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thomas c.

thomas c.

Joined on 11/28/10

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Most Favorable Review

ecs liva bat mini 64

White ECS LIVA 64GB 2GB DDR3L RAM installed 64GB eMMC Storage
White ECS LIVA 64GB 2GB DDR3L RAM installed 64GB eMMC Storage

Pros: small footprint, energy superstar, fast for what it is, embedded everything (SoC), m.2, bluetooth 4.0, 1000gb lan, hdmi port, took 5 minutes to assemble, 20 minutes or less to load any supported operating system.

Cons: not really a negative point, but the manufacturer ought to know: the heatsink screw stress from factory assembly is too tight on the 32gb and 64gb models. every few kits i get one that idles at 55c, (it is within tolerances) but the others run at 41c. so i tore into one and voided the warranty to see what was going on. the screws were so tight on the hot one that the thermal patch had been squished away completely, and the processor had chips on the edge from being tightened too much. i cleaned everything up and used some good compound, put it back together and what do you know? 41/42c idling windows 8.1 pro.

Overall Review: both the 32 and 64gb models are awesome. use this little machine for a desktop pc, htpc running kodi, a fileserver, a ubuntu build, it runs other flavs of linux too, just stick with debian and be ready to run some scripts for hardware detection.

10/26/2014
Most Critical Review

anker speaker

Anker A7908022 White A7908 Portable Bluetooth 4.0 Speaker with Super-Sized 4W Driver
Anker A7908022 White A7908 Portable Bluetooth 4.0 Speaker with Super-Sized 4W Driver

Pros: battery life, size, range, buttons, construction. used on pc, samsung g4. overall its ok for the money.

Cons: speaker, speaker, the speaker, and the speaker. it has lousy range. but what to expect?.... its pretty small. it is nice looking, heavy for its size, but the volume and dynamic range is pretty washed out. a bust. the acrtic cooling bluetooth 4.0 is much better sounding for ten bucks less. if you have the spare dough, get the bose sound link color.

Overall Review: meh. love their batteries.

11/11/2015

optimus dont

Optimus F-4092 High-Velocity Fan (9)
Optimus F-4092 High-Velocity Fan (9)

Pros: none

Cons: this is the worst purchase i have ever made on newegg. this fan is garbage out of the box. it is poorly constructed, the motor is so cheap i think the motor from my cheerson pocket drone would do better. for 40 bucks, this was a total waste. seeing it priced similarly on other sites, i assumed it would be decent. i was terribly wrong. it rattles, it hops around because it is so poorly balanced., and is so noisy i wont ever use it for anything other than trash can filler. thanks.

Overall Review: dont buy one. dont think about buying one. go to another product now.

msi gtx 970 gaming

MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G

Pros: awesome card! mine is dead after 40 days of ownership though. ran for about three days total up time, vrm smoked out running wolfenstein the new order @ 4k on display port, medium graphics settings, after 40 minutes of game time. noticed the vrm running really hot. figured it was ok. guess i was wrong.

Cons: vrm runs real hot! maybe just mine, but it ran so hot it just smoked & shut down. ordered an ek water block, pump & res for it last week, arriving monday....guess that will have to wait. nice.

Overall Review: had to get curious. opened it up to see, second vrm chip up from the pci gold fingers is nuked, solder melted out. the ones above and below look cooked too, but may be just from the one chip. totally bummed out. photographed it for reference.

not bumat 1.75mm, counterfeit.

Pros: it is a good thing i am telling everyone this.

Cons: fake product. did not meet bumat specs. full of air/gas in purple and black that was ordered. the packaging was all wrong. bumat filament comes in a cardboard box, with color code stickers on the spool. not made in the USA. these spools have a different pattern layout, different screws, no box with bumat logos, no color code sticker, they were vacuum sealed in cryo-vac type plastic. they are also not bumat filament, this stuff is falsely labeled and a counterfeit product. this is probably not the sellers fault. but more likely a fraudulent manufacturer

Overall Review: need i say more?

itx case

Rosewill Legacy V6-B - Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case
Rosewill Legacy V6-B - Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case

Pros: form factor, size, layout, build quality, overall a good case for the price. great case for a passive heatsink and passive gpu (fanless hardware) in combination with the nice & quiet stock rosewill case fan. the ssd/sshd/hdd mounting plates are removable & great. nice power button.

Cons: cable management, psu position, cpu hsf height limitations. the power supply is too low for many after market cooling solutions. get a low profile aftermarket cpu cooler. this case does not fit large gpu's, but thats ok. i knew that when i bought it.

Overall Review: it is a great budget itx form factor case. i used an integrated zotac fanless atom d2700 series usb 3.0 motherboard, r7 250 passive gpu, 8gb ddr3, 240gb ssd. 2tb 3.5 sshd. win 8.1 pro. nice system. no problems. the case was easy enough to work in.