Joined on 01/27/08
my new basic case
Pros: A perfect replacement for the Cooler Master Elite 341 I used for all my basic custom computers. The 120mm fan ports everywhere make for easy replacement of all fans. So many 120mm fan options that fit in any fan port make for easy customization.
Cons: A little more expensive than I had hoped. $50 isn't bad, but I was used to paying $40 for this exact layout previously with the 341. Would be nice to have an acrylic side option for the people who like lights everywhere.
Overall Review: There are quite a few 120mm LED fan bundles out there, and crazy deals on non-LED fans as well to make it into an office computer with great cooling. I personally combine this layout with 1 fan pulling into the front, the other 3 fans pulling out, and an extra filter on the back of the front fan, keeps them clean for months even in dusty environments.
Get what you pay for
Pros: For it's print size, it's the cheapest by about 4 digits. The prints come out relatively clean on the highest settings and I've had few problems printing everything on the fast setting. Even on lowest quality simple objects come out decent.
Cons: The software is limited, very limited, and takes forever to slice a large object even on a high end computer. Unless you have cash to burn, the cartridges are expensive enough to make you really think about what you print, instead of freely testing as something like this requires to get better, you are almost paranoid that your print will fail and cost you.
Overall Review: the "factory calibration" is either poor, or my shipper knocked it out of whack. Verify the calibration when you get it, and adjust until it's between 240 and 260. I accidentally calibrated it around 310, but it "succeeded" so I tried it. Then the extruder was pretty much up against the bed and caused a filament jam. I thought it would calculate automatically that it was that high, but better safe than sorry, keep it around 250.
My bad
Pros: um... inexpensive quad core...
Cons: it doesn't list clearly enough that this doesn't allow for integrated graphics, so while trying to build something for someone in a hurry it has not only cost me $30 more for a GPU but it has also cost me 3 days on the build.
Overall Review: I take blame for this, my fault for not noticing that a board with a VGA port would not put out video, because for some convoluted reason AMD thought it a good idea to allow a board built for APU to accept a CPU. I still feel the need to write this review.
Good cheap tablet
Pros: Much higher resolution and much faster than comparably priced tablet found elsewhere. I watch movies on mine frequently and am always surprised at how clear they are.
Cons: Charging over USB is slow, booting is slow.
Overall Review: Once on, the unit is very fast, very responsive, and has a good battery life. Just make sure to turn it on a couple minutes before you want to use it. DO NOT break the charger that comes with it, the USB charging is almost unbearably slow.
Plenty o fans
Pros: Well, price v/ quality these things are great. I've only had 1 of them fail on me in the past 3 years I've bee using them. Most small cases I've used haven't needed more than 3 fans, so I have spares if they do fail.
Cons: didn't come with 3 pin splitters, those would be very handy in this package.
Overall Review: I've ordered 5 of these, 20 fans overall, and I've been very happy with them. I order a set for every custom non-gaming computer I build for someone, and they do their job well in MOST situations. Like I said, the only one I had fail out of 20 fans, and it's the one in my case. It's mounted facing down, and I adjust the speed of every frequently between gaming and non gaming time, so I'm pretty sure I'm the cause. Oh well though, I had spares.
Great but specs don't line up
Pros: The card looks good, runs great, stays cool and can play just about anything. I got it specifically to run 3 monitors, and it does that well.
Cons: I got it to replace my GTX 470 and to run 3 monitors. My 470 never lagged on Borderlands 2, but this card hangs up from time to time during heavy battles. The specs said it should be as good or better, but that's just not the case and you have to run a display port cable for a 3rd monitor, no dual DVI with HDMI.
Overall Review: You can tell this card is abnormally long from the pictures, if you buy it expecting to put it in a small or stock case, don't complain when it doesn't fit. The card did not cause this problem and it does not warrant a poor review. This is equivalent to buying a large truck and complaining about fuel consumption. On that note: I was able to fit it into a micro NZXT Vulcan, so unless you mount it across from a hard drive on the same level it should fit in almost any full ATX case.