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Vladimir P.

Vladimir P.

Joined on 12/03/04

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Most Favorable Review

so far so good

Acer B6 B276HULymiidprz Black 27" 6ms (GTG) IPS-Panel HDMI height&pivot adjustable Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor 350 cd/m2 100,000,000:1 (1,000:1) w/speakers&USB3.0 Hub
Acer B6 B276HULymiidprz Black 27" 6ms (GTG) IPS-Panel HDMI height&pivot adjustable Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor 350 cd/m2 100,000,000:1 (1,000:1) w/speakers&USB3.0 Hub

Pros: -zero dead pixels -beautiful color and stunning resolution produce great results for movies, web surfing and games. This is my second Acer monitor in 4 years. My other Acer was a 1080p and worked great. Ended upgrading to this one and giving my 1080p to my brother. Paired monitor with Asus gtx 780Ti

Cons: So far none. Got the monitor on sale for $499. Ordered monitor 4PM Eastern and got delivered next day. Fantastic job Newegg

12/21/2013
Most Critical Review

no sound in Win8 64bit

Creative 70SB088000004-8 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express 1x Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Sound Card
Creative 70SB088000004-8 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express 1x Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Sound Card

Pros: Worked great in Win7 - good product and sounds fantastic when it works.

Cons: Once I installed Win8 the sound would work when drivers were just installed. When restarting PC the sound was gone. Tried different drivers including beta. Read forums lots of people have this problem with Windows 8. If you are using Windows 7 you will love this card. But in Win8 be prepared for possible issues.

Overall Review: If Creative releases a fix quickly I will post it here in case other people have this problem. But as of now card does not work.

10/28/2012

Great value

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 Mini, ZT-P10600A-10L, 6GB GDDR5 Super Compact
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 Mini, ZT-P10600A-10L, 6GB GDDR5 Super Compact

Pros: Fast, affordable

Cons: Loud

Overall Review: Little loud under load as you would expect with single fan design. Temps are fair and performance is very good.

GIGABYTE T Shirt Gift
GIGABYTE T Shirt Gift

Pros: I bought the Gigabyte motherboard , CPU and RAM only for this shirt. I wear it when I go out and ladies seem to dig it.

Cons: Only con is I have to wash it :(

unstable board

GIGABYTE GA-Z170XP-SLI (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-Z170XP-SLI (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Great features and OK when it works.

Cons: Where do I start? This board is unstable. It is unable to stable overclock CPU (i5 6600K) to even 4GHZ. Even stock speed with memory profile to 2800 sometimes PC would enter BIOS and tell me there was a stability issue. Once in Windows 10 no issues. But if I have issues booting up I may have to down clock my memory to 2133. That would be a real disappointment.

Overall Review: Gigabyte why did you rush release unstable motherboard to consumers ? I had your motherboards in the past without issues and this is a huge disappointment. Please release BIOS update and address this issue (other people with similar new z170 motherboards from Gigabyte are reporting similar issue)

good out of box, great after tweaks

Alienware - 17.3" NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M - Intel Core i7-4710HQ  - 8GB Memory - - Windows 8.1 - Gaming Laptop - (ANW17-2143SLV )
Alienware - 17.3" NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M - Intel Core i7-4710HQ - 8GB Memory - - Windows 8.1 - Gaming Laptop - (ANW17-2143SLV )

Pros: see other thoughts

Cons: see other thoughts

Overall Review: After years of building PC's decided to buy this laptop so I can have some mobility and more space in the room. Right out of box this laptop is truly beautiful and well build. It's quiet, keyboard feels right, screen is beautiful and sharp and overall from hardware point of view a great laptop worth its price tag. Now the software is the big issue as you would expect with bloatware slowing down any new PC. I also ended up buying a 500gb Samsung ssd m.2 and had major issues with installation. Bios recognized the ssd but windows was giving me a hard time. I called customer service and got a windows restore USB flash drive. The customer service is below average as you are being transferred without any notice to multiple associates. The flash drive does not give you option which hard drive to install windows on. I had to remove my 1tb standard hard drive and only use ssd to install windows. Then after the install I connected the standard drive and it worked fine as my secondary D drive. By doing the fresh install and drivers I avoided all the bloatware that comes with the laptop. The performance difference is huge without bloatware. Frame rate is better in games and the "every 5sec" lag is gone that was there when I used the laptop first few times. Now the laptop is what you would consider a end game laptop and I'm finally happy. So for those who want this laptop get it but consider installing fresh copy of windows not from the alienware USB flash drive but your own system restore image. A ssd also benefits the laptop since the standard hard drive is clearly holding back the performance. Windows 8 boots in about 6-8seconds with SSD M.2. Also do not call the customer support to request your windows key since the motherboard actually will activate windows on your HD. Customer service was not willing to give me the key and tried to sell a $250 software warranty instead. So overall fantastic laptop and this is my first month review. If there should be any changes I will edit this review.