Joined on 10/06/12
Awesome CASE!! 7 FANS
Pros: I love this case. It took me a while to find this case. It was in my price range, was green, and had lots of fans. I was going for 5 until I saw this. Has all of the cables labeled. But do NOT use both power cables on the fans. Use the small one for the controller OR use the bigger one if you want the fans to run all the time, connect them to your power supply. The controller has its own power cable so if you plug both fans in...well bad luck for you. There are 4 LED green fans (2 in front and 2 on the side) 2 green colored (non LED) fans on top and 1 in the back. Great for air flow. Has screens for easy cleaning. Lots of room. Great for cable management. A SATA port on top (which is in a bad spot....dust).
Cons: My only complaint (not enough to take an egg) is the SATA port placement. I would much rather have a SATA port on the top like the USB ones where you can use a cable than the port. BUT I haven't and don't foresee me using it so it's not a big deal to me.
Overall Review: This is my first case that I built a computer from scratch for me. I love the thing. I bought an aftermarket digital fan controller and with the 7 stock fans plus the 2 CPU fans and the 2 GPU fans, the ambient temp inside the tower is about 85F so AWESOME there. The computer is very quiet.
Don't know. Didn't install it
Pros: It was free with something that I bought when I built my computer.
Cons: I gave it 3 eggs because it isn't on Steam. You are required to download another type of "Steam" called Uplay. So this is based on "how to get the game" vs "gameplay".
Overall Review: I don't want 10 different loaders for a bunch of different games. Personal preference. I will stick with Steam. So 3 eggs for it being free. No more because it has a different game loader. And Uplay sucks so. There's that.
Great Tablet!! Great Price!
Pros: This tablet was the best one that I found for the price. It works great and I haven't encountered any issues with this tablet.
Cons: None so far!
Overall Review: I was told I needed to write a book about this issue, well here is a "chapter". This concerns children and electronics. I purchased a "house tablet". This tablet is for the household. I purchased it for the kids to use. But I put rules into place to prevent arguing, fighting, whining, crowding, etc. over the electronic device. #1. A chore has to be done in order to use the tablet from 30min to 1 hr, depending on the chore completed. #2. Only one person can use the tablet at a time. (no sharing or bothering the person using the tablet, i.e. telling the person to go to "game" or "click on video"). The person using the tablet worked to use it, so leave them alone. #3. No storing up minutes. This is not a Verizon plan with rollover minutes. The child cannot do 5 chores and then use the tablet for 2.5-5 hrs. 1 chore = 1 "time slot". Period. #4. 2 or more children cannot work on the same chore to "share" the turn. Refer back to rule #2. #5. The tablet is locked. Only the parent has the code and this code is protected like the debit card PIN number. This prevents the child "sneaking a turn". #6. The screen as a timer. Mine is set to 5 min before the screen times out and is relocked. Children have a short attention span and if they want to use the tablet and watch TV, that's fine, they have earned it. But if the tablet locks due to inattentiveness, then another chore will be required to unlock the tablet again. The turn is forfeit at this point. #7. The tablet is to be returned to a parent when the turn is completed. If the tablet is found on the ground, on a shelf, in the bathroom, etc. The tablet is forfeit for 1 week from everyone. Chores are still expected to be completed. #8. The tablet is to be taken care of while in the care of the user. Period. Abuse of the tablet will result in forfeit of that user for as long as the parent sees fit. (i.e. the kid is grounded from the tablet). #9. No trading or doing someone else's work for them. They want the tablet then they can do the work. I put these rules into place to make the kids have to work alone. The kids have problems with trying to pawn off work onto their siblings and not have to work. This eliminates this issue. They have to do the work in order to be able to use the tablet. They have a short task, then they receive a short goal. The way I selected these rules is because I thought about loopholes, then I eliminated the loophole. So far it has been a month and all of the kids (13, 9, 9, and 4) take care of the tablet, do chores more often than before without it turning it an argument, and it's a bit more pleasant electronic use. These rules can be changed as the parents see fit, these rules are tailored to my children. Who, like me, are rule "benders". The tablet that I purchased I did research on and it's a great tablet. The battery lasts about 5-6+ hours from games, Netflix, Youtube.
Horrible Customer Service (Update, moved to 4 eggs from 1)
Pros: It was awesome while it lasted. Worked for 6 months and then died. Then the Customer Service from HE(double hockey stick) happened. (Update 3/16/16 - I have been using this refurbished motherboard for about 2 years and no other issues have arose. This company is an excellent company, if you make enough noise. I had to go through the Better Business Bureau for a month, multiple calls, multiple emails, arguing with upper management, for either a call with the tech that had my motherboard or a new motherboard. I got the phone call)
Cons: It has been 12 weeks since this died in late Oct 2014. ASUS's customer service has given me the run around for 12 weeks. Don't expect an easy fix with them. The problem with the motherboard is that it verifies POST and then locks up on the TUFF BIOS screen. They say it's one of my components, if that's true then this motherboard is broken because POST is saying the components are okay.
Overall Review: Long story short, 12 weeks, 2 motherboards, 3 shipments to ASUS repair facility (a joke, they have no idea what they are doing, I picture monkeys in lab coats looking at my motherboard), and countless hours on the phone and emails. <br><br>They are a billion dollar corporation and they for some reason cannot send me a $179, new in the box, motherboard. They want us consumers to just give up instead of being helpful in anyway shape or form. They are a horrible company with horrible policies. Update: After 2 years, 2 mother boards (Yes I bought the same one because it runs well with the 8-core processor I have), and a bunch of time I will leave you with 2 things. 1. Check all.....ALL components. The problem ended up being a USB dongle for my wireless keyboard and mouse. I did remove them during diagnosis on the first motherboard. There was something wrong with it so they sent me a refurbished motherboard. When the same problem happened to the new one, I failed to remove all of the USB components the second time around, assuming it was a faulty motherboard due to the same issue. Don't assume. This process helped me learn a bit about hardware and customer service. There are 3 tiers in customer service. Level 1 are the people that can be anyone from the street, reading from a screen. These guys mostly don't know a lot about tech. Level 2 are the people that do know more than level 2 but not as much as level 3. These guys can answer most questions but don't have the "lab" to run tests. Level 3 guys are the ones that know the most and it takes awhile to get to these guys. I gave this 3 more eggs because of the level 3 guy I talked to on the phone. I specifically asked them to call me and walk me through what they were doing so that we could recreate my problem I was having in my rig. This was my refirbished motherboard. He said nothing was wrong on his end. It boots fine. I had them send it back and that's when I found out it was my USB Dongle. I removed the USB dongle and my computer booted just fine. Needless to say I was extremely upset at myself. So bought motherboard, motherboard died, something was wrong, received refurbished motherboard, still didn't work (USB Dongle), sent back in, sent back with "nothing wrong", sent back in, BBB contacted, emails, phone calls, finally received tech call, sent back, found out it was the USB dongle. 2. Check all components. I didn't give them 5 eggs because I shouldn't have had to go through 2+ months of red tape to talk to a tech, even though the first time was their product failing and the second (with the same problem) time was mine.
These are fan screws
Pros: These didn't strip while installing so major bonus there. They fit in the designed holes.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Great purchase. If I need more I know where to get them!
I love this mouse, except for.....
Pros: It changes colors! It works!
Cons: It changes colors....there is no way to program the mouse to be just one specific color, you can either turn it off or let it cycle. It states in the description "The DPI LED color light will be constantly changed after set up to certain gear. (Can stay to --certain color)", well there are no instructions that come with it or online so if you would like to kill an hour+, have fun figuring out that puzzle. Also I'm not sure if my hand fits weird on it or the "ergonomic" design is what's messed up, but my hand slides into a weird angle and I constantly have to reposition my hand.
Overall Review: I'm not docking any eggs because this I think this is a clearance item, it seems like NewEgg is liquidating all of VicTake products. So either NewEgg will not be carrying this brand or this brand went bankrupt. It was a cheap mouse, it works as intended. I read a lot of reviews concerning this brand (looking for a way to program the LED lights) and it seems this brand lasts for only a couple of months. If this does break for whatever reason, I still have my old mouse.
Good!
I received the item I ordered with record time. Placed on 2/25/16 and received on 2/29/16. The box was damaged in the corner, but that's minor.