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Mario N.

Mario N.

Joined on 01/06/04

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Most Favorable Review

Great for Xbox One

HGST 1TB Touro S High-Performance Ultra-Portable Drive USB 3.0 Model 0S03694 (HTOSPA10001BHB) Gray
HGST 1TB Touro S High-Performance Ultra-Portable Drive USB 3.0 Model 0S03694 (HTOSPA10001BHB) Gray

Pros: Fast little bugger, and the best thing is it doesn't need an extra power supply. I use with my Xbox One, and it has improved the load times of my games and apps since both the drive speed and transfer speed over USB 3.0 are faster than the internal drive.

Cons: It gets hot. So far it hasn't caused any problems but I am a little worried how it'll hold up in the long term.

Most Critical Review

Decent for the price

COUGAR Spike Black Steel / Plastic Micro ATX Mini Tower Gaming Case with USB 3.0 and 12CM Cougar Fan
COUGAR Spike Black Steel / Plastic Micro ATX Mini Tower Gaming Case with USB 3.0 and 12CM Cougar Fan

Pros: Tool-less mounting for HDD's, great ventilation, no sharp edges anywhere, exhaust fan included.

Cons: Only one 2.5 in mounting point, and flat on the bottom of the case. This caused an issue where the power connector on the SSD would be bent up a little because of the flush mounting. So now we must buy an adapter to mount it elsewhere. Ordered 2 of these cases, and one of them came a little bent. You get what you pay for in thinner materials. Decided to live with it instead of waiting for a replacement.

Hard to beat for the price

Samsung UN65KU6300FXZA 65-Inch 2160p 4K UHD Smart LED TV - Black
Samsung UN65KU6300FXZA 65-Inch 2160p 4K UHD Smart LED TV - Black

Pros: - Pretty easy to use and responsive interface - All content, even lower res stuff, looks good. - Good blacks, pretty even backlight. - Game/movie modes work well and can be customized to your tastes (highly recommend taking the time to tweak the settings).

Cons: - Tries to be too smart. It automatically scanned and hijacked my other devices and always messes with my receiver settings. I need to go digging in the menu to make it stop this nonsense. - Screen is very reflective.

Overall Review: - Can't comment on HDR as I haven't tried. - Power cord is only 5 feet long, I needed a 6 foot cord.

Beautiful form without sacrifice to function.

NZXT Kraken X62 RL-KRX62-01 280mm All-In-One Water / Liquid CPU Cooling with Software Controlled RGB Lighting
NZXT Kraken X62 RL-KRX62-01 280mm All-In-One Water / Liquid CPU Cooling with Software Controlled RGB Lighting

Pros: Easy peasy installation. That infinity mirror. Tons of lighting modes for the RGB LED's. That infinity mirror. Set different lighting modes for the ring and logo LED's. That infinity mirror. The silent operation profile really is silent with the included fans.

Cons: Pricier than the competition (but the competition doesn't look nearly this good) CAM software is buggy. For me, sometimes it fails to find the Kraken on PC startup. After rebooting the PC it will then recognize the Kraken. It has also completely forgotten my custom lighting profiles.

Overall Review: So far I've got my 4790k up to 4.7Ghz and there appears to be plenty of headroom. 5Ghz here I come!

Beautiful, well built, and easy cable management.

NZXT S340 Elite Matte White Steel/Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Case
NZXT S340 Elite Matte White Steel/Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Case

Pros: A pleasure to build in. Cable management is a breeze. Pretty much any build you put in here will look stunning. Well placed cutouts on the PSU shroud and the side facing SSD mount is icing on the cake. TG is sooooooooo much nicer than plexi.

Cons: The thumb screws were all torqued down so tightly that a screwdriver was needed for all of them. If you install an HDD in the cage, do so before installing the PSU or you won't be able to get to the inside screw.

Overall Review: I put a mini-itx build in here. The angular parts in the cutout that allows access to the CPU backplate on a normal ATX motherboard allows for a gap next to itx boards for cable routing. Nice. Routing the cables for the side facing SSD worked best through the HDD cage. I put only one HDD in the cage at the top and routed the cables for the SSD under it. If you put two HDD's in the cage, I'm not sure you'll be able to easily route cables to the SSD.

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

Pros: Excellent, reliable RAM.

Cons: Nope

Overall Review: What can I say? I've been buying G.Skill ripjaw RAM for years, and don't plan on anything else for the foreseeable future.