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Jonathon W.

Jonathon W.

Joined on 07/21/12

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Most Favorable Review

works with proper xmp profile setting

G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-2133C9D-8GAB
G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-2133C9D-8GAB

Pros: Even though I had to manually go into bios and set my XMP profile to allow for advertised speeds these run very nicely and don't heat up much even under heavy loads.

Cons: For those without knowledge of XMP profiles and how to set them these could be tricky to get advertised speeds from. My knowledge of this helped out so I'm not taking an egg for this.

Most Critical Review

loud and unstable

Rosewill RX850-S-B - Xtreme Series 850-Watt Active PFC Power Supply - Continuous @ 104 Deg. F (40C), 80 PLUS Bronze, ATX 12V v2.2 & EPS 12V v2.91, SLI & CrossFire-Ready, Compatible with Core i7, i5
Rosewill RX850-S-B - Xtreme Series 850-Watt Active PFC Power Supply - Continuous @ 104 Deg. F (40C), 80 PLUS Bronze, ATX 12V v2.2 & EPS 12V v2.91, SLI & CrossFire-Ready, Compatible with Core i7, i5

Pros: Nice size to price ratio. Looked pretty sleek when I unboxed it finally.

Cons: It took me almost six months to get the rest of the computer and when I finally got everything and put it all together this one didn't work correctly. I had it in a simple setup with an AMD A10 6800K, asrock hudson board, and two harddrives. At first I thought the issue was a harddrive, but upon further testing found out that the one of the 12v rails inside of the PSU was not operating correctly. It would cause random shutdowns and at most times couldn't do a regular computer restart (had to completely turn off then back on to get screen to come up again. I've trouble shot everything including the video side of the CPU, everything pointed at this thing being the issue.

Overall Review: if you get one of these, be sure to get the replacement plan with it, I made the mistake of not getting any kind of warranty and now I'm stuck with an 850W paper weight. Not going to buy a Rosewill PSU again.

waste of my money

THRUSTMASTER 2960718 JOYSTICK
THRUSTMASTER 2960718 JOYSTICK

Pros: nice feel, nice look, it's a controller

Cons: tried it with most of my steam games and it will NOT work. no matter what I do with any of the settings it will not choose the controller over my mouse/keyboard combination. I don't want to have to spend this money on a product just to have to download something else to make it emulate an xbox controller.

update to past review

ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: sturdy, clean, stays pretty cool even OC'd, handles the overclock on the cpu side of the APU, most the board does what it says it does.

Cons: Continuous crashes when GPU overclock is done on the APU. USB 3.0 header does not work, even with updated drivers and a new USB 3.0 cable. Bios are not as friendly to work with as the ASUS boards, but are friendlier than MSI or GIGABYTE.

Overall Review: Was a good budget board at the time, but a waste of money now that the dolton boards are out.

complicated install, excellent results.

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151

Pros: Keeps my APU A10 6800K at roughly 38c idle and 45c peak load while overclocked at 4.8 cpu 1013 gpu. I only have the one fan that came with it on and it's getting those temps without any issue. I have a NZXT Source 210 Elite case with three intake and two exhaust fans.

Cons: Installation is a little tricky even with the directions that are given.

Overall Review: Youtube this if you plan to get this right the first time with no issues. CPU temps could probably be pushed even lower with push/pull design, but so far it's working amazing just as it comes.

excellect little card

TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter, 2.4 GHz 450 Mbps / 5 GHz 450 Mbps, IEEE 802.1a/b/g/n, WEP / WPA / WPA2, Plug & Play in Windows 8
TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter, 2.4 GHz 450 Mbps / 5 GHz 450 Mbps, IEEE 802.1a/b/g/n, WEP / WPA / WPA2, Plug & Play in Windows 8

Pros: Works great, easy install. Plug and play for windows 8.

Cons: Not plug n play for windows 7, had to manually install drivers for this to work right. Wireless "reach" is not that great, my old laptop still gets better reception than this thing is.

Overall Review: Ensure that you install the software or your speeds may not quite be up to advertised speeds. The software for some reason aids in getting the speeds that are advertised.