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michael r.

michael r.

Joined on 07/23/13

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Most Favorable Review

so far so good

Thermaltake Toughpower TPD-0750M - SLI / CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi Modular Cables Black Active PFC Power Supply Intel Haswell Ready (PS-TPD-0750MPCGUS-1)
Thermaltake Toughpower TPD-0750M - SLI / CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi Modular Cables Black Active PFC Power Supply Intel Haswell Ready (PS-TPD-0750MPCGUS-1)

Pros: quiet, cheap after rebate. bang for the buck

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: i read a lot of bad reviews about this power supply on newegg. funny the same product gets rave reviews on other online selller sites. I see this rated as a 5th tier power supply on some sites and as a top tier psu on others. I dont know. I just know it does what it is supposed to and is running my amd r9 390x which requires a minimum 750w power supply like a charm.

Most Critical Review

this thing is hot garbage!

CNPGD Wearable 2-in-1 Smart Cell Phone Sync Watch for Android Smart Phones and iPhone - Anti-Lost, Pedometer, Sleep Monitor, FM
CNPGD Wearable 2-in-1 Smart Cell Phone Sync Watch for Android Smart Phones and iPhone - Anti-Lost, Pedometer, Sleep Monitor, FM

Pros: It looks nice, is a decent regular watch.

Cons: No tech support. The instructions don't accurately tell you how to sync it to your phone or set up the Bluetooth. I had to have a T-Mobile tech mess with it for 15 minutes before we could make heads or tails of the instructions. Then once it was synced up, it unsynced within an hour. So I would have to go into the menu and resync it, but really, who has time to do that over and over? Meanwhile you are missing calls.

Overall Review: CNPGD isn't even a real company. Google it, nothing for a company comes up, and no tech number, honestly I don't know how newegg could sell this thing in good conscience.

Not as powerful as I thought

XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card R9-390X-8256
XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card R9-390X-8256

Pros: runs cool if has good airflow in case overclocks to 1130 core and 6700 mem without added voltage. max oc 1155 core 6700 mem. got my rebate no problem

Cons: not much more powerful than my amd hd 7950. only getting 23 fps all extreme settings on attila total war with a hefty overclock. only 30 fps metro 2033 redux on all extreme. just not the heavy hitter i hoped for.

Overall Review: sorry im jaded. my amd 7950 burned out after i fried it overclocking had a 600w power supply. to get this i had to buy a 750w gold power supply, good price $55. after $25 mir got this card on sale $270 after rebate $30. mir. $25 to pay to have installed. grand total $350. a week later the 980 ti went on sale $365. after a $30. mir. that would have run on my 600w psu. UBER SICK ABOUT THAT!

Super pissednow

Intel Core i5-4670K - Core i5 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics Desktop Processor - BX80646I54670K
Intel Core i5-4670K - Core i5 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics Desktop Processor - BX80646I54670K

Pros: Fast single threader. Overclockable

Cons: Only single threader.

Overall Review: I knew it was a single threader when I bought it, but I was under the impression that to play games this was all I needed to own everything I played for like the next 3 years. Now Watch dogs is coming out demanding multithreaded processors like i7 and amd 8350. This cpu is dead. Don't buy if you want to future proof yourself for gaming. Go amd or i7 if you have more income.

Upon further assesment

ASUS Z87M-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 uATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Z87M-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 uATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Easy overclocking, This thing is overclocking my pcu on air at 4.2 ghz. And It automatically overclocks ram. I'm running 1333 ram at 1600 no problems.

Cons: This 887 sound card is the worst. If you care about sound at all, don't get. It's capped at 90 decibels.

Overall Review: The ram slot only opens by popping open one side, so you really have to press that ram in there and have to boot up to know whether or not its in. I originally gave this board a 3 out of 5 because i couldn't tell how much overclocked i was without cupid, the sound card and only handling up to 2800 ram while other mbs list as high as 3150, but this board can handle 2933 ddr3 according to the asus website so I'll bump up an egg

Best card for price range

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card 100352-3L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card 100352-3L

Pros: Lets you max everything with decent frame rates.

Cons: Doesn't overclock well at all. I thought amd cards were made for this but no. This thing gives me the black screen if I try to push the core clock to 1100. Becomes unstable past 925 even with force voltage and higher voltage.

Overall Review: got it on sale for $240. I see it on newegg sometimes for $219. Anywhere in that price range is good for this card.

10/25/2013