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RYAN V.

RYAN V.

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Most Favorable Review

The last chapter

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat  (Jewel Case) PC Game
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (Jewel Case) PC Game

Pros: It is the hands down best experience in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe. The entire series lead itself to this point. Though the story is a little slower to get going, the overall scope and gameplay is much more refined than previous outings. Gone are the tutorial-like introductions that Clear Sky practically hemorrhaged from- this time you are dropped in like a newborn baby into a strange land full of mutants, odd caverns, anomalies, abandoned buildings, and the finale of the once beautiful city of Pripyat now in decay. The men that you will meet in this new place are full of secrets, some wish to help you and others will simply take advantage of you for their own gain. Around the corner their is always some new horror waiting for you- in Call of Pripyat.

Cons: The difficulty curve bothers people, I don't get it, I love this kind of experience in my game. If I'm not getting murdered over radioactive relics in a nuclear decaying nightmare zone, then something isn't right. The story takes awhile to get going and their are in fact some scenarios that are downright impossible unless you are prepared for them. Anomalies can occasionally kill you instantly, mutants are much deadlier than the first two games. Your equipment tends to fall apart a lot faster unless you've been upgrading it. Upgrading equipment is a little tedious, as is finding special tool sets for specific "fixer-uppers" quality of work and what you are allowed to upgrade. Initially money is hard to get a lot of very quickly considering the game is implying you'll need. Without the right kind of equipment you can get placed in "un-winnable" situations. With the last minute support of DirectX 11, you will likely see very little difference from Directx 10.

Overall Review: This is the last great Stalker game. The mistakes made in Clear sky are all hammered out here, glitches are much fewer and farther between one another too, also with the support of Direct X 11 you'll find that the games engine was simple never meant to support it. The games engine, though ambitious and charming, is not up to the task of running beyond DirectX 9 sadly. It is still missing some of what made Shadow Of Chernobyl an unmistakeably amazing first chapter.

Most Critical Review

Unbelievable

ARCTIC Accelero Xtreme IV Enthusiast VGA Cooler-nVidia/AMD, Triple 92mm PWM Fans, Patented Back-Side Heatsink, SLI/CrossFire
ARCTIC Accelero Xtreme IV Enthusiast VGA Cooler-nVidia/AMD, Triple 92mm PWM Fans, Patented Back-Side Heatsink, SLI/CrossFire

Pros: I somehow managed to get it on the card and the computer turned and the video card hasn't caught on fire (yet).

Cons: I'm skeptical as to how long it will last, I had not one, but two clips that hold the heatsink onto the back BREAK from too much pressure on them (maybe because they're made from flimsy plastic perhaps?) I was shocked by how poor the directions were, they basically don't tell you anything. The thermal pads were a nightmare to place, the plastic protective screen got torn to shreds even with a nice sharp exact-o knife and I ended up having to use a few office binder clips to keep the heatsink secure to the back. An awful product overall

Overall Review: Quit deleting my review. This product IS TERRIBLE. Save yourself the trouble and find an AiO cooler or something anything besides this nightmare of a product. They should knock thirty bucks off for having to spend the three hours of your life you'll never get back barely being able to put everything together without wanting to slit your wrists.

Could've been great

Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 4400 (PC4 35200) Desktop Memory Model PVS416G440C9K
Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 4400 (PC4 35200) Desktop Memory Model PVS416G440C9K

Pros: Runs at XMP Profile 1 @ 4266Mhz

Cons: Doesn't run at XMP Profile 2 @ 4400Mhz Also failed memtest like three times. Had to return it.

Overall Review: Could've have sworn my MSI motherboard supported this RAM, but it looks like I goofed up the model number when I was searching around on their website. Not a huge deal-breaker, but what did end up forcing me to return it were the random BSOD's. I ran it through memtest86 three times at stock speeds and another time on the only compatible XMP profile that wouldn't crash and it failed all of them.

Bulky, but effective quasi-removeable HDD

Rosewill RX-358 U3C BLK External 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure to USB 3.0/eSATA, Aluminum & Plastic, Built-in Cooling Fan and Fan Switch, Support 3.5" SATA III/II/I Hard Drive up to 8TB and UASP Function
Rosewill RX-358 U3C BLK External 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure to USB 3.0/eSATA, Aluminum & Plastic, Built-in Cooling Fan and Fan Switch, Support 3.5" SATA III/II/I Hard Drive up to 8TB and UASP Function

Pros: -It has a nice little cozy fan for the HDD -The speeds are pretty good for USB 3.0./3.1

Cons: -Its kind of ugly in terms of design -The blue LED light is super bright -Speeds are much slower than SATA 6.0 or III -The directions are a little unclear as to how to actually mount the HDD inside the chassis

Overall Review: Honestly it works just fine, its a little chitzy, but you get what you pay for with Rosewill, and for the most part their products are just fine, nothing amazing. Honestly I really only needed it for a couple of HDD's to pull or place some extra backups on before going into cold storage.

Really good quality "G-sync Compatible" monitor from Gigabyte

GIGABYTE G27FC 27" 165Hz 1080P Curved Gaming Monitor, 1920 x 1080 VA 1500R Display, 1ms (MPRT) Response Time, 90% DCI-P3, FreeSync Premium, 1x DisplayPort 1.2, 2x HDMI 1.4, 2x USB 3.0, Height Adjustable
GIGABYTE G27FC 27" 165Hz 1080P Curved Gaming Monitor, 1920 x 1080 VA 1500R Display, 1ms (MPRT) Response Time, 90% DCI-P3, FreeSync Premium, 1x DisplayPort 1.2, 2x HDMI 1.4, 2x USB 3.0, Height Adjustable

Pros: Great picture, loads of options, some extra software from Gigabyte that allow you to basically do the same thing in software (in terms of configuring the monitor) that you can do physically on the panel itself. Wonderful refresh rate options, being able to go up 165hz is pretty freaking cool

Cons: I sprang for this over a much more expensive (exclusively) G-sync monitor and I'm only slightly disappointed. As far as the image quality is concerned, I do now kind of wish it was a 1440p monitor, but at the same time my eyes are getting worse anyway so 1920x1080 still looks very sharp to me. I supposed I can always upscale the resolution if I want to. The companion software is a bit finicky and just sort of stopped working several times. I know this is a plug-and-play monitor basically, but the fact that Windows 10 and Hwinfo don't even recognize it is kind of silly. I also think the differences between G-sync compatible and actual G-sync monitors should be explained a little better because currently this isn't even compatible according to Nvidia's website. Of course I just wanted a higher refresh rate and to replace my aging monitor so it not that big of a deal. I don't really care too much about newer games, I just wanted something a bit roomier and more comfortable to look at.

Overall Review: I went from a 23" 2013 Dell LED monitor to THIS and the screen space real estate is absolutely incredible. Its nothing to snuff at really for the price. To be honest though I don't really care about the high refresh rates, its a nice "to-have" but not an essential really. I'll never use the built-in speakers, didn't really care that they were included.

Counter-revolutionary

Phononic HEX 2.0 Integrated 92mm CPU Cooler
Phononic HEX 2.0 Integrated 92mm CPU Cooler

Pros: You get some pretty decent temps for the size of the cooler. That little fan pumps a lot of air and its super quiet. Interesting design, interesting software and a lot of customization compared to most traditional air-cooling heatsink options

Cons: BUT... Its naturally a flawed piece of tech. When looking at most benchmarks, it just doesn't compete with the larger air-cooled heatsinks out there. It also has a lot of elements that could inevitably cause damage depending on the moisture in your local environment. The dangers of condensation forming ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD or anywhere near the CPU is too much of a risk, no matter how many safety guards it claims to have. The idea of thermoelectric cooling is "neat" but highly impractical and honestly it was built by a refrigeration company with no experience with high performance computer electronics. I'm also betting, since they've never released another product SINCE this one, that it didn't perform or sell as well as they had hoped.

Overall Review: Thermoelectric has always been a double-edged sword. Its not really for regular computer users or enthusiasts. This product was made for some niche market of users that find the technology fascinating. Its also just less impressive when compared to its traditional air-cooled brothers and sisters. The technology itself is still too unreliable.

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  • 4

Seems alright

I mean, I got what I wanted, its a real mouse. No complaints. Make sure to get tracker information from sellers if buying your items overseas, otherwise their might be confusion. Everything arrived in a reasonable amount of time and the condition was satisfactory.

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A little long on the delivery windup

Took quite a while for this to be processed and actually arrive.. and I wasn't on a time crunch but it did feel like the seller was taking his sweet time. The item itself is really loud- even when on the lowest speed setting. Always seems like a bit of a relic (pci slot) kind of relic, a.k.a. it doesnt fit very well in PCI express slots so nothing is stabilizing it which might be causing more noise. Molex only power connection which is kind of dissapointing. A three pin or even two 3pin fan plugins would've been more ideal. As far as actual cooling is concerned I noticed no real difference in temps. I don't usually purchase things like this but I had an older pc that needed some additional cooling. This just wasn't very effective at doing that job.

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10/31/2019

Done good

Nothing really. I'm glad their are tons of good reliable seller on Newegg.com

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