC P &C,it came out to $210 shipped with 2 day Fedex shipping..

Yeah PC Power & Cooling is the best there is - and its just a bonus for the pricing -

Congrats on the purchase - now your PSU will be one thing you'll never have to worry about again

I gotta go with a thumbs down for Newegg this time, they really screwed up my package and took their time replacing it and refunding me the money, but then they kept $100 sayiing that it was due to market fluctuation. But, we're back on speaking terms, and they're slowly getting their thumbs up.

Way thumbs up however, goes to FrozenCPU.com. Excellent service, awesome shipping prices (unlike Newegg), and fast service! Great Job Mark!

thumbs up :msi
sapphire
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thumbs way down: ecs making an amd skt 754 board that doesnt support oc (?), all usb connectors fried, dead agp and pci slot bad capacitors like wtf ecs go blow ur mom

Thumbs up: circuit city total protection plan warranty

thumbs down : circuit city never having what I want in power.....and if they do....its over priced

Thumbs up:
newegg.com
chiefvalue.com
zipzoomfly.com
fedex
antec power supplies

Thumbs down
UPS
Staples
Walmart
emachines.com

Thumbs up to Thermaltake. I'm a brand-new owner of a Thermaltake CL-P0200 heatsink. Not only was it a amazing deal,at $35 shipped off Newegg..but it installed using the stock mounting bracket,and simply snapped into place. When I first booted my PC up with the new HSF in place..I thought the fan wasn't plugged in!!! (it's quiet..) It's a hidden gem.
(How about 106F, as reported by Everest Home Edition..while encoding a 3 hour MPEG2 recording of the movie Top Gun,using Pinnacle Studio 9!!!)

another thumb up to thermaltake, i ordered a big typhoon off NCIX, along with a few case fans, and it cools AMAZINGLY well, my old idle temperature is my new load temp. and the kicker, im using the stock stuff i got with a cheap CGA cooler, i havent even used the tube of AS5 i got

UP; Newegg.com, Asus video cards, Dual core Prosessors,Maximum PC


Down; Gas prices, The Weather and George W Bush...nuff said

thumb down for nvidia, who's Nforce 4 Intel SLI edition chipset STILL doesnt support the pentium D 820 (single core FTW)

BIG thumbs down to Albatron... They have produced the only two parts that have ever failed on me.

thumbs up for corsair

i absolutely love the xms pro series ram with the LEDs on the top
it makes a awsone addition to my windowed case

Thumbs down (way down) for UPS. I ordered a new Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick on my birthday,July 29(Saturday). I expected it to arrive by the 4th. The 4th rolls around...Still no joystick. August 9 arrives(today)..FINALLY,they're delivering it. I know I ordered using their slowest shipping,but this is crazy.

Is that the delivery in 2-4 ice ages option? UPS sucks hardcore.

I ordered Flatout 2 (PC version) off Amazon.com on August 8. (3 day UPS select shipping).. Today rolls around,I check my amazon.com tracking page.
To my shock (and delight) I see this:

http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/processRequest

Going from Louisville,KY to Portland,OR overnight... (8-10-06 @8:50 PM ..in Louisville,KY..8-11-06 @7:20 AM..in Portland,OR and out for delivery).
I'm speechless.

MONARCH COMPUTER THUMBS DOWN

Thumbs up for HP. They struggled for a while but the engineering of their products for the last 3 years or so has been great and they're clearly recovering their market share.

Link to relevant HP/Dell market summary

I still think axing Carly Fiorina was a dumb move. She put them on the vector to bring them where they are today. They thanked her by using her as a scapegoat to appease their board.

Thumbs Up: Newegg, Fedex, AMD

Thumbs Down: AT&T- I HATE THEM I CANT GET DSL!!!!!!!!

Up:
Windows XP
TigerDirect.com
AMD
nVidia
Maximum PC (the only magazine I read from cover to cover)
Firefox
Seagate (I have an external hard drive that I've accidentally dropped a few times without any problems)
Wikipedia
USB ports

Down:
Windows XP
Belkin (I sent in two rebates and they declined both of them saying that the UPC was wrong for both of them. At least three ports on my four port hub still work)
EA Games (How many Sims expansion packs are they trying to sell now?)
Radio Shack
Maxtor (I lost my warranty on a Quantum drive after the takeover. Never mind that every one I've had has died in one way or another)
AOL (even back in 1995 it had problems)
AMR slots
Macintosh commercials
Spam and Spyware
DRM

Thumbs up: Pinnacle. I reinstalled Pinnacle Studio 9.4 on my PC after I had reinstalled Windows XP Professional on my new hard drive. It asked me for a new MPEG2 activation code..my old code wouldn't work. One simple email to Pinnacle customer support with my orginal proof of purchase..and they sent me a new MPEG2 unlock code for free.