Joined on 04/16/12
Great Router Highly Recommended
Pros: Very nice GUI, easy to set up, worked perfectly out of the box.
Cons: None.
Overall Review: This router, which has excellent reviews, is everything as advertised. I recently purchased a Hitron CGN3 modem/router from my ISP, Rogers. The CGN3 has a lot of known issues, including not supporting a wireless printer and has problems with VOIP. I experienced these problems first-hand and was advised by some people on the Rogers Community forums to get a decent router and bridge the CGN3. A couple of them also highly recommended the RT-AC68U and I'm glad I took their advice. It solved all the issues of the CGN3 right out of the box. One plus that I wasn't expecting is with an older iPhone 4S. With the CGN3, it was getting download speeds of around 24mbps max. With the ASUS, it's getting about 45mbps. I didn't even know the phone would support speeds that high. I'm on the Rogers Hybrid 150 plan, which is why I had to get the CGN3, as it's the only product Rogers has with 24 channels.
Last Update - All is good
Pros: Managed to get my sound card installed despite cable in the way.
Cons: With a large video card (AMD R9 290) plus a Corsair liquid cooler, both X1 expansion slots on the mother board are useless.
Overall Review: This is my second and final update to my original review. All issues have been resolved. I was able to install my sound card, despite a cable being in the way. I was able to install it in a non-X1 PCI slot and it works just fine. I have passed on all this info to CyberPower and Newegg support to close my issues.
Sound Blaster ZX
Pros: Great card and especially love the Audio Control Module. Finally, Creative realized people don't want to be plugging and unplugging speakers/headphones all the time. The ACM is a great way to fix the problem, plus its volume control specifically for headphones is great. Frame rates actually improved in my games after installing this card. That really surprised me, but Creative does make that claim as all audio is processed on the card.
Cons: Scout mode seems to be a gimmick, but I need to experiment with it in more games.
Overall Review: Replaced a SB X-Fi Titanium Fatality with a 5.25" front module, which I couldn't use due to my computer's "5.25" expansion slot being only big enough for an optical drive. The ZX audio is easily superior to the X-Fi for gaming. The realism of weapons in Call of Duty Black Ops has to be heard to be believed. The 3D positioning of everything in the game is amazing. The only thing that confuses me is that the card supports EAX, but there's no software to control it. I'm assuming it's all automated and that is why. I've been used to tweaking EAX with older Creative cards, plus having Entertainment and Game modes, which don't exist for the ZX.
Replacement drive for SA8300HD PVR
Pros: I/O is nice and quiet compared to a dead Maxtor drive in a SA8300HD PVR.
Cons: Fan is quite noticeable from a few feet away.
Overall Review: Bought it to replace a dead hard drive in an almost 10 year old SA8300HD PVR. Old drive was 160GB, so I've doubled my recording capacity. Install was easy and drive was recognized and set up by PVR after a few reboots.
Lack of communication
Shipment of the G700s took 24 days and I never once heard from 3C. The order originally appeared to come from China, but was shipped from Korea. It arrived on Oct. 20 without notice and was left on a front porch. Fortunately, the people who live on the main floor told me a package had been delivered for me. The package itself was in good condition and the mouse works fine. The other issue is the mouse warranty is only good in Korea. I'm going to register it with Logitech to see what happens.