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Darin L.

Darin L.

Joined on 12/02/09

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Most Favorable Review

Cheap m.2

Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 3D2, QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNW010T8X1
Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 3D2, QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNW010T8X1

Pros: Price, speed

Cons: Green pcb

Overall Review: Other than the green pcb that makes it stick out in my case no complaints yet. Right now it's cheaper than a typical sata SSD while being 3x faster. My drive tested out at 1932MB/s Seq read / 1805MB/s Seq Write. Your performance may vary.

Most Critical Review

Frustrating motherboard

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: None, wont post

Cons: For such a highly rated board you would think there would be better ways to troubleshoot. First of all if you are going to use a pc speaker for POST beep codes include one with the board or integrate it in the board. It is next to impossible to find one anywhere locally. A better way is to integrate a LED display for POST codes.

Overall Review: For such a highly rated board you would think there would be little chance for problems. Well after RMAing my first motherboard the second board would not post either using known good memory properly seated and listed under their QVL (tested on another board works fine) as well as trying multiple graphics cards (also tested and work fine). My last resort is to RMA a brand new i7 3770k cpu and if this board still does no post it will be getting replaced by another motherboard from another company.

10/11/2012

Great value

SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9 Fury 4GB HBM PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card 100379NTOC+SR
SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9 Fury 4GB HBM PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card 100379NTOC+SR

Pros: Fits somewhere between a gtx 1070 and 1080 comparing to nvidia latest cards. Runs very cool in comparison to my r9 290. The fans don't even turn on unless you're gaming.

Cons: Coil whine is annoying at times, but only on certain games. It's huge so better have a large enough case.

Nice alternative to other "racing" chairs

N Seat PRO 600 Series Racing Gaming Style Ergonomic Design Swivel Chair - Black
N Seat PRO 600 Series Racing Gaming Style Ergonomic Design Swivel Chair - Black

Pros: Price, quality, and easy to assemble. Seems pretty heavy duty, I am 6'1" and it's tall enough and I can use the top pillow for my neck. You can use the pillows or not although aesthetics are much better without.

Cons: Arm rests seem a bit wobbly, not sure if this is an issue on other "racing" chairs

Overall Review: For what I paid I would recommend it. It's a bit stiff at first but seems to soften up over time.

Great buy

TRENDnet TEW-811DRU AC1200 Dual Band Wireless Router- 4 Gigabit port, Broadcom Chipset, DD-WRT Open Source support
TRENDnet TEW-811DRU AC1200 Dual Band Wireless Router- 4 Gigabit port, Broadcom Chipset, DD-WRT Open Source support

Pros: Cheapest AC Dual Band router I'm aware of with DD-WRT support

Cons: Weak coverage, but may not be an issue for most consumers.

Excellent tablet for the money

Microsoft 64GB Surface RT Tablet
Microsoft 64GB Surface RT Tablet

Pros: It does almost anything you need to do on a PC (office, web browsing, flash, etc). There are also many apps available which hopefully will grow over time. I actually bought 2 one for the wife and one for myself.

Cons: Updating is a must and the keyboard dock can be wonky, I have had "refresh" the system a few times.

Overall Review: I'm not sure if the o/s needs refreshing from all the updates or why. The only other issue is once in a great while it locks up and you need to hold power and volume rocker to do a hard reset. It's more powerful than a mobile phone and less powerful than a laptop.