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Jason B.

Jason B.

Joined on 03/08/10

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Most Favorable Review

GOOD STUFF

HyperX 3K 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Upgrade Bundle Kit) SH103S3B/120G
HyperX 3K 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Upgrade Bundle Kit) SH103S3B/120G

Pros: Stable despite my banging around and moving it all around my rig. The install was smooth and even the cloning software worked. It's fast......duh.

Cons: Outside of these dieing, you shouldn't see too many cons written about super fast memory.

Overall Review: I can't wait for the cost of these to come way down. I just had my 1 TB HDD die and I am having a hard time going back to HDD (even for storage) because it just seems so archaic. It should ALL be SDD, and I know in 2 years it will be.

12/29/2012
Most Critical Review

IN THE DETAILS

Cooler Master Sleeve Bearing 120mm Blue LED Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators (Value 2-Pack)
Cooler Master Sleeve Bearing 120mm Blue LED Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators (Value 2-Pack)

Pros: The fans spin around, similar to NASCAR.

Cons: Thanks to this product, I have a scratched up case, metal shavings stuck in my finger, and one more company I will never give money to again. You have seen it in some reviews, THE SCREWS ARE AS SOFT AS BUTTER and they STRIP HALF WAY IN TO PLACE!! And in my fight with the stripped screws I basically got owned and scratched my case while the many shavings thanks to the butter screws, logged in my finger. There are WAY too many choices for fans so just RUN from these!! OH, YOU want to know about the fans themselves?? They are OK, but if you cared about performance then you wouldn't be looking at these OR reading this review!

Overall Review: Hey Cooler master! Save the "dear customer we are sorry that blah blah blah" Just make a better product, though I will NEVER know because your JUNK is not coming near my rigs ever again!

Form over Function

APEVIA  CF12SL-B4C  120mm UV multi-color LED fan w/3-pin and 4-pin connectors and black grill
APEVIA CF12SL-B4C 120mm UV multi-color LED fan w/3-pin and 4-pin connectors and black grill

Pros: 4 stars because they do what I wanted them to do and that's look pretty.

Cons: Only 4 stars because they don't do much else than look good. Unimpressive air flow on both the ones that I own.

Overall Review: Don't buy these to cool your rig, buy them to make your rig cool.

12/29/2012

SOLID

PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model MD8192KD3-1333
PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model MD8192KD3-1333

Pros: Solid, posts correctly, always recognized, nice looking. 16G=7.6 WEI

Cons: One of my first two sticks died with in 2 months. I am too lazy to return one stick so for some reason I replaced it and bought two more to make 16G. For the last 9 months all has been well.

Overall Review: Would only buy these if it's all your MoBo will take. Why not get 1600+ when and where you can? And for the same price, you could.

12/29/2012

SOLID

HIS iCooler Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card H777F1G2M
HIS iCooler Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card H777F1G2M

Pros: Plenty of power at this price point. Nice card.

Cons: You can OC to #s that are way unstable with the software provided, so what's the point in that? The shown potential is fluffed up quite a bit.

Overall Review: I am going to Xfire 2 of these which I am guessing will provide some pretty impressive results. The card by itself comes up short while trying to over achieve however, you do get more than what you pay for so I'd buy it again, well, if I am gonna Xfire, I AM going to buy it again lol.

12/29/2012

Bang / Buck Ratio

PNY GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Graphics Card VCGGT4301XPB
PNY GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Graphics Card VCGGT4301XPB

Pros: If you have stopped to read about VC at this price point you must already have conceded that you are not going to get the UltraMegaBackFlip9000GTX. However, what you do get with the GT430 is a whole lot of bang for your buck. It does everything it says it does and it does them well. Took my WEI from 5.2 to 6.6 in graphics. I now run WoW all settings high with water on ultra at 40-70+ fps w/o incident and I am very impressed and pleased.

Cons: For this price, I cant produce any complaints.

Overall Review: One day the part of my personality that is a mega 12 fan tower building mouth breather will surface and this card will simply not suffice. Until then, at this price point you can't go wrong.