Joined on 11/18/03
Pros: Got this keyboard in 2007. It still works flawlessly, keys have great feel and and LED's are still bright.
Cons: Paint is wearing off on a few keys, but that's expected after almost 5 years.
Overall Review: None, great and reliable keyboard for the price. Though, go for the eclipse 2 if you have some extra cash. LEDs are brighter and it just has a more premium feel.
Pros: +Call of Duty on the Wii +Story line is OK
Cons: +Horrible AI +Horrible Controls +Pre - Gamecube Graphics +Not much detail on the worlds +Game lags during intense moments +No Multiplayer... +No online yet
Overall Review: Its not worth the money to buy this game. I think this is the worst Call of Duty out of all of them. Campiagn isn't as good as the others and the controls are almost as bad as Red $teels.
Great PSU so far
Pros: - 1300W Platinum early ATX 3.0 PSU for the price is actually a pretty good deal - Quiet, actually haven't heard the fan turn on ever yet. - Small form factor, actually much smaller than I thought it would be coming from Seasonic and be Quiet PSUs - Cables are individually braided and have good length - Real deal 12VHPWR for those with the newest RTX 4XXX GPUs. Feels very high quality. - ATX3.0 is the standard for the foreseeable future - Appears to be a high-quality CWT platform - 10 Year warranty is standard for this class of PSU - Feeds my RTX 4090 well
Cons: - Quality does not feel as premium as the high-end Seasonics and other comparable PSUs that I'm used to - MSI has had decent customer service for other parts that I've used for them, but they are certainly no eVGA or Seasonic in that regard. - 1000W of this model is the better buy, but with these being so hard to get right now it may not be easy to get one of those.
Overall Review: After owning Seasonics and be Quiet PSUs almost exclusively in the past I was hesitant to give MSI a try. However, after reading up on CWT (the actual manufacturer of this PSU and other MSI and Corsair units) and having a RTX 4090 on the way at the time of purchase and reading up on the Nvidia 12 Pin adapter cable issues I felt confident that this was THE PSU to get at the moment. Initial review is 5/5 for me right now.
Quality Control issues, but awesome when you get a good one.
Pros: The AIO is one of the best and cleanest looking in my opinion, which is why I went with it over other comparable coolers. The cooler is also relatively quiet and the included Vardar S Fans are great to look at and move a ton of air. Was actually surprised they seemed to move more air than my Corsair SP120s. The included Fan/RGB hub is high quality and simplifies cable management, although 6 fans and a pump to manage is still quite a lot. I put 3 Fans on the rad and 3 as case fans and the cooling performance has been really good on my 7950X.
Cons: The first unit I got had air in the pump. A lot of air, to the point that the grinding sound would not go away no matter how hard I tried to get the air out of the system. Newegg granted me an RMA and I re-bought the cooler on another site and low and behold the new pump is silent. I also noticed that my original faulty AIO made a lot of splashing sounds and the EK emblem had a slight tilt. I'm thinking there may be some QC issues with some of these as I have read others mentioning the same details.
Overall Review: Even though I knocked 1 egg because the original unit I got was faulty, when working correctly this AIO is a 5/5 for me. If you hear air bubbles after 20mins or so or notice that the EK logo on the pump is slightly off alignment I would highly recommend getting a replacement and trying this cooler again. This cooler is awesome and I'm glad I purchased another one that works.
It's a Seasonic PSU, what more is there to say
Pros: - It's made by Seasonic, which is one of the top-tier PSU builders - Everything connected easy and PSU booted up just fine - Includes plenty of cables - Very small and compact, was very surprising for a PSU of this power rating - Fully Modular - Ummm.....10 Year warranty is kinda nice
Cons: - No instruction on the Hybrid mode (on/off) in manual
Overall Review: Replaced an older Seasonic Platinum which I've been using since 2014 that was already overkill for my system. Will update this review if I run into any other issues.
The Ultrabook with pretty much everyone's needs
Pros: * Light weight * Fast SSD (4-5 second cold boot times) * Aesthetically beautiful * Feels Solid * Fast CPU * Decent GPU that can actually play games on med-high settings at 1600X900 at 50-60FPS (I tried SC2, GW2, and Diablo 3) * Scaling issues in Windows are mostly fixed with Windows 10 * Fan is pretty silent (still quiet under load) * GPU didn't go above 86C maxed out with a overclock of +100 core, +135 memory during a Valley Benchmark run. * Screen resolution and brightness are both pretty good * Enough I/O to satisfy most users * 4-5 hours of battery life with half brightness doing web/office work. Expect 2-3 with moderate-high brightness. * More than enough RAM * Keyboard is satisfying to type on and the back lighting looks great * ASUS quality as always * Touchscreen is surprisingly useful when I'm not using a mouse. * Lid is like a silver color with a purple hue. Not sure why this is listed as smokey brown. The concentric circles look as great as they do on other Zenbooks.
Cons: The yellows - you will notice that they are off. However, it is not enough to bother me as the rest of the screen's color reproduction and sharpness are great. Definitely stay away from this model if you do serious photo work unless you are planning to hook this up to an external monitor for when you edit. Also there is the issue of the screen hinge. It felt sturdy and fine to me right now, but time will tell if it holds up. Sound from speaks is OK, it's definitely serviceable imo, but don't expect to be wowed. Touch pad is also OK, but I typically use a mouse so it isn't much of an issue.
Overall Review: I've had this laptop for a few weeks and it definitely continues to impress me. Taking it into the office attracts attention and it just feels great to type on during meetings. Every time i hold it, i get a sense of premium quality that makes me happy with the purchase. If you want something professional, portable (especially for work on the go in the office) and need something with enough grunt for some casual gaming, this is pretty much it.