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Richard R.

Richard R.

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Most Favorable Review

Amazing for price

Intel Core i7-3820 - Core i7 3rd Gen Sandy Bridge-E Quad-Core 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 130W Desktop Processor - BX80619i73820
Intel Core i7-3820 - Core i7 3rd Gen Sandy Bridge-E Quad-Core 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 130W Desktop Processor - BX80619i73820

Pros: EASILY overclocks! I was able to get 5+ GHz stable, but backed down to 4.3GHz for the cooler temps. At 4.3GHz, Corsair H100i cooler keeps it under 55c after hours of Prime load. NO Heatink/fans to throw in the trash! Performance/Price ratio is amazing! After seeing my computers' performance, my brother bought one for his use. No Regrets!

Cons: There aren't many 2011 CPU's to choose from.

Overall Review: I chuckle at the reviews complaining of no heatsink/fan. This CPU is for extreme use, not casual play. Those that buy this CPU know they are going to use 3rd party heatsinks/fans/liquid for their cooling needs. Well worth the money! This CPU coupled with Corsair Vengeance 1600 RAM (oc'd to 2133) scored 7.9 WEI on both CPU and RAM.

Most Critical Review

ummm....it works?

Team X101 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive TG032GX101L3
Team X101 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive TG032GX101L3

Pros: It works. Only reason it didn't get 1 egg.

Cons: Bought 2 of these, and neither come CLOSE to advertised speeds. The max write speed I've seen is 7MB/s (NOT the 70 MB/s advertised). The max Read speed I've seen is 10 MB/s (NOT the 120 MB/s advertised). I sent my first e-mail to Team's customer support 11/1/12. Waited a week, no reply. Sent my second e-mail to Team 11/8/12. No reply. 3rd attempt 11/26/12. No reply. 4th attempt 12/13/12. No reply. 5th attempt 1/23/13. Guess what? No reply. Lifetime warranty, but ONLY if you can get them to respond to your e-mails/requests.

Overall Review: I have a WD Mybook (USB3) that I used in the same ports as these Team USB drives. The Mybook was getting write speeds between 65-70 MB/s. Was copying the same files, on the same USB 3 port. This let me know that it's not the port, but rather the USB drives. Very dissappointed with this purchase. Only reason it doesn't get the 1 egg of DOA is because it actually works, just REALLY slowly.

Mixed thoughts

Corsair Gaming VOID Wireless RGB Gaming Headset - Carbon
Corsair Gaming VOID Wireless RGB Gaming Headset - Carbon

Pros: Very comfortable headset. Major upgrade from the H2100. Longer battery life than the H2100. The H2100 usually gave me 4-5 hours on a single charge whereas the VOID gives 8+. (honestly I haven't tested max time on it because when I take the headset off for the night I plug it in. But I have gotten a full 8 hours a couple of times.) Pretty lights that are customizable. In other words...Shiny! Great sound quality. Another improvement over the H2100. I can tell with more clarity the exact direction sound is coming from whereas with the H2100 it wasn't as crisp. If you have another Corsair product using Corsair's CUE (Corsair Utility Engine) then the headset is plug and play as in no downloading drivers etc. (CUE take a bit of getting used to though) Mic quality is great. I switched headsets without telling others and no one could tell. Usually there's a lot of tweaking needing to be done so others can hear you better...no tweaking was necessary for me. Muting the mic is now with a button which insures you do in fact have the mic muted. With the H2100's you flip the mic up and it doesn't always trigger that you want the mic muted. Awkward moments insue when you have to pee with the H2100 headset on and the mic is not actually muted.

Cons: Range is slightly less than the H2100 headsets. When the headset gets disconnected (usually due to range/weak signal as in get up and walk into the kitchen to get a drink...but sometimes it disconnects for no apparent reason) the headset won't reconnect like the H2100 would. I can't simply 'turn it off and on again' I have to disconnect the dongle, wait 10 seconds, reconnect the dongle THEN 'turn it off and on again' to get it to reconnect. My guess is that eventually a firmware update will fix this issue. I don't like the volume control knob as much as the H2100's scroll wheel. I know this is a preference and others may love the knob more. The LED's on the front of the mic are worthless as in you can't see them because they are on the opposite side of the mic from your face. They're great to tell someone looking at you that you've muted the mic, but worthless in telling YOU that you've muted the mic. Can't mute the mic by flipping it up. Having both button AND flip-up mute would have been nice. There is no cable/base for the dongle. Other wireless headsets (Corsair or other) have a base so you can put the dongle up high for better range. This dongle plugs straight into a USB port which might explain the weaker range.

Overall Review: For the $100 I wish I would have gone another route. Corsair focused a LOT on the headset being comfortable. They should have tested their products front lighting better. In their video they touted how great those lights are in giving the user cue's about what's going on with the headset. The problem is that it's physically not possible to see those lights when wearing the headset. The mic plastic has too much memory so you can't twist the mic at all to be able to see the lights. When you twist it the mic twists back to the original position. The sound quality and level of comfort are both home-runs! The mic worked just fine with no noticeable difference from previous products other than I didn't have to tweak any software (which is convenient). Other than that the headset was meh at best.

Limited wireless AC

Kangaroo Mobile Desktop Computer KJ2B#001-NA Intel Atom X5-Z8500 (1.44 GHz) 2 GB LPDDR3 32 GB eMMC Windows 10 Home
Kangaroo Mobile Desktop Computer KJ2B#001-NA Intel Atom X5-Z8500 (1.44 GHz) 2 GB LPDDR3 32 GB eMMC Windows 10 Home

Pros: Runs smooth Responsive It does what I need it to just not as well as I would like

Cons: I bought this to be a wireless DLNA computer to stream movies to my dumb-tv. It handles small/low quality video files just fine however when you start getting into 720p and above it begins to skip periodically. Checking the wireless speed the device claims it is getting 180 mbps while my S5 phone is getting 800+ mbps from the same location. When I disable the wireless and re-enable it initially (for 10 seconds) it will show 800+ mbps and then a drop to 130-200 mbps. It is as though the wireless in this device is a low end antenna or somehow limited in speed within the firmware. For the price this could be expected. If the video file is copied directly to this device it runs smoothly with no issues. But while streaming higher quality it tends to skip quite a bit (think scratched dvd's). I know it's not the router because the same files/links stream just fine to other devices.

Overall Review: The reason I went with this product was because of the wireless AC and I got tired of waiting for the ChromeCast, especially since there was no public comments from google/asus. The morning after this product shipped google came out with a statement that they were releasing the ChromeCast in 2 weeks. If I could change 1 thing about this it would be a better wireless AC adapter inside. Other than the wireless skipping this product is great. When the files are native on the device it displays great 1080p quality videos and 5.1 surround with great clarity. I set this up with an HDMI out to my receiver and then an HDMI from receiver to TV for the video only. Receiver handles the 5.1 audio. I may just have to get a USB 3.0 nic and run a cable under the house to get the streaming to a quality I was hoping for.

Grrrrr......

Corsair 64GB Voyager Slider USB 3.0 Flash Drive (CMFSL3B-64GB)
Corsair 64GB Voyager Slider USB 3.0 Flash Drive (CMFSL3B-64GB)

Pros: Very fast Decent price for specs

Cons: USB 3.0 quit working after 9 months. (see other thoughts)

Overall Review: This drive quit being recognized in any USB 3.0 slots. Recognized in USB 2.0, just not 3.0. I've tested the USB 3.0 on several different machines. All recognized the drive in USB 2.0, none in USB 3.0. This is my second USB 3.0 drive from Corsair and both have died/quit working properly in under a year. They have amazing RAM and other products, but maybe USB 3.0 flash drives aren't their thing.

Wow!

NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router, Gigabit Ethernet, Compatible with Amazon Echo/Alexa (R8000)
NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router, Gigabit Ethernet, Compatible with Amazon Echo/Alexa (R8000)

Pros: Speed, Range, Setup, honestly everything I've seen/experienced about this router is a Pro.

Cons: The only 2 Cons I could think of was 1: Price is a little high. 2: No link aggregation, but that's not a big deal considering this isn't a managed switch.

Overall Review: I got this on a "get a free cable modem with purchase" deal. I didn't need the modem, but my uncle did. So I sold him the modem for retail price, and sold him my old router making this router half-price to me. The range is very impressive. I was able to stream (via wireless LAN) a movie on my phone and another movie on my tablet from the middle of the road on the other side of my neighbor's house. No lag, no skips. The birds-eye distance would be a good 100-130 feet. The blinds were all closed, and the signal went through several walls. Previously the range, on my old wireless N, barely made it upstairs with any doors closed. From un-boxing to "fully setup" with all the security settings set I spent a total of 30-45 minutes. Considering I've never setup a Netgear device before, thus not familiar with their GUI/interface, that's pretty impressive to me. After changing settings the apply/reboot time on this router was very fast compared to any linksys or dlink router I've setup.

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Quick

I was surprised how fast the product arrived! I ordered items from 2 different vendors on Newegg on 8/28/2014. I received my product from this vendor in less than a week. I'm still waiting for my items from the other vendor (it's 9/11/2014). The merchandise was a cheap travel sized manicure set for my wife. The price mirrored the quality. But for what little I paid, I'm very pleased, and so is my wife!

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New Company, Customer Oriented

Delivery was quick, what I expect from Newegg. Except this was not from Newegg, it was from Unitek. At first I missed that this was from a different company. I might have not ordered my item had I noticed that. The day after I received my product I got an e-mail from Unitek asking me to check over my product and make sure it meets up to my standards. They also informed me that they are a new company and hoping that I would come on here to post a review, positive or negative, about my experience with them and quality of their product. I bought the Unitek 4 port USB3 Hub. Each port worked without any problems. Bottom Line: Don't hesitate doing business with Unitek. Both Company and Product were of 5 egg quality.

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