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Most Favorable Review
ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED
ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED

Pros: Built my first computer ever, had a Corsair liquid cooler, but did not like the way it would have to be put in. So got on line and read about 100 different heat sinks. Picked the Zalman CCNPS9900Max-B. Liked the reviews, and the blue LED, matched my fan lights. LOL I am a low tech person, 67 years old and just got my first computer 5 years ago, laptop. It got slow and I wanted a fast system. Got i74770K, 8GB high speed ram, gigabyte oc board, SSd, (no video card yet). Said all of that to say the Zalman keeps the CPU at 29c, and it is overclocked. The thing is pretty and works great.

Cons: none

Most Critical Review

Asus Motherboard Z87 1150

ASUS Z87-PRO LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Certified Refurbished
ASUS Z87-PRO LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Certified Refurbished

Pros: Newegg tried to help. but will take 3 weeks. Mr. D Harris tried to help. did his best.

Cons: Got the board today, not IO shield in the box. It is a refurbished, expected it to be all together, was not. Tried newegg, they do not have a shield have to rem, take about 3 weeks, unwilling to take one from another box and send that. Tried asus, spent 2 hours on the phone in two countries, no joy. Parts said they do not have any, have ordered them will be in within 60 days. Product support cannot help, no one knows what dept. refurbished it, and not they do not have a box to take it out of and send to me. Last time I will attempt to save money and buy refurb or from asus.. done with both, will send the board back and order some place else.

Overall Review: spent six months reading and studying about parts to build a good computer. am an old man and this looked like fun. I chose Newegg, and Asus, from the good reports of others, from watching hours and hours of video on product. Thought I made a good decision. Was wrong, a company that cared about their customers would have a dept sit up to handle the customer, not give them a run around and solutions that are time consuming and tax the customer not the seller or manufacture. Come on big companies get it together and do a better job.

noblechair is Noble.

noblechairs EPIC Series Black/Green
noblechairs EPIC Series Black/Green

Pros: Like that it reclines. Put a foot stool at the end of chair kick back and watch movies. Fun for an old man. Comfortable, easy to use. Some have said the seat is hard, they were correct, dang hard, but at end of day i am not. That is a good thing. Will not turn a back flip, to old; but i am very pleased with this chair. My old one was a Boss, very nice chair, now 7 years old and worn, this one sits better, and again was not unhappy with the other one. I did a lot of reviews of chairs. Was decided on a DXRacer for about 500. Then hours before i order it, saw this on youtube. Watched several video, talked via Email, with a rep in Germany, very helpful, by the way. Liked how i was treated, liked the reviews and i like Newegg, seemed like a win win. I did pay $10 more then when i first saw it. Was going to wait until after 1st of the year, but it went up by 10 so i ordered. Glad i did now over 330. I did good. Excellent chair, and did i say it lays back LOL Do love that. You will to when your old. Ha ha ha

Cons: On the chair not much of anything is a con. Excellent material is not a con, sit well is not a con. Not being able to easily move the arms out, that is a con. Once chair is put together, it is dang hard to get screws out to move the arm out. In fact cannot do it, and have a couple of screws only 1/2 back in. The control arms are not easy to remove and afraid i will break them trying. Am a big person, fat is what some would say, and it holds my 250 with ease, dang i do like this chair.

Overall Review: If your looking to get an excellent racing style chair, this is the one i would suggest. 1/2 the price of DRX and others with big know names. You can go to youtube or someplace where they take the chairs apart and show what is in them. Fun to watch LOL But this chair has everything the more expensive ones have. Get it hard to go wrong at this price point.

Gigabyte R7 265

GIGABYTE Radeon R7 265 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card GV-R7265WF2OC-2GD
GIGABYTE Radeon R7 265 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card GV-R7265WF2OC-2GD

Pros: Makes me smile ever time I look in my case. Built this computer 6 months ago and have been using my CPU (I-4770K) for graphics. Does well, but then a friend sent me a golf game and seemed like I was missing a lot. He got online with me using Team View, I was missing a great deal. He suggested I get a dedicated Graphics Card. Told me I could get one for $40 or so dollars. I got on line to Newegg, and started reading reviews. Took about 2 months of reading and one day say a new gigabyte, the R7 235. Liked what I saw. Was about decided to get the Gigabyte Nvidia for about same price. It had 128 bit where the Radeon had 256. More reading. The 265 had only been out about a month, and I choose it. So glad, golf never looked so good. Also got two games with it. I have never played a game. Am old and this is my first build. Fun learning about this stuff. Games hard, old man slow. LOL Graphics rock. BTW I watch a lot of movies, hooked this into my big screen, via computer HDMI. WOW big difference in quality of viewing. I have a Gigabyte Motherboard, main reason I chose the Gigabyte Graphic card. So glad I did. Goes well with my system. It really is an over kill for my meager use. Heck my whole system is an over kill. Should last a while. Dang it am looking into getting a 4K monitor, when available. I do recommend this product. It works well. Easy to install, comes overclocked. Plus its purty.

Cons: none

Overall Review: If your like me retired, with time on your hands, and want to create a system, try building one. Cost more then buying one only mine is more powerful. HA HA True is it has been a joy to do, have learned a great deal. Part of that learning is that Gigabyte makes excellent products My system: Corsair Carbide 500R Case Corsair Vengeance 2400 DDR3 Corsair RM 650 Power Supply I7-4770K Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Motherboard Gigabyte Radeon R7 265 GDDR5 Graphics Zalman 9900 CPU Heat sink Samsung 840 250 GB SSD Western Digital 1TB HHD

Sparks HDMI

FORSPARK 6ft 4K-HDMI 2.0 Ultra Premium High Speed HDMI Cable 26AWG with Ethernet,Support 3D 4K 1080P for Apple TV-3D Gaming, Xbox,PS3 ,Orange Case
FORSPARK 6ft 4K-HDMI 2.0 Ultra Premium High Speed HDMI Cable 26AWG with Ethernet,Support 3D 4K 1080P for Apple TV-3D Gaming, Xbox,PS3 ,Orange Case

Pros: I think I said something somewhat negative when I first tried this, could not get it to work with my computer, it did work with my ROKU, and my Samsung TV, do not know why would not work wita Acer monitor unless I just goofed on the plug in. What I wish to say is the tech support from this company has put to shame all other tech support from other companies. They were very helpful and concerned. Made me feel even better then I did so to them thank you for doing your job.

Cons: none

Durherm Monitor Sound Bar

DS-10B Durherm Powerful USB Powered LCD LED Monitor Desktop PC Audio Sound Bar Speaker
DS-10B Durherm Powerful USB Powered LCD LED Monitor Desktop PC Audio Sound Bar Speaker

Pros: It does just what it said it would do. It makes the sound on my new pc build.

Cons: none