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Michael P.

Michael P.

Joined on 09/13/07

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Most Favorable Review

Makes do

Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: This seems to be spacey and simple. It also seems to keep my pc cool quietly.

Cons: Poor documentation. Didn't like the pegs for the motherboard to be seated on.

Overall Review: Good value for people on a budget who like simple design.

Most Critical Review

Half DOA

OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK

Pros: One stick worked.

Cons: The other stick didn't. Sent in the memory for RMA to OCZ, but it seems like they lost my package, and am fearing that if I do get memory back that there will be another dead stick.

Overall Review: Go with something else, unless you like having your new build sit on your desk while you wait for a working product

Nice light show

XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9-280X-TDFD
XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9-280X-TDFD

Pros: For the first seven/eight months of having this card I really liked it. The performance was what I expected, temps were good, especially idle temps, and it was quiet. At 1080p it maxed out most games I threw at it. Also, it came with Battlefield 4, which is why I choose this over the three slot Asus 280x.

Cons: It's long and heavy. There is a fear that the board will bend after certain amount of time. Oh yeah, one more, it's a biggie. The other day I loaded up battlefield 4 (computer was on about 10-15 minutes before this) then alt-tabbed out, and then my PC shutdown and restarted. My case has a window so I was able to see a little flame shootout of my card, near the crossfire connector. I instantly pulled the plug and removed the card to check for damage. There was a burnt electronics smell coming from it, and looking closely and carefully with a flashlight (it was very hard checking because of the cooler) it appeared the a resistor was sticking up as if it had popped or exploded out.

Overall Review: I was going to wait on the review, but a little surprised at response about RMA from XFX. They told me to contact my reseller for RMA (it's been almost 8 months), and that if I did it through them they would take 1 -2 months to send it back. It seemed like most are getting theirs back after 1 - 2 weeks according to forum posts. If you interested I has this hooked up to a Super Fower Golden King 650w 80 Plus platinum PSU, and placed on an Asrock H87 performance motherboard. Never overclocked the card or any component in my case, an Antec Eleven Hundred.

BELKIN PURE AV AM00001b06 6 ft. Black HDMI to HDMI Cable Male to Male
BELKIN PURE AV AM00001b06 6 ft. Black HDMI to HDMI Cable Male to Male

Pros: It does what it is supposed to do which for is deliver a 1080p signal from my PC to my toshiba 42" tv.

Cons: Though this was much cheaper than it was in the stores and had free shipping, it is still more expensive than cables I could have gotten elsewhere that would have worked just as well.

Overall Review: Don't let the retail saleman fool you. They make a lot of their profits selling the accessories like this for way more than they're worth. As long as a HDMI cable is wired correctly it's going to do 1080p just fine. There is no reason to spend more than $20 on any cable, and that's with shipping

10/17/2008

Pleased

Toshiba REGZA 42" 1080p Full HD LCDTV w/ CineSpeed - 42RV530U
Toshiba REGZA 42" 1080p Full HD LCDTV w/ CineSpeed - 42RV530U

Pros: Great High Def picture. Easy set up for getting both cable channels and OTA channels. This thing picked up tons of OTA channels in the Detroit Area with no antenna and no effort on my part. Lots of HDMI inputs. This TV also has excellent whites and blacks, and I haven't even went through setting up the colors to be spot on.

Cons: So-so picture on non digital channels. The VGA port only does resolution up to 1366x768, so I had to get a HDMI cable to get 1080p from my PC.

Overall Review: I've noticed some standard def tv looks better when I stretch picture to full screen for some reason. This TV looks a lot bigger in my room than it did next to the bigger TVs at the blue retail giant.

10/14/2008

Can move a lot of air

Scythe DFS123812-3000 "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm Case Fan
Scythe DFS123812-3000 "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm Case Fan

Pros: Moves a lot of air. Quiet when plugged into the motherboard.

Cons: At full tilt this thing was loud, so plug it directly into the motherboard or use fan controller.