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Brendon B.

Brendon B.

Joined on 11/18/09

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Most Favorable Review

Great board

ASUS M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Fast board, supports SLI at x16 mode (hard to come by at this price), comes with overclocking software, lots of BIOS settings, Core unlocker, and the quality you expect from ASUS.

Cons: You still have to use the traditional jumper to reset the BIOS if it needs to be reset instead of a button or switch, no USB 3.0, No SATA 6.0

Overall Review: I'm happy with my purchase and I will buy an ASUS motherboard again! I was debating heavily between MSI or ASUS and I'm not regreting my decision at all going with ASUS. Buy this board if you want advanced overclocking features and/or you plan on SLI'ing two NVIDIA GPUs.

Most Critical Review

Good when it works

TekNmotion PulseWave • V2 3.5mm/ USB Connector Circumaural Nex-Gen Premium PC Gaming Headset
TekNmotion PulseWave • V2 3.5mm/ USB Connector Circumaural Nex-Gen Premium PC Gaming Headset

Pros: Good sound, bass, TekNmotion's customer service rocks since you are actually speaking to a person

Cons: I've had problems with my headset within the first 3-4 months of owning it, the right side of the headset completely stopped working. I sent it in and got a replacement. I get a new one and the vibration motors are knocked loose in the right side of the headset, which I can live with but it's incredibly annoying. Now after 5 months of this one, the right side of the headset is starting to give out AGAIN! So now I'm probably gonna have to send it in and go through this process....again. I am very disappointed with my purchase! I've had the Teknmotion Yapster which is much cheaper and it actually lasted! I hate this headset, it is very weak and is extremely fragile it seems (and I take care of my stuff!)

Overall Review: Avoid this headset like the plague, unless you wanna deal with the RMA process every 3-5 months

10/18/2012

My first gaming laptop - BLOWN AWAY

MSI GT73VR TITAN PRO-866 17.3" Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7-7820HK (KabyLake), NVIDIA GTX 1080, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD + Gaming Bundle
MSI GT73VR TITAN PRO-866 17.3" Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7-7820HK (KabyLake), NVIDIA GTX 1080, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD + Gaming Bundle

Pros: -Beautiful TN panel, 120hz, 3ms, gsync-enabled even though it isn't specified in the specs -The i7 HK processor offers performance that blows my desktop pc's i5-4460 away in every category. -The GTX 1080 in this laptop is a beast at 1080p, I'm sure for 4k it'll bring it to it's knees faster -The ability to switch between the discrete gpu and Intel integrated graphics is a very nice touch and can help stretch out your battery life. -The keyboard LEDs are a very nice touch on top of everything else

Cons: None thus far

Overall Review: , take note though that this laptop runs hot when playing intensive games (which is a given) so if you do plan to game with it on your lap, do yourself a huge solid and buy a notebook cooler! Battery life is also lacking but honestly if you are looking for good battery life and also a decent gpu, you should look into a Max Q laptop. I've been against gaming laptops for a long time, but due to my aging gaming pc and the crypocurrency-inflated GPU prices, I had to look into pre-built PCs instead. I'm glad I made it an MSI gaming laptop, as the build quality feels very solid and it's amazing how cool this laptop runs under load for how powerful it is.

Awesome processor!

Intel Core i5-4460 - Core i5 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I54460
Intel Core i5-4460 - Core i5 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I54460

Pros: Fast, powerful, and great for gaming

Cons: Price is a little high, but you get what you pay for

Overall Review: better than my old AMD Phenom II x4 955 black edition processor. No, better would be an understatement, it blows it out of the water, especially in rendering, gaming, and just typical multitasking. Highly recommended!

11/26/2015

Decent motherboard

ASUS Z87-A LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Certified Refurbished
ASUS Z87-A LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Certified Refurbished

Pros: Looks nice / good build quality, works great, also the software which allows overclocking and fan speed control is also a very nice feature. USB 3.0 support is always a plus

Cons: Boot up problems (see below)

Overall Review: Motherboard seems to have a problem where I first turn it on and it turns right back off and it turns itself back on again after about 3 or 5 seconds and boots up normally without issues. It doesn't really concern me that much since the computer works fine afterwards, but it's annoying and definitely a little worry some about it's durability for the coming years. Other than that, great motherboard!

11/26/2015

Great wireless adapter!

Rosewill RNX-AC1200PCE - Dual Band Wireless AC1200 Adapter, IEEE 802.11AC a/b/g/n, Up to 867 Mbps (5.0 GHz) + 300 Mbps (2.4 GHz) Wi-Fi Data Rates, PCI-E Interface
Rosewill RNX-AC1200PCE - Dual Band Wireless AC1200 Adapter, IEEE 802.11AC a/b/g/n, Up to 867 Mbps (5.0 GHz) + 300 Mbps (2.4 GHz) Wi-Fi Data Rates, PCI-E Interface

Pros: Works fine under Windows 10, is fast, supports 802.11AC with no problems and driver installation is a breeze

Cons: None as of yet

Overall Review: I bought 2 of these for my computer and my brother's computer, both work fine in both of our Windows 10 PCs, coupled with the nice faster connection supplied by 802.11AC, you certainly can't go wrong with this wireless adapter. It's certainly easier than wiring UTP around the house

11/26/2015