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Alex L.

Alex L.

Joined on 04/21/03

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Most Favorable Review

Comfortable

Yamaha Black HPH-200BL 3.5mm to 6.3mm Stereo Connector Supra-aural Headphone, Black
Yamaha Black HPH-200BL 3.5mm to 6.3mm Stereo Connector Supra-aural Headphone, Black

Pros: Great Look, extremely comfortable, felt earpads. great sound

Cons: open ear design. when the volume is up, people around you can hear your music. this is supposed to reduce ear fatigue, but should be kept in mind when using in public spaces.

Overall Review: got a great deal on a set. can't compare with other headphones in its price range as I haven't listened to any others in a while, but the sound is definitely good. smooth highs, and accurate lows. my most often used headphones are my klipsch s4s(which I love) and the sound on these is noticably better. i have owned circumaural headphones many times and they always got hot and very uncomfortable after about an hour. these are much more comfortable than any i've owned. sony, sennheiser, and koss.

Most Critical Review

Garbage

Skullcandy Smokin Buds Rasta In Ear Bud S2SBBZ-JZ
Skullcandy Smokin Buds Rasta In Ear Bud S2SBBZ-JZ

Pros: If you're into the flashy look of skull candy headphones, then this is what your looking for. Somewhat comfortable.

Cons: The sound is pure garbage. Terrible. Harsh tinny highs, lacking mids, and a complete absence of bass.

Overall Review: Style shouldn't be a deciding factor in headphone purchases, comfort, durability, and sound quality should be all that matter. Nonetheless, these things sell like hotcakes. The problem is, they really sound awful. significantly worse than the stock ipod and zune headphones. there are many comparable headphones sound quality-wise to be bought on newegg for under 10 dollars. I'd recommend you save yourself 10 bucks and buy the sennheiser cx200s. for even better sound, check out the klipsch s2 and s4.

12/20/2010

Amazing

Corsair Force Series 3 2.5" 180GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F180GB3-BK
Corsair Force Series 3 2.5" 180GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F180GB3-BK

Pros: Blazing fast. Good size. Fully saturates sata II, even better with sata III.

Cons: Prices are coming down, but still not cheap

Overall Review: Updatednfirmware to 1.3.3 was very simple. Easily one of the biggest upgradesnive ever noticed in my 10 years of PC building. I'm the first one on every multiplayer map. Data transfers are super fast. Programs load instantly. Windows loads in seconds. From power button to usable desktop is 26 seconds. Shutdown is maybe 6 seconds. Must crazy fast. I will never buy a pc without an ssd again.

Solid board

ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Great budget board. simple overclock of my phenom II 955 by setting multiplier to 18x. had for 7 months now with no problems. Great great price/value

Cons: My build started out on a budget, but as i upgrade components, i really wish i had USB3.0 and Sata III support for my new SSD

Overall Review: great board, but may be a bit dated with lack of USB 3.0 and Sata III 6.0gb

NIIIICE

Thermaltake TR2 W0070 430W ATX 12V 2.2  Power Supply
Thermaltake TR2 W0070 430W ATX 12V 2.2 Power Supply

Pros: Very quiet operation. It makes my old PSU sound like a jet engine. Nice build quality, braided cables.

Cons: the two SATA connectors are only two inches or so apart, be prepared to use a molex to SATA adapter for more that one SATA device.

Overall Review: Very nice and very quiet. It is somewhat longer than my previous cheapo PSU. In my mircoATX case, this doesn't leave a ton of room between the DVD drive and the power supply.

OK

COOLMAX V-400 400 W ATX v2.01 Non-Modular Power Supply
COOLMAX V-400 400 W ATX v2.01 Non-Modular Power Supply

Pros: Gets the job done.

Cons: 1. Super loud. I'm not kidding. 2. Somewhat cheap feeling, very light weight. 3. Only the mobo rail is braided, makes for messy case 4. only 1 sata connector

Overall Review: I'm really not a super picky person, but this baby is loud. It is even worse when tucked against a wall and the sound really tends to resonate. i replaced this with a thermaltake TR2 430w, which is a tad pricier but much much quieter.