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Jeffrey R.

Jeffrey R.

Joined on 09/23/09

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Most Favorable Review

Great Monitor

ASUS VH232H Glossy Black 23" 5ms Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ASCR 20000:1 w/Speakers & HDMI
ASUS VH232H Glossy Black 23" 5ms Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ASCR 20000:1 w/Speakers & HDMI

Pros: Great picture from the monitor. I bought this for my new gaming system I built and I love the picture I get with this. I was running a 22" Samsung that I spent twice as much for and this Asus made me sell my Samsung to get a second one of these. Stand seems sturdy which is always a worry with monitors in this price range.

Cons: My only con is the buttons. They can be a little hard to hit sometimes but not worth taking off an egg.

Overall Review: Buy this monitor you will not be disappointed.

Most Critical Review

Takes too much resources

Parallels Desktop for Mac 6
Parallels Desktop for Mac 6

Pros: Able to run Windows without restarting.

Cons: Im running a MB Pro with a 2.7ghz i7 with 8gb of RAM and once I open Parallels the whole computer runs sluggish. I capped the program to only use 2GB of RAM and it keeps eating more and more RAM. When you close the program it does not release the RAM it used until you restart your computer.

Overall Review: VirtualBox is free and it runs much smoother than Parallels which I paid for. I heard the memory leaking is fixed in 7 but Im not paying an extra 50 dollars to maybe fix their program issue especially when VirtualBox does all I need to do.

10/10/2011

Good power supply unless a full tower

Rosewill BRONZE Series, RBR1000-MS, 1000W Semi-Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS BRONZE, Blue LED Dual-Ball-Bearing Fan, ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V, SLI & CrossFire Ready, Black
Rosewill BRONZE Series, RBR1000-MS, 1000W Semi-Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS BRONZE, Blue LED Dual-Ball-Bearing Fan, ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V, SLI & CrossFire Ready, Black

Pros: For the price and 1000w you can't really beat it. It is a semi modular power supply(see cons). Its quiet and runs cool.

Cons: Its not fully modular. The 24pin, 2x4pin, 6+2pin, 8pin, and 6pin connectors are not modular and are there. The non modular cables are short. Im running a full tower and my cpu power cable will not reach with my video card installed.

Overall Review: Overall, a good power supply especially for the price. I would buy again unless I am doing a full tower build.

Descent case overall

Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Gaming PC Computer Case, Supports: E-ATX & XL-ATX, 4 Dual-Speed Fans, 10 Expansion Slots
Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Gaming PC Computer Case, Supports: E-ATX & XL-ATX, 4 Dual-Speed Fans, 10 Expansion Slots

Pros: Case has lots of room for the newer longer video cards. Lots of cable routing hole available. Two USB 3.0 ports on the front panel but they are straight through cables. Lots of room for additional fans if you remove the stock 230mm fans. Room for a 240mm radiator at the top of the case.

Cons: A few cons: You are unable to mount a regular size hard drive without some modifications due to the hard drive bay not being deep enough. You can bend the end of the bay to allow the hard drive to snap in. This should have been caught in the quality control phase. The hard drive sticks out about 2-3" before modification. -1 egg No internal speaker comes with it. Not taking an egg off for this but kind of annoying.

Overall Review: Overall, this is a good case and I would buy it again. Just had to modify the hard drive bay so the hard drive would lock in. I like the size of the case and ability to add more fans. For the price, I did not see another case I would buy instead.

GIGABYTE GA-790XT-USB3 AM3 AMD 790X USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-790XT-USB3 AM3 AMD 790X USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Great mobo. Everything is clearly labeled and makes it easy enough to setup without the book.

Cons: RAM is too close to the processor not a huge deal just be careful with cpu cooler size.