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Shawn L.

Shawn L.

Joined on 09/26/11

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Most Favorable Review

A Good Mobo for the price

MSI Z97 PC Mate LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI Z97 PC Mate LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Price, Chipset, Forward Compatibility

Cons: Only 1 pci-e 3.0 port so not looking to do SLI on this build. Product is more compatible with windows 7 than windows 8.

Overall Review: JUSB1 did not work on my board. Fortunately JUSB2 worked just fine but in my opinion minor quality issues are the worst. Not worth sending the board in and being without it for a while but I'm left with a partially broken product.

Great Value GPU

PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 CrossFireX Support Video Card AX7850 2GBD5-DHEV2
PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 CrossFireX Support Video Card AX7850 2GBD5-DHEV2

Pros: Great Price, Good Benchmarks

Cons: AMD... As far as software goes Gaming Evolved doesn't even compare to Nvidia Geforce Experience

Overall Review: At $90 after rebate this GPU had over twice the value for the power it offers compared to any other card.

Good Hardware, Bad Software

Acer Aspire V5-561PG-6686 Intel Core i5 4200U (1.60GHz) 8GB Memory 15.6" Touchscreen Notebook Windows 8.1
Acer Aspire V5-561PG-6686 Intel Core i5 4200U (1.60GHz) 8GB Memory 15.6" Touchscreen Notebook Windows 8.1

Pros: Processor Touchscreen Dedicated Graphics Effective Cooling Resolution RAM HDD Capacity

Cons: Acer Addware - lots of unnecessary and unwanted programs come pre-installed

Overall Review: A lot of good hardware was put into this piece. Everything is top of the line for this price. However, it was a bit complicated to get all of the addware removed. This computer was for my wife who enjoys navigating with the touchscreen features and playing Far Cry 3 on it.