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Malcolm O.

Malcolm O.

Joined on 12/31/10

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
AGPtek Wireless Controller PC Windows Gaming Receiver for Microsoft Xbox 360 - Black
AGPtek Wireless Controller PC Windows Gaming Receiver for Microsoft Xbox 360 - Black

Pros: Use official Microsoft drivers (not the disc that comes with it) & it will work perfectly.

Cons: I'm not sure what the point of the included driver disc is... They should literally just provide a piece of paper that instructs you where the *CORRECT* Microsoft drivers are already located on your PC.

Overall Review: For anyone saying that this doesn't work... Stop trying to use the included driver disc. Use the official drivers located in your PC's Driver Manager. Open your Start Menu, type in Driver Manager. When the window pops up, go down the list & look for a USB device that is ?unknown?. Right-click on it, Propterties, Drivers, Change/Update & select "use drivers already stored on my PC". Select the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Play & Charge Kit (I chose the rev.10 one). NOTE: You will have to redo this process each time you unplug the device from your PC.

Most Critical Review
WD Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
WD Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Lots of memory space.

Cons: ... Died in my brand new Computer in less then two weeks after installation. :(

Finally some cards for White Builds

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6276-KR, 8GB GDDR5, RGB LED, 10CM FAN, 10 Power Phases, Double BIOS, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6276-KR, 8GB GDDR5, RGB LED, 10CM FAN, 10 Power Phases, Double BIOS, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)

Pros: It's white / silver, has RGB lighting & was easily hitting 2000+ Mhz on the core clock. Performs awesome at 1440p.

Cons: Has coil whine during gameplay. It isn't ear grating (I game with headphones most of the time, so it won't bother me in the long run), but its definitely there. I would have expected better quality control for a $500 card (after tax & shipping, plus the fact that NO COMPANY is selling these for the $379.99 Nvidia announced them as).

Overall Review: Overall, I would recommend this or even the EVGA SC version for anyone looking to get a very strong 1440p card. I just wish Nvidia hadn't straight-up Bait&Switched everyone with their greedy nonsense.

For those that want a solid case at dirt cheap prices.

Xigmatek Spirit M EN6213 Black Steel / Plastic Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
Xigmatek Spirit M EN6213 Black Steel / Plastic Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: Got it on sale for $25 & it exceeded my expectations! It's got very good airflow for such a cheap case. The raised Feet are good for additional airflow of the PSU/GPU (especially for people who put their PCs on the floor). Removable drive cage made it possible to put a full 300mm Graphics Card inside it.

Cons: Even tho it *has* a 5.25" drive bay, it does not seemed to have been fitted properly... It's VERY difficult to actually shove a disc drive in there (like the bay is a few millimeters too small).

Overall Review: Cable management is non-existent. But I knew that was to be expected for such a small case. It doesn't have a window (not a true one anyway, just some large vents on the side), so no need to try & impress people with tidy cables. Just make a rats' nest of wires in the corner & call it a day. I wouldn't want this on the floor near where my feet would be, for fear of accidentally kicking it (its made of metal... but very THIN metal). ***Honestly, for the price; this case is just wonderful. There are definitely better cases in the $50+ range. But if you're on an extreme budget, this case will definitely get the job done. Would recommend to budget builders.***

Almost perfect case, ruined by minor inconveniences...

NEW NZXT Noctis 450 Mid Tower Case. Next Generation 5.25-less Design. PWM Fan Hub, Include 4 x 2nd Gen FNv2 Fans, High-End WC support, USB3.0,Glossy White/Blue LED
NEW NZXT Noctis 450 Mid Tower Case. Next Generation 5.25-less Design. PWM Fan Hub, Include 4 x 2nd Gen FNv2 Fans, High-End WC support, USB3.0,Glossy White/Blue LED

Pros: Amazing cable management with the PSU-shroud & fan "hub" behind the motherboard tray. Solid Airflow, despite the wierd/cool "armor" on the front & top. LOTS of room for extra fans or radiators. EASILY supports 120mm *AND* 140mm fans with its "slider" mounting screw holes. Built-in LEDs are nice too.

Cons: Perhaps it was just my particular sample, but the removable face plate & "top plate" were -E X T R E M E L Y- difficult to remove. I was seriously afraid of breaking the darn things. For both the top & front plates, some of the "pins" just DID NOT WANT TO COME OUT. Even trying to use a screwdriver to wedge it out from between the removable plate & the actual case frame would require an excessive amount of torque, causing a LOT of creaking & flexing of the steel/plastic.

Overall Review: Honestly, I would love to to give this a 5 star/egg rating, really. It's an amazing case. But whether due to factor build process error or bad "quality control", it will be hazardous to the case's structural integrity each time I have to remove the filters / "armor plates". This caused an immense amount of frustration on my end while I was building my rig. If not for this quality control issue in the removable filters, I would recommend this case to everyone.

It'll run your Skylake CPU.. that's about it.

ASUS Z170-K LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Z170-K LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: If you have a fondness for orange or pulsating LEDs, this board has a line of LEDs glow on one side of it.

Cons: Will not overclock AT ALL. XMP profiles or without. Even updated the BiOS (which I had to do with a USB drive, cuz trying to "download update from the internet" via the UEFI would fail everytime) to version 601. Still cannot run at all, unless you are at default settings. Trying to adjust anything (even just making a 6600K run at its STANDARD turbo clock of 3.9Ghz, full time) would cause major instability of the board. Would cause the board to loop in Boot up & Restart or crash all-together at Boot Up Post. On the extremely rare chance it does successfully boot (only happened twice for me so far, while trying to use an Overclocked Profile), the overclock will not have taken effect. The CPU will still be running at its stock speeds (3.5Ghz in the case of the i5-6600K I got).

Overall Review: I am extremely disappointed in ASUS. It's been, what... three months (at the time of this message) for you guys to figure out 6th gen Intel chips? Why do we have to deal with this? None of my AMD chips (Athlon, A-series APUs or FX chips) ever ran into any problems, even before I would find BiOS updates for their respective boards.