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Jacob A.

Jacob A.

Joined on 08/13/07

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Great deal for the price

Vizio 40" Home Theater Sound Bar With Remote - VSB200
Vizio 40" Home Theater Sound Bar With Remote - VSB200

Pros: Good sound for the price. You're not going to mistake it for a top-end 7.1 system, but it does i good job and is much better than what you find in most flat panel TVs. The volume-normalizing feature works well.

Cons: The remote is pretty flimsy. It's on par with those little remote-controlled fan remotes.

Overall Review: After reading the reviews about the DOAs I was concerned, but figured I'd give it a try. Worked just fine out of the box. 2 months in, no problems with the power, overheating, or sound quality.

Most Critical Review

Nearly unusable for gaming

Logitech Recertified 910-001105 Performance Mouse MX Black Tilt Wheel USB RF Wireless Laser Mouse
Logitech Recertified 910-001105 Performance Mouse MX Black Tilt Wheel USB RF Wireless Laser Mouse

Pros: Looks nice, comfortable

Cons: Mouse works fine except during gaming. Skips and lags like crazy. Notice delays around 1-2 seconds long which makes it pretty much unusable for gaming. Talked to Logitech support, they walked me through a very long reset process but it didn't fix the problem. I do have a 2nd unifying receiver in the same room connected to another computer and another Performance MX mouse (that one has no problems), so I'm not sure if it's a conflict with both receivers in the same area? Will keep troubleshooting before requesting RMA.

Perfection

Lian Li PC-Q33B Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower Chassis
Lian Li PC-Q33B Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower Chassis

Pros: Love love love this case. High end build quality, beautifully simple design, room for everything. Easy to build in.

Cons: None

Overall Review: A bit cramped with a modular PSU but that's not the fault of the case, that's just reality with mITX and non-modular PSUs. Everything still fit though. The lower chamber holds all the unused power cabling, while the upper chamber is relatively open allowing for good air flow.

Cool & quiet

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 02G-P4-2962-KR 2GB SC GAMING, Only 6.8 inches, Perfect for mITX Build Graphics Card
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 02G-P4-2962-KR 2GB SC GAMING, Only 6.8 inches, Perfect for mITX Build Graphics Card

Pros: Bought this for a mITX case so I wanted something that ran on the smaller and cooler side. This card is perfect. Runs every game just fine and is super quiet.

Cons: None

Does the job

COUGAR CougarA500 500W Haswell Ready Power Supply
COUGAR CougarA500 500W Haswell Ready Power Supply

Pros: Solid build, good packaging, runs quiet, works great. Good choice for a non-modular PSU.

Cons: None

Does the job

Samsung Ultra-Slim Black Optical Drives, M-Disc Support, MAC OS X compatible Model SE-208GB/RSBD
Samsung Ultra-Slim Black Optical Drives, M-Disc Support, MAC OS X compatible Model SE-208GB/RSBD

Pros: Works fine. Windows has no problem finding it and using it.

Cons: Nothing significant. Only things I've noticed is the piano gloss finish shows dust and finger prints really easy and it runs a bit loud.