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Emil A.

Emil A.

Joined on 02/05/04

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It's incredible

Samsung ATIV Smart PC XE500T1C-A04US 11.6-inch Windows 8 Tablet – 64GB
Samsung ATIV Smart PC XE500T1C-A04US 11.6-inch Windows 8 Tablet – 64GB

Pros: This thing is a dream come true. I was totally against Windows 8 but now I admit I was wrong. This thing is so powerful and so useful that I can't do it justice. The key to it is the stylus. You can literally create anything you want with this machine. The battery lasts all day and it has made a huge difference for me at work. I can basically walk around with all the same information (if not more) than I had at my desk. Being able to write on Office documents with a pen changes the whole game. Everyone who sees it is blown away and wants one.

Cons: I often have a hard time getting the stylus out of the tablet because I have short fingernails. Same for the port covers.

Overall Review: Seriously for the price you wont find a better value at this time. The size of the tablet and the quality of the stylus input makes it hard to match the features of this device as well. Five stars, one of the best purchases I have ever made. I mean that.

Great drive for me

Corsair Force 2.5" 115GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F115GB2-BRKT-A
Corsair Force 2.5" 115GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F115GB2-BRKT-A

Pros: Fast and quiet

Cons: Small capacity

Overall Review: I've had mine for a year and it still works great. I had some driver issues at the beginning but it's been smooth sailing ever since.

Great electronics, not so great cabling

CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750 W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750 W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

Pros: Lots of power, high quality components, huge fan, the back is totally vented

Cons: The cable layout is not very good. Nylon sleeves can get caught on things in the case (caught and bent the fins on my heatsink).

Overall Review: This power supply is great and I'm happy with it. There was one oversight though. Every power plug has some really hard sleeve/coating at the end of it which is not really bendable. I have 4 adjacent SATA hard drives, and I have to fold the cable in the middle to get the plugs to close together. This results in all the cables sticking out 3 inches from my hard drive. I have to fold them again which worries me how long they will last with such a crease in the wires. The same thing happens with my PCIe power connector. My card has 4 inches of clearance from the nearest component, but the power cable sticks out so far that it hits something else in my case.

Great foundation for quiet system

Scythe SCMNJ-1000 80mm Sleeve "NINJA MINI" CPU Cooler
Scythe SCMNJ-1000 80mm Sleeve "NINJA MINI" CPU Cooler

Pros: Heat pipes, lots of fins, versatile installation options

Cons: Fan is not PWM

Overall Review: I've used this on my AMD X2 3800 and Intel E8400. Both chips stay very cool with this heatsink. I can even run the E8400 passively without a fan and it will run just fine, but of course the rest of my case heats up with my current airflow setup. I'm getting a 92 mm PWM fan and I'll have a super quiet high performance machine.