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Dean J.

Dean J.

Joined on 07/20/12

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Great Product....does what it says

SilverStone All Black Sleeved 1-to-2 Sleeved PWM Fan Splitter Cable (CPF01)
SilverStone All Black Sleeved 1-to-2 Sleeved PWM Fan Splitter Cable (CPF01)

Pros: Splitter has one pin removed from fan header....this allows RPMs to stay constant and not jump around.

Cons: None...

Overall Review: Another winner from Silverstone....I have 3 of these linked to my son's fan controller...this frees up the other headers on the controller for other devices.

Good stuff MSI

MSI A88XM-E45 V2 FM2+ AMD A88X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI A88XM-E45 V2 FM2+ AMD A88X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Looks good MSI software not to bad to work with...

Cons: Lost one Egg for lack of fan headers....would like to see a couple of more fan headers throughout the board.

Overall Review: So far, board is running strong with the Athlon X4 860...rig was built for HTPC purposes and is doing fine. Wish the world supply of brown PCB material would go away...

Lost the lottery

SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 CrossFireX Support Video Card Tri-X OC version 100363-5L
SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 CrossFireX Support Video Card Tri-X OC version 100363-5L

Pros: Aesthetics are sweet....great looking card.

Cons: Seems this one was o/c a bit to much at the factory. Artifacts in everything from SWTOR, BF 3/4, and WoT. These are playable on Ultra with my venerable Dual X 7970. Using 14.9 drivers.....Under-clocked this one to almost nothing...cleared up after I got to 900/1300. Paid for more so it goes back...

Overall Review: Have used Sapphire for many moons. Honestly, this is the second time that a new card had issues (since the late 6000 series). Guess my 7970 will have to do until I get over the 15.00 dollars had to pay to send it back....GRRRR. Oh well....

NZXT does it again....great value tower!!!

NZXT Source 530 CA-SO530-M1 Matte Black Steel / Plastic / Mesh ATX Full Tower Computer Case
NZXT Source 530 CA-SO530-M1 Matte Black Steel / Plastic / Mesh ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: Great first full tower case. Fit under my son's desk with no problem....lends itself to both water and air cooling with ease. Very sturdy structure... with rear I/O light and fan hub = added value for your dollar.

Cons: Cable grommets (none)....had to buy from NZXT. But at least they do offer them...already knew this though.

Overall Review: Wish it would have been offered in white...

10/25/2014

Good stuff....

HyperX 3K 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Upgrade Bundle Kit) SH103S3B/120G
HyperX 3K 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Upgrade Bundle Kit) SH103S3B/120G

Pros: Well....where do I start...in a PC case, in a small town not so long ago, lived a man who only used HDDs...no really, this thing is great. Might not be the "best of the best" when it comes to SSDs, but it is from Kingston, falls into their HyperX category, and is faster than any Hdd i have owned (of course). Difference of night and day between HDD and this small piece of awesomness (huh?)...good stuff Kingston, well done.

Cons: As most say, was not free and there were no unicorns bearing bags of fun candy flying from the package....

Overall Review: Marshmellows and fuzzy....oh...not those thoughts...wish I could have had enough coin to buy the 400 plus GB variety to place many games on.....(curses...unicorns taking my cash).

Uhhh...say whaaat?

GIGABYTE Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card GV-R927XOC-2GD
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card GV-R927XOC-2GD

Pros: Ok...I know that the R9 270 is less expensive, and can be oc at a decent rate...but lemme tell you guys that this thing is great...this is my second Gigabyte card for crossfire and it works, plain and simple. AMD needs to tweak their drivers (who doesn't) a hair but they are far improved from the early 7000 series days.

Cons: None so far....everyone cons it for being large, gotta pay attention to Gigabytes website, YouTube reviews, etc. Ordered it on a Thursday night and had to wait until Monday to get it....oh well, the price we pay.

Overall Review: The first Gigabyte product I have owned, always went with Asus and XFX for graphics. Not disappointed at all....was going to go with the 280x but man, the price went from 299 to 400 (seems like overnight). Will wait for the price to stabilize before giving these things up.

12/16/2013