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Charles B.

Charles B.

Joined on 05/23/08

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Most Favorable Review

Great Performer

MSI GT Series - 17.3" - Intel Core i7-3630QM - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX - 12 GB DDR3 - 750GB HDD - Windows 8 - Gaming Laptop (GT70 0NC-494US )
MSI GT Series - 17.3" - Intel Core i7-3630QM - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX - 12 GB DDR3 - 750GB HDD - Windows 8 - Gaming Laptop (GT70 0NC-494US )

Pros: Bought this for my wife for Christmas; Fantastic machine. Put a 15% OC on the 670MX's video Ram and it will blow a 675M out of the water. Runs very quiet and VERY cool. Max settings on GW2, Mass effect/Dragon age series and anything you throw at it. Very durable feeling keyboard.

Cons: No SSD, but extra bay is available. ... windows 8 with non touch screen is no worth it. the Blue Ray player is a bit noisy when in use.

Overall Review: Again I am very surprised at how cool and quiet this machine runs at full load, even with a slight vid card OC.

Most Critical Review

Disappointing

Razer Mamba Wireless - Right-Handed Wireless Gaming Mouse
Razer Mamba Wireless - Right-Handed Wireless Gaming Mouse

Pros: Sleek, wired and/or wireless

Cons: Right mouse button on deaths door fairly quickly

Overall Review: I have had this mouse for several months now. For the most part it is a good mouse but the right click button has been slowing dying to near death not even a year later. Not worth the price, disappointing.

Good PSU

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 650W ATX12V/EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 650W ATX12V/EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

Pros: Quiet, seems to produce less heat than my old Antec 500, does the job

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: not for SLI/Xfire

Greaet SSD

Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 996982
Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 996982

Pros: Small, quick and at a great price

Cons: I am hoping prices keep creeping down on these SSDs

Great Deal

ASUS VS Series VS247H-P 24" (Actual size 23.6") Full HD 1920 x 1080 60Hz HDMI VGA DVI-D SPLENDID Modes Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor
ASUS VS Series VS247H-P 24" (Actual size 23.6") Full HD 1920 x 1080 60Hz HDMI VGA DVI-D SPLENDID Modes Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor

Pros: Great color and brightness. This screen is very thin and light; fantastic buy for the price

Cons: The stand is chintzy and very low quality for Asus

Overall Review: Not sure why Asus has the Inlets pointing straight out making it difficult to wall/flush mount.

12/30/2011

Great Buy

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Processor - HDZ940XCGIBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Processor - HDZ940XCGIBOX

Pros: The 940 can run on par with the 955, and in some cases out do it for some reason... at over $50 less. This is a great CPU for the price and can run over most of the Intel (non i7) quads for 1/2 the price.

Cons: AM2+ instead of AM3

Overall Review: Overclockable to 3.6 gigs on stock cooler