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Zachary D.

Zachary D.

Joined on 05/04/12

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Most Favorable Review

Balance

HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 Desktop Memory XMP T1 Series Model KHX21C11T1K2/8X
HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 Desktop Memory XMP T1 Series Model KHX21C11T1K2/8X

Pros: I felt like I needed to balance the review for fairness' sake. The reason that the other guy's ram didn't show up as the proper speed on his comp is that, sometimes, you need to go into to BIOS to correct that. Simple solution to a simple problem. L2Computers

Cons: Nothing

Most Critical Review

Defective - RMA

SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 1TB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E1T0B/AM
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 1TB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E1T0B/AM

Pros: I'm told it's fast

Cons: It's a fairly simple process to connect the sata data and power, so it seems the SSD shipped to me in a completely non-functioning state. It's unrecognized in the BIOS and in the windows partitions and format Drive Utility. Having to RMA and be without the drive that was going to hold all of my data. So essentially I have no computer until I wait for it to ship out, and be reshipped to me.

Overall Review: I would REALLY like this not to be a pattern of Samsung's or SSDs in general.

Great case

NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic Enthusiast ATX Full Tower Computer Case
NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic Enthusiast ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: I've reviewed this before, it's a very good case.

Cons: NewEgg, in their description of the case, said that it would have a 200mm blue LED top fan. It has a top fan that is 200mm, but no blue LED. That's actually why I bought this model was for the blue LED. I don't want to knock an egg off because it's a fantastic case, but I hope NewEgg or NZXT see this and send me a 200mm blue LED fan like it says I purchased.

Grand board

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Wonderful board. Easy overclocking, easy to use and pretty bios, suits SLI or even the newest cards.

Cons: There was nothing on the site telling me that I was buying a flex atx. I would really have liked to have known that. I bought a HUGE case and wanted to utilize the space. The board is more cramped because of it, but that doesn't make it lower quality. My CPU heatsink covers two RAM slots when it shouldn't (should only cover one on a normal atx). I don't want to take too much off for this as the board itself is great, but NewEgg's documentation is flawed.

Lovely

Galaxy 68NPH6DT6EXZ GeForce GTX 680 SOC White Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Galaxy 68NPH6DT6EXZ GeForce GTX 680 SOC White Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: I'm coming from using my 27" iMac as my main gaming comp. that uses a 6970M, and that played Crysis on 1080 at ~30FPS. This card is SO much better. I'm cutting through Crysis at 60+ FPS. I used my iMac for so long I felt like that was just the standard for performance and this card is so far beyond, I feel like I'm cheating. My card is 1201 MHz and 1267 MHz turbo.

Cons: The outputs are 3 mini hdmis and that's just stupid. It comes with an adapter that makes the cord sag on the outlet of the card.

Overall Review: I've got the NZXT Phantom with an i7 and my system runs at around 31*C and 62*C under heavy load. Everything about this performs amazingly. The outputs are the only thing wrong with this are the outputs.

New Price < Referb Price

Intel Core i7-2600 - Core i7 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - SR00B
Intel Core i7-2600 - Core i7 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - SR00B

Pros: It's still a good card

Cons: Doesn't come with the CPU fan and heatsink AND it's more expensive than it's new counterpart!

Overall Review: get it new!