Joined on 11/29/09
AMD FTW
Pros: Very fast Easy to use and set up
Cons: See other thoughts
Overall Review: I upgrade from a Phenom 955 BE. So this was a pretty good upgrade. I wanted to try and overclock this since I have heard and read that you can pretty easily but I haven't had much luck. I am using the CORSAIR Hydro Series H105 for cooling, so that isn't a problem. It might be my motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX but I am not sure. I did a stress test at 4.2ghz and one of the cores failed after about 15 min. I didn't change anything except for the multiplier. Maybe I got a bad CPU. Still runs better than my Phenom 955 at stock. I may try to overclock again here in the near future.
Rosewill Quark-850
Pros: Great price for 80Plus Platinum Fully Modular Extra long cables for better cable management
Cons: Burnt up two HDD's and my CD/DVD ROM drive.
Overall Review: In the process of RMAing this unit. I am very disappointed that I may have lost my HDD that I was using for storage. A lot of the things on there are not replaceable. I had to order a docking station to see if I am able to salvage anything. Hopefully my next unit will work just fine. I know things happen like this but it is very irritating and frustrating. I wish something else could be done because now I have to buy two new HDD's and a CD/DVD ROM drive. On top of all that, my videos and pictures are more than likely gone.
Corsair Rocks
Pros: Showed up on my door step within a couple days. Out of the box everything looked great. Set up was fairly easy and self forward. Keeps my FX 8350 nice and cool.
Cons: The fans are a little loud at full load but you can change that in your bios or with a program like speed fan so it isn't running at full all of the time.
Overall Review: Works like charm.
Superb
Pros: Large reservoir for multiple cups of coffee Very easy to use Several different settings for different size cups. Programmable
Cons: The only gripe I have is at the highest cup setting 12oz, the coffee is pretty watered down for my taste. I usually use the 10oz which is about perfect. See other thoughts
Overall Review: I use a 16oz travel mug for work and when I use the 120z setting the coffee is to watered down. I had been going with the 10oz for a better cup of coffee but I miss getting a full mug full of coffee. Lately I have been brewing and 8oz and a 6oz back to back to get a full mug of coffee. I am going through more K-cups than I would like but it definitely tastes better. I do have some K-cup inserts for your own coffee so it is not a huge deal, just a little more work.
Great Looking Gaming Keyboard
Pros: Low-profile keys Green light can be increased or decreased or turned off depending on what you desire. Set-up your own configuration for gaming (Macros).
Cons: None
Overall Review: I am still getting used to the low profile keys since I have always used a regular keyboard. It is very different at first. It will take some time until I am totally comfortable with it.
Great Card
Pros: Easy installation. No problems what so ever. I originally upgraded from a Radeon 4890 and what a difference this card made. Can run any game at max settings (Skyrim with lots of mods, Battlefield 4, Borderlands 2, Fallout 3 and New Vegas). Graphic quality is superb.
Cons: None
Overall Review: This is my second card, so I set up and SLI configuration. No issues once I figured out how easy it was to set up. I have only had this set up for three days so I haven't been able to play any games yet to see the performance increase.