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Jamie S.

Jamie S.

Joined on 04/02/11

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Most Favorable Review

A much-needed upgrade and worth the price.

EVGA 02G-P4-3765-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Dual Superclocked w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card
EVGA 02G-P4-3765-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Dual Superclocked w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card

Pros: Runs everything smoothly aside from a few games that are known for being terribly-optimised. Even came with Unigine's "Valley" software on a disc, which I installed and tried out. Got lost in the beauty of what my computer can now run at high frames. Looks sexy. Fit perfectly. Encouraged me to use EVGA's Precision X. As a long-time user of MSI's afterburner, it's a nice switch and it offers all the same necessities. It's pretty big. Which is nice because.. well.. moar powah. Came with a pre-installed backplate, which is nice since I have a dusty home. Came with an adapter that I didn't even know I needed, so I'm glad it was bundled together. Uninstalled my old drivers and did a fresh install and worked immediately with both of my monitors.

Cons: Doesn't OC well, but I knew this before going in, so it's not a con. My 6670 Oc'ed well, but the fact it needed OCing meant something. The included cables for powering the card were a bit confusing because of their short length and while I'm sure I had the cables to figure it out I just ended up using my own 6-pin and 6+2/8-pin cables that my PSU came with to save time. I can see issues for others who aren't well-supplied with cables.

Overall Review: I noticed there was what sounded like a fan sticker partially peeled off because it constantly made an audible flapping noise. Ended up being a protective film cover for the fan that I assumed was a sticker with the EVGA logo on it. That was the only thing I would have been able to be disappointed about, but it was a false alarm, so this card gets 100% from me.

Most Critical Review

The code didn't even work for me.

NVIDIA Gift - ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG
NVIDIA Gift - ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG

Pros: The graphics card that made this free is working flawlessly.

Cons: I called the support phone expecting it to be helpful, but it was an automated message that told me to contact the original seller, so I then checked support AGAIN for additional contact and after explaining my issue to another person and being thrown back the other way, I just got fed up with it and gave up, figuring I'd probably have to send it back through the mail at the very least and waste even more time waiting for it to come back to me when the thing should have been emailed to me anyway instead of in the form of a scratch-away promo code. Guess I don't get a free game. Looks fun, too.

Overall Review: I believe this is the first item from Newegg that's gotten less than 5 stars from me. Guess not everything can work perfectly.

Works flawlessly.

Silicon Power Touch 836 8GB Waterproof USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model SP008GBUF2836V1Z
Silicon Power Touch 836 8GB Waterproof USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model SP008GBUF2836V1Z

Pros: Gives me more than enough space for installing operating systems, soft-modding my consoles and holding valuable data. Love the design and fits well in my collection of micro-sized items.

Cons: Because of its size, pulling it out isn't easy without feeling like you're about to break it. Hardly something to complain about, just nitpicky and some people may have troubles with the removal.

Overall Review: I've never had any issues with it being too hot or failing to work when inserted.

Emerson 32" 720p 60Hz LCD HDTV
Emerson 32" 720p 60Hz LCD HDTV

Pros: Simple setup, cheap price for a 720/768p 32'' inch screen and it's worked amazingly ever since I bought it.

Cons: I've never had a problem with this HDTV aside from a few times whilst turning it on with my PC connected and powered on and there were resolution mismatches. It never became apparent why this happened, but it seems as though I confused the TV's pre-configured resolution when I used it for multiple media devices such as my Onlive gaming console and my Xbox 360. Aside from that, which may of been an error with my computer recognizing the TV, there's never been an issue.

Overall Review: I had to buy an HDMI cable from Newegg shortly after purchasing the HDTV so that I could properly connect it to my PC and I was a bit worried since the cables were cheap, but to this day everything works perfectly and i'm glad I decided to use it as a desktop instead of my old 19'' screen.