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Juan D.

Juan D.

Joined on 06/09/06

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Most Favorable Review

Crysis Killer

DIAMOND Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 4870X2PE52G
DIAMOND Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 4870X2PE52G

Pros: This card is very good in Crysis High...was able to play all high with full 8x AA at over 30fps without vsync on. Played very high at the same level of fps without the vsync or AA and looks great. Card is extremely overclockable.

Cons: Download the expertool fan control in order to lower the temps. Stock temps were between 65-68C on this card.

Overall Review: Would recommend playing crysis with the natural 2.0 MOD instead of playing DX10 Very High. I prefer the natural over the very high because the details are produced much better with great framerates.

Most Critical Review

Vertical Lines after 2 months

Westinghouse 32" 720p LED-LCD HDTV UW32SC1W
Westinghouse 32" 720p LED-LCD HDTV UW32SC1W

Pros: Price

Cons: The television after 2 months received vertical lines on the left side of the screen as a previous person had posted this television had issues. Was unable to RMA as 30 day warranty has passed and had to contact Westinghouse via e-mail since they're service request technical support service keeps having me on wait for over an hour and I had to recall several times and still have yet to resolve the issue. Your best bet is to go with other brands like Vizio, Sony, Samsung or LG as I had purchased those brands in the past and had better customer service and even less television issues.

Excelletnt

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card

Pros: Good device if you want to attach a optical link. Windows 7 read it right away and I went to the creative site for the updates. Works like a charm. Games sound amazing.

Cons: NONE

Great but OC beware

XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9290AENFC
XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9290AENFC

Pros: The card is very fast and will run all games on Ultra settings at 1080P with Full AA. The card is installed on my system which is an AMD FX-8150, 16GB DDR3 RAM 1600, Corsair 512GB SSD, Windows 7-64 Ultimate, 1000 Watts PSU and Cooler Master Scout Storm. Skyrim has about 140 Mods on it and runs perfect at 120 FPS at 1080P. Definitely a different card than my previous 6850 1GB. The Card runs Crysis 3 the same settings except I reduced AA.

Cons: The card definitely goes up to 95Celsius. The Card is about 11 inches Long so beware for Mid-tower cases as I had to remove the hard drive cage to make room. Also the big thing is overclocking. I used three different overclocking programs and same results while gaming...freezing. The PC had to be restarted many times even Overclocking it to 1000 on Core. Definately be careful if you overclock. I even used RealVision ENB on SKYRIM and had major artificating because of how hot this card gets so be careful SKYRIM users if your placing an ENB. FAN is very Loud over 75%. 100% is deafening. The three programs I used of course is Catalyst, MSI Afterburner, and Sapphire Trixxx. So far I like Sapphire the most. Voltage is locked by the way but you can run the risk of unlocking it by downloading a difference BIOS just make sure you save your current one using GPU-Z.

Overall Review: If you have the money....I would suggest purchasing a water-block for this GPU from FrozenCPU whenever its in stock. Definitely I don't feel safe having to Game at such high temperatures as you can see it makes overclocking nearly impossible on AIR cooling. Sorry but if your overclocking at temps at 95 Celsius either you have disposable income or you like RMA'ing. Water-Block is about close to $130 so if you think about it you'll spend as much as a 780ti with the exception of 1GB more VRAM for high-resolution users.

Great A/c

SOLEUS AIR KY-80 8,000 Cooling Capacity (BTU) Portable Air Conditioner
SOLEUS AIR KY-80 8,000 Cooling Capacity (BTU) Portable Air Conditioner

Pros: Easily cools off my living room and dining room area which is to say is about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide. I have to wear a blanket half hour into it cuz it freezes the room in 95 degree weather. :)

Cons: It can be a bit loud and the draining you have to do at least once every two weeks. I use a small dip pan to drain it out instead of the tube and just tilt the a/c slightyly. Much easier.

Great Vaccuum---good price

BISSELL 3574 CleanView II Vacuum Green
BISSELL 3574 CleanView II Vacuum Green

Pros: This vacuum is very good for area rugs and carpetting...it also has features to use for upholstery and easily disposes dust in the canister. When it came to brand Bissell is the leading appliance in vacuum and carpet cleaning. Price and shipping was fast. Got it the next day.

Cons: Area around the canister does get dusty and shag area rugs required a few more vacuums to pick up dirty because it was heavily soiled beneath it.

Overall Review: Definetly buy this vacuum...quality is definetly great for a price like this.