Joined on 05/17/10
Blue and Silver! Blue and Silver!
Pros: I did some research for gaming mechanical keyboards, and I narrowed it down to this specific product. 1) Blue LED backlight (went with BLUE LED fans on my mid-tower, blue led glowing mouse) 2) mechanical keyboard Cherry MX Series - highly responsive, no click, little quieter then the other styles 3) LOCK windows menu key - ideal for gaming 4) brightness levels: off - low - medium - high 5) scrolling volume - change of pace, rather then clicking for vol +/-, just scroll as your leisure 6) Back light profile - able to provide back light specifically to certain keys. Awesome if you have a set of certain keys that are key bounded and only wish for them to display. 7) Included additional set of keys for #1-6, WASD. The left and right edges of the keys are angled so you are able to find your finger position in the dark. Awesome
Cons: N/A
Overall Review: Did I mention I love the blue light on the silver keyboard? Sleek! Great product Corsair!
Great Laptop but defective
Pros: -Great spec (i7) -Sleek design -Light weight
Cons: Faulty Battery: The battery is buggy. I have had three separate occasions when the battery is shown to be at a higher percentage (>1 hour remaining) and then shortly afterwards drops to 6% and then finally turns off. Faulty Touchpad: The touchpad left click, right click and tapping functions intermediately cease to work. The mouse is still moving, so the trackpad is somewhat still functioning. I have re-installed the drivers and the issue persists. I will be contacting Lenovo for these issues as the laptop is relatively still new and hardly used.
Amazing Tower!
Pros: I had originally purchased a mid ATX tower but I returned it right away after I saw this baby! Here are the selling points for me. 1) Blue LED fans with a window display on the side 2) USB 3.0 in the front 3) Good size/price for a ATX Mid tower. Looks to be very popular based on the 5/5 ratings on newegg! 4) Great overall design.
Cons: 1) This product has a window, you would want to have the CLEANEST wiring job imaginable. To accomplish this out of the box successfully without much hassle, and not have to do any modding (with a dremel), I would suggest LARGER holes so the wires can be run on the other side. Perhaps another hole access would be ideal. Check YOUTUBE for a lot of "Antec 900" mods, and take a note where the vast majority apply a dremel. 2) It would have been nice to have 4x USB in the front. Conclusion: I was able to work with the design and the wiring was clean as possible - without modding. So I won't remove a egg. 5/5!
Overall Review: If Antec follows through, this is a solid product. And I would definitely buy another tower for my next set up.
Amazing HD but...
Pros: Boots flawlessly, super fast start up! highly recommended.
Cons: I am new to SDD market and I had no idea that it didn't include any mounting brackets. To make matters worse, my case did not include them, so I had to go out and buy a set. Looking forward, the CPU industry today now are changing over to SDD, especially with the price's coming down. It would be nice of the OEM, SAMSUNG, to include brackets or at the very least include a small note letting the user know that they aren't included.
ASUS Overkill
Pros: Great resolution. I've compared this monitor with others, and this is definitely a great monitor. The whole refresh rate of 144Mhz might have been an overkill. I took it as a novelty feature if anything :) LED monitor > LCD monitor
Cons: N/A
Overall Review: ASUS rules! I've since build a new desktop PC. I got as much ASUS branding as I could. Monitor, motherboard, graphic card, disc drive and yes even the SATA cables!
ASUS Rules
Pros: Did a fair amount of research, I knew I could count on ASUS to provide a solid product. 1) Price/Performance was very high. High ratio. 2) ASUS brand 3) Good performance graphic card, able to run games smoothly on high settings 4) Awesome Design - I admired the heat sinks on this GPU, gives it a "Cadillac" style appeal 5) +$20 rebate is nice
Cons: The rebate process is a bit hectic. I submitted a clear picture of the serial code but they want you to actually cut it out and deliver it. The rebate should be coming in the mail...
Overall Review: It came with Assassins Creed Red Flag + Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist!