Joined on 12/29/06
Perfect
Pros: Comfortable, sturdy for being so light-weight. The buttons are responsive with a soft rubberized feel to them. The rubber grips are a nice touch. This mouse feels great in my hand, and I've been using a L****** marathon mouse for years. This one is almost exactly the same size and shape, but it has a comfy ridge for my ring finger. I was worried that I wouldn't like having a wired mouse for the first time in nearly a decade, but it doesn't bother me at all. It improves responsiveness in games too which is a huge plus. The sensor works great on the $14 plain black mousepad I bought with it.
Cons: Nothing really. The slightly lower 2000 dpi setting might deter some super hard-core gamers, but I've been using it for Mass 3 multiplayer for a little over a week now and it's a dream.
Overall Review: Best bang for your buck. If you're looking for an inexpensive gaming or even general purpose mouse, this is the one. Newegg rocks!
Disappointed
Pros: Everything you'd expect from a standard FM1 Llano-compatible motherboard. Very stable, but I haven't touched overclocking yet.
Cons: No RAID 5 on any FM1 motherboards, but this motherboard includes the option in the BIOS, which locks up the board and forces a CMOS reset. Very bizarre. No Wake-On LAN support, which makes this board absolutely useless for a file-server. BIOS does not display correctly through the HDMI port. Terrible out-of-the-box overclocking support, but BIOS updates are forthcoming.
Overall Review: The RTL8111E pci-express NIC supports Wake-On LAN according to Realtek's product page, but the option is not present anywhere in the UEFI BIOS. To make a motherboard these days without RAID 5 or WOL support just blows my mind. I can sacrifice a few TB of storage and run RAID 10, but sadly I can't live without WOL. As usual, NewEgg rocks! I expect I'll have no problem returning this for a replacement.
Fast Read, Slow Write
Pros: Using ATTO and either NTFS or exFAT, the drive delivers Read speeds of almost exactly 190 MB/s.
Cons: The Write speed was 44 MB/s, or roughly half of the advertised performance. For reference, I've had a cheap 16 GB drive for about a year that also reaches 44 MB/s, and my external HDD gets up to 90 MB/s (using the same USB3 port).
Overall Review: I might return this, since the write speed will make a difference for what I need it for. Also, Newegg logged me out while writing this, and I had to re-type it. What's the point of the "Remember Me" button if Newegg forgets who I am so quickly?
Great Keyboard
Pros: Great keyboard. I've been using laptop chiclet keyboads for ~5 years and the transition to this was a breeze. The keys are the perfect height, quiet, responsive, and have just the right amount of spring to them. The backlight is adjustable and looks great, too. The volume/media buttons work without drivers, but the Microsoft keyboard software is awesome. It's very straight-forward and easy to use. The construction feels solid, and the textured plastic palm-rest is comfortable enough, though I would have preferred something a bit softer. The technology they use in this thing to solve the ghosting problem is fascinating, and clearly works well. I expect to get a lot of years out of this!
Cons: Can't think of anything!
Overall Review: This keyboard has just the right amount of bells-and-whistles, and is totally worth the cost. Newegg rocks!
Crazy Fast
Pros: Incredibly Fast. I'm getting 50MB/s write speed and 70MB/s read speed for a 5.5GB file. Much faster than advertised, so maybe I got a lucky flash chip? I'm super happy with this, especially since I only paid $20 for it.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Newegg rocks!
Purple Glow
Pros: Cheap, fine for reading documents, browsing the internet, etc. Response time would be great for an average gamer, were it not for the major con.
Cons: There is an unbearable purple glow coming mostly from the bottom corners when viewing it straight on. It's really the whole screen--it just depends on what angle you are looking at it. Unfortunately the angle this effect shows up is so small that it's distracting even when viewing the monitor straight-on from 3 feet away. I've played with brightness, contrast, and colors, and no matter what all I see is the purple glow in the corners. It totally kills the experience in movies or games with dark scenes. This also negatively affects the viewing angle. For example, a screen that is white from the front will turn light-purple at 45 degrees. There isn't any noticeable contrast shift like you would see in a TN panel. Everything just gets a little more purple.
Overall Review: Most IPS monitors are expensive for a reason. I was expecting to get something similar to to the slightly-more-expensive 23" models available (which have also been thoroughly reviewed by reputable sites), just without the bells and whistles. Next time I'll buy something with more reviews available.