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Sheldon H.

Sheldon H.

Joined on 02/18/09

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Most Favorable Review

Great case if on sell

XCLIO WTBK ADVANCED Fully Black Finish Chassis: 1.0 mm SECC ; Frontpanel: PU coating (ABS) ATX Super Tower Computer Case
XCLIO WTBK ADVANCED Fully Black Finish Chassis: 1.0 mm SECC ; Frontpanel: PU coating (ABS) ATX Super Tower Computer Case

Pros: - BIG (fits even the HD 4850 x2 with no problems - plenty of ventaltion - ultra quiet

Cons: - so big that fan controls and power switches are a bit hard to connect - Fans in doors have stickers on the side facing plastic, you won't notice until you hear a rubbing sound thinking it's cheap and a waste of money until you look in there and see the sticker thats loose. :-)

Overall Review: Kickbutt cool! I love the tempature ldc, though it reported more optimistic than the motherboards readings... then again it is ambient

Most Critical Review

I guess it would have been good

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1100 (PC2 8800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8800CL5D-4GBPI
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1100 (PC2 8800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8800CL5D-4GBPI

Pros: I guess it would have been good if it worked

Cons: Gigabyte ga-ep45-ud3p wasn't very happy with it. Google endless reboot issue. I guess if I was really really good with advanced tweaking and timings it would have been ok, but for a first time builder it wasn't very cooperative with this board. I switched to corsair that 5-8 reviews indicated worked great first plugin.

Overall Review: None

boots right up

G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C10D-16GSR
G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C10D-16GSR

Pros: ASRock Z97 Extreme6 + 32 GB of this ram and no booting issues whatsoever. The speed defaulted pretty low, but adjusting to 1866 provided no problems. Never have to look at my available RAM usage now! Great value.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Good value when I bought for $121.99 x 2 = $243.98 on 11/28 (black friday deals)

12/22/2014

Tried to give it a shot

Microsoft FA6-00010 Black 103 Normal Keys 17 Function Keys USB Wired Ergonomic Keyboard
Microsoft FA6-00010 Black 103 Normal Keys 17 Function Keys USB Wired Ergonomic Keyboard

Pros: Good build quality (excepting space bar) Very slim design

Cons: Made my thumb and whole arm start to ache. It's a great concept and I guess its worked for some people. but I found that it caused me to have to move more with my hands and stretch, since I do quick documentation style notation at work all the time and have to go the mouse often. The design is great for "stenographer" types, but my need for quick notation and programming style words that aren't normal just didn't fit. I'm now trying to sell it, and the ache in my arms has subsided now that I don't use it. I thought typically keyboards were crunched, it's problem was it was TOO spread out to me. Space bar low quality, have to hit in the dead center area to not miss the space occasionally, this cases you hand to stretch the thumb to hit in the middle, as the finger naturall sits offset from the center.

Overall Review: Had great potential for me, but just doesn't fit. I wish I could afford the Kinesis.

Documentation Lacking on Fans, someone help?

XCLIO Windtunnel Fully Black Finish 1.0 mm SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case
XCLIO Windtunnel Fully Black Finish 1.0 mm SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: First system I've put together. I've enjoyed, quality and space is great, plenty of fans, I'll update more when get everything running. has a link to better documentation on how the fans are chained and put together, it would help... ????

Cons: BUT, anyone familar on how to hook up the fans correctly? DO they all chain together, or do you connect one set to the "sys" fan, and then the front set to the "power fan"? I'm a little vague, maybe if someone

Best Single Player Campaign!

Resistance 2
Resistance 2

Pros: Amazing, breathtaking single player game. VERY immersive. I didn't like single player before playing this game, now I'm a convert to a good single player game. Hard to find them with this level of intensity though. INCREDIBLE details. Love mix of aliens and zombie like creatures. Fun! Epic scale battles and interesting story. Wish the last level/scene with powers lasted longer. Was really fun (won't spoil it)

Cons: I like playing the "legendary" or hardest difficulty to make a game last. The difficulty was weak. Once you beat it, it unlocked the hardest difficulty level which was still weak compared to the previous versions tough. This was a good balance I supposed, but i didn't like that you had to beat the game to unlock the brutal setting for playing. Online play gets old quick. Fun, just gets old. Don't play if you get motion sickness, very rapid jerky movements in game. I was fine with it, but some friends weren't.

Overall Review: Great game, replay value isn't great, but heh, you bought it for the single player amazing experince... it just doesn't last long enough.