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Joseph S.

Joseph S.

Joined on 12/21/11

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Kingston DataTraveler 111 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive DT111/16GB
Kingston DataTraveler 111 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive DT111/16GB

Pros: -Wonderful design, love the shiny cross-hatch texture on the cap. -Blisteringly fast. 75MB/s read-write on windows 8 64-bit. -No bloatware, comes as an empty drive

Cons: -Only 14.5GB usable space, sort of a disappointment given I've used 16GB drives with 15.1-15.5 GB usable space. -Didn't come with any straps or cords to attach to a keyring.

Overall Review: You can find cheaper 16gb USB 3.0 flash drives, but they probably wont be as reliable or fast as this one. Needed one shipped fast and free for a windows 8 boot drive for my PC build, arrived in 2 days, couldn't be disappointed. Would recommend for someone needed a long-term reliable flash drive, just watch out for the 10% cut in usable space.

Nice deep glow, a bit wonky to install

NZXT CB-LED10-OR Sleeved LED Kit - Orange, 1 m
NZXT CB-LED10-OR Sleeved LED Kit - Orange, 1 m

Pros: Came out of the box with nicely rolled up sleeved cables. Installation was quite simple, all of the LED's worked, and have a nice deep orange hue, nothing too bright or piercing, but still able to fill my smaller mid-tower case with light at its highest setting.

Cons: The LED cable is flat, so there are really only two options to face the cable, towards the back, or towards the front, and the plastic sticky clips only hold it flat as well. The 2-pin to Molex power adapter is only a few inches long, so I had to place it in my bottom-most expansion slot to keep the molex plug away from my motherboard. Neither of these issues affected performance, they were merely aesthetical drawbacks.

Did the job

Rosewill RCDV-12003 9.84 in. (25cm) Single Sleeved 8 Pin Motherboard Power Extension Cable Female to Male
Rosewill RCDV-12003 9.84 in. (25cm) Single Sleeved 8 Pin Motherboard Power Extension Cable Female to Male

Pros: Built my gaming rig using a cheap non-modular PSU, and the packaged 8-pin motherboard cable was too short to go around or behind my mobo so I was wiring it under my GPU which make me feel pretty sketchy. Hooked up this extension and opened everything up. Cables are all pretty well sorted, the heatshrinks felt firm and the cables stayed in despite me giving them a good tug just to make sure

Cons: The sleeving is plastic and has a lot of springback memory, so it's a little tough to conform to the shape you want, I had to twist mine around a bit to cut down on the splaying out of the individual wires, since they weren't all the same exact length and some bowed outwards. Still though, if you play around with them for a bit, they're a wonderful cheap addition to your cable management

Great for a budget build

Cooler Master Elite 311 RC-311B-OWN1 Orange Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master Elite 311 RC-311B-OWN1 Orange Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: -Great roomy case for a single-GPU build. Lots of room for cable management -Side panels pry on and off easily, front panel pops off in a snap for installing 5.25/3.5" drives. Love the big, clean side window -Plenty of hooks, loops, and holes for hiding cables. -Interior ventilation is decent, mobo/CPU idle temps in the low 30's. Room for 140mm fan in the front -Very modest yet pleasing design. no bells or whistles, and I love the orange accent. -Plenty of room for aftermarket CPU fans.

Cons: -No mounting hardware for interior drives, side of my HDD got scratched a bit fitting it into the bay. -Fitting a front fan is tricky. Had to remove the HDD cage entirely to fit a 120mm fan in the front.

Overall Review: I highly recommend this for anyone building a decent gaming or entertainment rig on a budget. It's holding my overclocked FX-6300, Radeon 6870, and 650W PSU with ease and idle temps in the 30's, so I can't complain one bit

Excellent card, can't even tell its refurbished.

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 11179-09
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 11179-09

Pros: -Fan is quiet, yet feels like it pushes a decent amount of air -7.8 Windows Experience Index on Win8. Performs on-par with R7850 -No driver issues to speak of. -HDMI and DVI ports for flexibility. Runs cleanly on dual 900p monitors. -Squashes games, 60fps+ on Borderlands 2, Skyrim, Saints Row the Third, Portal 2, Far Cry 3. all settings set to high or ultra at 1600x900. -Idles at 35-36C, runs below 70C under 95% load.

Cons: -Driver CD it came with was cracked. as soon as I got connected to the internet, downloading and installing the drivers took less than 5 minutes.

Overall Review: For a refurbished part, it's amazing Arrived sealed and marked for passing inspection, no physical flaws. Card and fan worked from the get-go.