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Joshua N.

Joshua N.

Joined on 03/10/09

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Most Favorable Review

I didn't ask for this

AMD Gift - Deus Ex game coupon
AMD Gift - Deus Ex game coupon

Pros: but I sure don't mind

Cons: It's not augmented.

Overall Review: Perfect timing, I was just about to buy this game from steam.

Most Critical Review

Meh, it's a basic mouse

GIGABYTE M6800 GM-M6800 Noble Black 4 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical 1600 dpi Gaming Mouse
GIGABYTE M6800 GM-M6800 Noble Black 4 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical 1600 dpi Gaming Mouse

Pros: cheap, very responsive.

Cons: The overall build quality is well poor, but what do you expect for a 15 dollar mouse. Like some other people have said before the scroll wheel becomes stiff over time.

12/23/2010

Almost perfect Sparkle

SPARKLE GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card 700021 (CALIBRE -- GTX680)
SPARKLE GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card 700021 (CALIBRE -- GTX680)

Pros: Very cool and quiet, as another reviewer said the boost clock can get as high as 1201MHz. The price at the time of purchase was a steal.

Cons: Build quality is slightly lacking, the black finish on the heat sink fins was scratched slightly. As this is just cosmetic and doesn't affect performance it wasn't a big deal for me. A washer/spacer was missing on that back side of the heatsink, causing the rear third fan to be too close and not spin. I was able to fix this by getting an size 0 philips screw and slightly move up the sink in a higher position so the fan could move freely and put less strain on the pcb. I'll buy myself a space so the heatsink will be proper but this is honestly something QC could had spotted and corrected.

Great as a starter IPS monitor

ASUS VS229H-P Black 22" (Actual size 21.5") Widescreen LED Monitor FHD 1920 x 1080 IPS 5ms (GTG) VESA HDMI DVI VGA 3.5mm Earphone Jack
ASUS VS229H-P Black 22" (Actual size 21.5") Widescreen LED Monitor FHD 1920 x 1080 IPS 5ms (GTG) VESA HDMI DVI VGA 3.5mm Earphone Jack

Pros: Great colors and brightness levels and inputs, VESA compatible and comes with decent stand. You can see the difference from TN right away and even more so if the TN used CCFL back lighting. Menu navigation buttons are real buttons not touch sensitive Very affordable at the time of purchase ($150 + free 2day shipping) No ghosting or lag. Stays cool.

Cons: My monitor also suffered from back light bleed at the lower left corner, but after a few days it's not noticeable unless absolutely looking for it and viewing something with black or very dark colors. I'm quiet glad I didn't go through with the RMA process. Something tells me it's the bezel causing the bleeding but I don't feel like voiding warranties right now. Until I calibrated the monitor, blacks had a slight maroon tint to them. Though this isn't really isn't a con as all monitors should/need to be calibrated for the most accurate display possible. The lack of DisplayPort, something that all monitors made today should have now but instead a VGA port is used. If you're seriously STILL use VGA you're making waste of this good monitor. VGA needs to die quickly. Menu buttons are underneath of the of the display, not the front.

Overall Review: Seeing the color improvement is convincing me to replace my other TN monitor, but I plan to buy a "real" IPS panel like Dell's Ultrasharp.

Great value media player with one annoying flaw

SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ 2.4" Black 16GB MP3 / MP4 Player SDMX20R-016GK-A57
SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ 2.4" Black 16GB MP3 / MP4 Player SDMX20R-016GK-A57

Pros: Comes with alot of features and storage space for a low price. Compatible with most audio formats including FLAC (16bit only). Can add additional storage via microSD

Cons: Touch style menu interface takes time to get used to as it can be either unresponsive or over-responsive(scrolling). Scratches easily and protective cases are not "readily" available in most stores. FM radio is decent but your "antenna" is actually your headphones. Thin wired headphones don't seem to do well for radio reception. Can't comment on the EQ as I listen to my music flat because I listen to a very wide array of music.

Overall Review: I feel that Samsung would had really had a winner if they stay away from the touch based user interface and not follow the apple iPod Touch fad. While the player is FLAC compatible it's only compatible with 16 bit or lower sample rates. So If any of your collection is 24 bit or higher you will need to re-encode it to 16bit or to a good lossy file like AAC or OGG.

Good for what AMD sells

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor - HDZ965FBGMBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor - HDZ965FBGMBOX

Pros: Fast enough for pretty much anything for the average user and gamer. Doesn't get hot under stock speed with or without the stock cooler.

Cons: Needs way too much voltage to get a 100% stable 4Ghz overclock, at least with my chip. Though this could be due to my motherboard only having a 4+1 cpu power phase. (Gigabyte's 890GX) But this is the way of overclocking, nothing is guaranteed. Intel's i5 is so close to the price of this cpu it's hard recommend this over the faster i5.

Overall Review: I see alot of people who claim to reach 4GHz with this cpu. But is it fully stable? But have you actually ran a extended stress test? I could get 4GHz fine at 1.5v but it's just not stable. Intel Burn Test would come with a error after 59 passes out of a 100 test run with 7.2 memory usage. Prime95 would come up with a error or bsod at hour 9 of a 24 hour test run. I needed 1.55v just to get full stability and my load temps were at 57/58'c with a Thermalright Silver arrow in a CM HAF case which is just way too close to the rated 62'c temperature ceiling.