IOGEAR USB 2.0 Booster Cable GUE216

Advantages: Ultra-compact, sleek form factor, powered
Disadvantages: Can' think of any

...This is one incredibly small USB 2.0 hubs. It's about as big as a credit card (albeit a bit thicker), and it's very convenient to carry around - perfect for laptop users. What I like the most about this hub is that the cord actually retracts into the hub itself when not in use. The downside to this is that the cord is extremely short - about a cm or two long. However, this didn't really pose a problem to me. If you need to place the hub further away from the computer, a USB extension cable is provided. This is a powered hub, that means you could plug in the provided AC adaptor if your USB devices need more power. I've used a variety of products with the hub (pen drive, USB hard drive, wireless keyboard, webacm), and everything worked like a charm. If you are using a desktop, it might be better to get a USB hub that comes with more... Read review

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Advantages: If you have a socket 478 CPU and want to use OSx86, this is thee board for you!
Disadvantages: Features not utilised to full potential with windows...

...X VGA - Integrated Intel Media Accelerator 900 in Intel 915GL chipset, capable of supporting DirectX 9.0 related application - Dynamic Vedio Shared Memory Max. 192MB Audio - Realtek ALC850 8 channel AC'97 audio codec LAN - Realtek RTL8100C PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet controller - 802.3u, WOL supported Connector - 4 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors - 1 x ATA100/66 IDE connectors ( supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - CPU/Chassis FAN connectors - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CD audio in header - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 header (to support 4 USB2.0 ports) - 1x COM port header Rear Panel I/O ASRock 8CH I/O Plus - 4 x USB2.0 ports - 1 x RJ45 LAN port - 1 x VGA port - 1 x PS2 Keyboard connector - 1 x PS2 Mouse connectors - 1 x Parallel port (LPT1) - 1 x 8 channel Audio ports... Read review

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Advantages: Safe overclocking ability, onboard graphics (64mb) Onboard LAN
Disadvantages: Only two Ram slots, and two PCI slots

.... So then the Hybrid booster, it allows you to change the CPU FSB, CPU multiplier, and CPU Vcore. By altering these, the CPU will run faster, by just changing the CPU FSB I was able to overclock my Sempron 2800+ (clock speed of 2.0Ghz) to 2.3Ghz which is a noticeable difference. I am still able to overclock my CPU even more by changing the CPU multiplier but I don't have many addition fans on this case to do so, and I don't want to fry the processor by trying to get it to run a bit faster. Advantages: As stated above the motherboard allows the user to get the most out of there processor by overclocking it safely using Hybrid booster. Also includes reasonable onboard graphics which was a big help for me as I was able to use the motherboard without having to buy a graphics card. Has 5.1 channel audio which has awesome sound quality, so... Read review

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