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Russell W.

Russell W.

Joined on 11/08/08

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Most Favorable Review

Fantastic product! Dropped my temps by 30° C!!

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151

Pros: - Price - Lightweight - Direct Pipe Technology (wanted to try for awhile) - average 14° C at startup! - Quite

Cons: - Ummm... nothing. - Actually, the fan blocked my #1 DIMM slot. The heatsink came with the brackets to mount the fan on the frount, to PULL the air through, but I instead chose to just move my RAM to my #2 and #4 DIMM. Works great, and I feel it keeps my RAM cooler too!

Overall Review: First, I have the AMD 8350 Vishera Black edition... all stock cooler, fan, and no overclocking. Had it for 2 years. Cleaned and re-seated it once about a year in. The fan would sometimes get loud, and I could tell it got hot, but I had my temp alert at the lowest setting of 68° C on my MB. At peak load it would sometimes beep, but would go away after a few seconds. Lately it began getting hotter, so i decided to get a new heatsink. Of course my old heatsink(with AS-5 thermal paste) was dirty, and probably would have performed better if I cleaned it and put it back on, but it's temps were about 45-55°C idle, and 75-85°C under heavy load. Thought about a liquid cooled system, but settled on this heatsink due to it's cost and good reviews... I couldn't be happier!!! At first, my temps was about 20° C at startup. After a few days, when the thermal compound(Arctic MX2) had a chance to cure it hits 12° C!!! Yeah.. 50°F!!!! It was amazing! Under load (actual usage load), I have yet to see this thing hit 40° C, and under normal use (i usually have about 10 windows open, and maybe a game like Fallout 4 in the background, it runs between 15-35° C. And it's quite as hell! I have never noticed it yet, and it's only about 2' from my head with no side on the case. And a few people in the bad reviews complained about bad installation... And I could see it being confusion, but I've put together many heatsinks, and it's simple if you know what you're doing. If this is your first time... read carefully and pay attention to detail, but it's easy. I'd highly recommend this Cooler Master heatsink and fan to ANYONE, novice or pro.

Most Critical Review

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CENTON moVex Black 4GB MP3 Player 4GBMP3-001
CENTON moVex Black 4GB MP3 Player 4GBMP3-001

Pros: Sounds good. Direct USB port is good, I use it like a flash drive as well for other types of files. Grip feels good and it's light weight.

Cons: The thing shuts off if you bump it or even toss it on a couch from a foot away. Once, it was in my coat pocket (big winter coat) and it shut off when I stepped off a curb! I would try to RMA it but it plays fine... they'd probably give me a hard time about it. Really annoying that it restarts the playlist when it shuts off like that! I bought it when it was $34

Overall Review: Interface is a little tricky to get used to. Not operation, but your settings like controlling the lighting and options.

fantastic! Going to become my 'Go-to' thermal compound!

ARCTIC MX-2 (4g) Carbon-Based Thermal Compound, Non-Electricity Conductive, Non-Capacitive
ARCTIC MX-2 (4g) Carbon-Based Thermal Compound, Non-Electricity Conductive, Non-Capacitive

Pros: -Effective -Non-conductive -Good consistency. Thick but spreadable. -Enough for 3 applications

Cons: - None

Overall Review: It's mildly more expensive than some, but what's another $5?! With the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, and my AMD Vishera 8-core Black edition... I hit 12° C at startup. it usually runs at 15-25°C under normal load. Can't ask for more for the price

Well worth the price!

Borderlands PlayStation 3
Borderlands PlayStation 3

Pros: Diablo-style weapon generator, post-apocalyptic setting. Surprisingly good use of the Unreal Engine.

Cons: Kinda glitchy though rarely unplayable. Bad guys are kinda repetitive, though there is surprisingly a good amount of variations of them (like the weapon generator) but you don't really notice much change unless you're paying attention. Rarely use any tactics other than charge and shoot

Overall Review: I found this game to be extremely fun, and entertaining. It could have had a few more classes and a little more variations in the guns, but it's their first attempt. As to people saying it's a ripoff of Fallout.. they're just seeing the fact that the story talks about "a Vault" and it's set in a post-apocalyptic-like setting... however the vault is NOT like fallout, and it's a desert planet, not post-apocalypse. It has gameplay a bit like RAGE, which IS similar to Fallout3+, but the controls are much more like Call of Duty. The actual mechanics of the game are very Diablo like... random generators, a skill tree based on your class with 1 skill every level. Could have used more skills. The 2-player rules are VERY nice. All players get equal money (not split), and almost equal experience (100%/95%) so you wont find it too hard to stay in the same level despite how you divide your duties. After you beat it, you can play a second time through (to get to the level max) so if you plan to do it, may I suggest skipping some of the side missions and hurrying through your first pass.

worth the low price, but wont dazzle you

Coby 1.8" Blue 4GB Video MP3 Player MP620
Coby 1.8" Blue 4GB Video MP3 Player MP620

Pros: plays music, and radio. Hold (keylock) feature. works more or less as implied. Simple interface. regular mini USBb port. And fairly cheap as I got this for about $20

Cons: NO SHUFFLE...seriously? such a small thing, but the cause of removing a single egg all by itself. Headphones blew in the first 3 days; cheap with a short cord. Plastic is fairly weak, i feel like the buttons are gonna break at any time but they seem to be working just fine.

Overall Review: Most of this thing feels really cheap and brittle in your hand, however the screen feels surprisingly solid. I didn't even know notice it had a radio function until writing this review. I'm listening to it now and its got fairly good reception. haven't watched any video yet, but seems like it would do ok with video in standard def. maybe cheap anime or cartoons The lack of a shuffle SEVERELY sucks... but you can have playlists.

Decent case

Rosewill GEAR X3 Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case,Support up to 15.36" Video Card,come with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 140mm Fan,1x Top 120mm Fan,1x Rear 120mm Fan,Option Fan-1x Top 120mm Fan,2x Side 120mm Fan
Rosewill GEAR X3 Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case,Support up to 15.36" Video Card,come with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 140mm Fan,1x Top 120mm Fan,1x Rear 120mm Fan,Option Fan-1x Top 120mm Fan,2x Side 120mm Fan

Pros: screwless drive bays, roomy...blue lights

Cons: bent side panels, front port USB cord

Overall Review: 1st... Who he heck thought t would be smart to have the front USB3 ports be powered by.. a USB PLUG?! So, no, I can't have this thing up to my motherboard.. with has a USB3 header, it runs out my coolant hole and plugs into the back. LAME. Also the side panels are warped. they don't like to go on unless the computer is laying FLAT. this is why I deducted 1 egg. Beyond these little things, this is a nice case. lots of room without being a gargantuan machine. The screwless tech used for the 5.25 drive bay was new to me. nice and simple, but you still must take off both side panels to install anything. meh. The HHD bays on the bottom are amazing and i love the way you can completely remove the middle piece. I did that for less interference from my GPU.