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Dylan B.

Dylan B.

Joined on 05/17/12

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Most Favorable Review

Great CPU, BUY IT

AMD FX-8150 - FX-Series Zambezi 8-Core 3.6 GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD8150FRGUBOX
AMD FX-8150 - FX-Series Zambezi 8-Core 3.6 GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD8150FRGUBOX

Pros: Very easy to overclock, and very stable. I run mine at 4.5Ghz with a cooler master v8 and it never skips a beat. My temps stay below room temperature, which due to a broken heater in my apartment, lets the cpu Idle at NINE DEGREES CELSIUS.

Cons: buying a reasonably priced AMD product gets you pelted with excrement from Intel Fanboys.

Overall Review: the first one I ordered had a couple of bent pins, AMD cross shipped me a brand new one in an unopened retail box and I didn't even have to send them back anything other than the defective chip itself, which was good because I lost most of the interior packaging, including the felt square under the pins.

Most Critical Review

do not buy

APEVIA X-DREAMER4 Series X-DREAMER4-PK Pink Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
APEVIA X-DREAMER4 Series X-DREAMER4-PK Pink Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: its pink

Cons: Where do I start? included are several fans, all molex -.- the connectors fall apart during connections, all but 1 I had to manually reinsert the pins with needle nose pliers because they separated from the enclosure. Thin, low grade metal, cheap plastic components, no standoff support for the right side of ATX boards, usb 3.0 and other front panel wires need to be at LEAST 6 inches longer than they are, and heres the big one. The friggin front panel doesnt line up with the 3.5" bays correctly. Seriously you have to manhandle your optical drive into the slot because the whole front panel sits almost 1/8" below the actual slot.

Overall Review: This was my first apevia product, I will never buy another. For $70 you would expect much better quality. I bought this case for my girlfriend, Luckily she doesn't seem to mind the problems as long as it works, because its pink. For me on the other hand, as a builder, my mood changes just looking at this thing. A cool paint job does not justify a $70 price tag when it comes to PC components. Buy a Mid range Cooler Master and paint it yourself

Great color, and options. Poor quality connectors

CableMod® WideBeam™ Hybrid LED Kit 60cm - RGB/W
CableMod® WideBeam™ Hybrid LED Kit 60cm - RGB/W

Pros: Pro's - The combination of adhesive and magnetic is a nice touch, the color palette is great, and the remote is more responsive than you would think. The product works as advertised.

Cons: Con's - this might not be a legit con, but I actually managed to bend the connector pins going into the RF receiver when I was putting my rear panel back on. When I tried to unplug it again the pin stayed in the female end of the connector, not only that but it was beyond flush.... it aint coming out... The pins that connect to the RF arent covered like all the other connectors, about 1/16th of an inch is just exposed when plugged in to the other 5 pin cable, and if you buy this you need to be extremely careful that you tuck the assembly away very gently and out of the way of your side panel and any moving parts.

Overall Review: While breaking the pin was likely solely my fault My only other major gripe is that Cablemod as a company is difficult to get in touch with. There is no customer help phone number for this company, there is no live chat support, the only way I have been able to find to get in touch with them is to either submit a ticket on their website, or to actually create an account with them so you can get an email address to ask questions, or as described on their website "Give them a suggestion". I tried both of these routes in search of an option for buying just replacement cables instead of an entirely new kit. It has been 6 hours and I have yet to receive a response on either.

Great mid-level card!

MSI GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card N570GTX Twin Frozr II
MSI GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card N570GTX Twin Frozr II

Pros: This card lives up to and beyond all of my most unrealistic expectations. I can play Crysis 2(and 3 beta), BF3, Borderlands 2, Planetside 2, Alice 2, Mass effect 3, Skyrim, and SO many more games at 60 frames per second or more! I have the card clocked to 850 Mhz and the memory at 2000hz and it never goes above 45C with the Twin Frozr II cooler.

Cons: The fans get little loud over 50% speed, but its not worth losing an egg over.

Overall Review: Thank you newegg for resupplying this card. It was gone for a while and I was depressed in thinking that if I ever wanted to run SLI I would have to settle for the EVGA model that runs MUCH hotter and costs a fair bit more. I will be buying a second MSI N570GTX within the next month.

too good!

COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler Compatible with Intel 1366/1155/775 and AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2
COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler Compatible with Intel 1366/1155/775 and AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2

Pros: Quiet, easy to install, good construction, etc. More importantly, this mother lets my FX-8150 Idle at 17C with arctic silver 5 applied, never goes over 40C even under extreme load. You really can't find much better results with a standard air cooler under 100 dollars, its even better than most of the all in one water block and radiator units

Cons: Because of the way this thing installs, you have to be VERY careful removing it from your CPU. The 4 screws go through the back of the motherboard where they attach to the backplate, this eans that the twist method for removing it WILL NOT WORK. I accientally pulled my CPU straight ut of the socket, luckily did no damage, however I probably should have run CPUz for at least an hour to loosen up the thermal paste. The only other con is that if you decide you want a better fan , or different color LED to shine through, you lose the fan control knob :(

Endlessly useful

Vantec Spectrum Fan Card with Dual 70mm Adjustable UV LED Fans - Model SP-FC70-BL
Vantec Spectrum Fan Card with Dual 70mm Adjustable UV LED Fans - Model SP-FC70-BL

Pros: I was able to install this thing into my single verticle expansion slot. It does a great job cooling my Video card and Southbridge simultaneously. The lighting in my case is blue and green so this fan was a no brainer.

Cons: could do without the Molex connector, but my Fan controller supports molex so whatevs.