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MATTHEW P.

MATTHEW P.

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short and sweet: Wonderful so far

NETGEAR R7500-100NAS Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Dual Band WiFi Gigabit Smart Router
NETGEAR R7500-100NAS Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Dual Band WiFi Gigabit Smart Router

Pros: Great wifi signal range and great speeds. Currently have Verizon Fios 75/75 and I easily get the full speeds on both the 2.4 and 5 Ghz bands.

Cons: Not gonna lie, the interface is a bit clunky sometimes but I'm still able to access everything I need without any trouble.

Overall Review: If you have this router with Verizon fios, you MUST MUST MUST tell Verizon to switch you over to ethernet from coax, that way you don't have to go through their terrible router as a bridge.

11/21/2014

Rockin' not-so-little card

EVGA SuperClocked 03G-P4-2783-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card
EVGA SuperClocked 03G-P4-2783-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

Pros: If I had to use one word to describe this card, it would be "fast". It blazes through every game I have with no issue. I really don't have much to put here except that it far exceeded my expectations.

Cons: Though this depends on how you setup the fan profile in EVGA Precision X, it can be loud. Not worth knocking an egg though.

Overall Review: So I'm using this card in a new mini-itx haswell build. I purchased the card straight from EVGA since they happened to have stock at the time, and though their new ACX cooler is getting rave reviews, the blower style cooler is definitely my preference. I have my card overclocked to a conservative +140 GPU Clock, and +250 Memory clock and it never gets above 70 degrees, ever. At max speed, the blower fan is loud, but it's not going to drown out everything around you. I found that keeping the fan below 90% helps immensely if you can. Setting that custom fan profile can really help tailor the sound of the card depending on the task you're doing and game you're playing. Oh yeah, I'm coming from SLI'd GTX 275's and I can very safely say that this is noticeably faster and smoother in games (at higher settings even!). Very pleasantly surprised at the amount of difference, and definitely took away any worries I had about gaming on a mini-itx system.

Newest effort from Netgear - So Far So Good

NETGEAR ReadyNAS 312 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless (RN31200)
NETGEAR ReadyNAS 312 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless (RN31200)

Pros: Easy to setup. Have had it running for ~month now and it's been nothing but excellent. The new 6.0 OS is wonderful to use and lightyears ahead of what they had before. Getting ~90 MB/s write and ~100 MB/s read using Western Digital's 2TB Red drives. Overall, the experience has been very pleasant.

Cons: My unit actually needed a factory reset before I could do anything with it. That took ~10 minutes, so not worth knocking off an egg.

Overall Review: Had a brief issue getting Active Directory setup, but Netgear support was flawless and helped me correct my rather embarrassing mistake quickly and without issue. Other than that, everything else was easy as cake to get setup. The plethora of features introduced with these new units should be reason enough to seriously consider them. Compared to competitor's offerings for 2-bay NAS enclosures, I can safely say I would always recommend this new 312 from Netgear.

Airflow King

Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: This thing has fan is just about every imaginable place possible, plus the 200mm up top. It's constructed of steel, so it's guranteed to be resistance to dents and scratches, plus because of the steel construction, there will be less vibration due to harddrives, fans and other components, resulting in a quieter overall system! Fantastic. It's quiet when all the fans are turned down, and you can't forget fan filters. A lot of people complain about them, but they keep your system clean, what is there to complain about.

Cons: Only a minor con, but to remove those awesome fan filters, you have to remove an entire drive compartment, which requires removing 8 thumb screws(4 from the back and 4 from the front). can be a little loud with all fans on full, but that's to be expected with five-seven 120mm fans, and a 200mm fan up top. compared to the fan in the room, it's quiet though. Aside from that, it's a solid case

Overall Review: For you water cooling junkies. You can fit a 3x120mm radiator in the front behind the front fans, though that means you will only have 3 drive slots with which to put your optical drives and hdd's. A 2x120 in the back/front works the best, and works well might I add. A++ case, well done Antec!

amazing speakers!

Creative GigaWorks T40 28W 2.0 Speaker System
Creative GigaWorks T40 28W 2.0 Speaker System

Pros: The Mids and the Highs are great! The MTM (mid-tweeter-mid) setup really makes these speakers top end for the price. Crystal Clear voices, it's all great!

Cons: a tad bit overpriced, but you get what you pay for. No enough sub by themselves

Overall Review: I hooked these up with the Z-2300 2.1 speaker system, and the result is outstanding! These speakers more than make up for the 2300's terrible satellites, and the subwoofer adds the much needed bass. If you're willing to spend the money, buy these over the T20's, the difference is night and day!!!

11/28/2008

GREAT GREAT GREAT

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - Core 2 Duo Wolfdale Dual-Core 3.0 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80570E8400
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - Core 2 Duo Wolfdale Dual-Core 3.0 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80570E8400

Pros: I love it! This thing runs cooler than my last dual core and is faster!

Cons: None

Overall Review: I paired this with the thermaltake v1 and have this thing easily oc'd to 3.6ghz. temps are 44 idle, 56 load. A bit high, so I might try and reseat the heatsink, but the ambient is 36 degrees... Anyways, if you haven't bought this yet, do it now!!!