Joined on 07/23/11
Great Quiet Fan
Pros: -Quiet -Efficient -Pretty good RPM -Orange looks pretty good for my case -Price for how good this is -Rubber stoppers mean no rattling
Cons: -None I've ran into
Overall Review: This is a great fan, I ordered it because it was on sale and it had a lot of positive reviews and I'm really glad I went with this. It's quiet even at it's higher rpm setting and I'm just really glad I got it. Also the rubber stoppers keeping it in place means even if this did shake some (it hasn't after almost half a year) it will never make noise unlike metal screws going into your case. Great product I really recommend this.
Poor Quality, Avoid
Pros: -Light
Cons: -Bad quality. The sides of the headphones were constantly rattling every time I turned my head slightly. -Wires were shorter than others I have used. -Sound quality is somewhat worse than similarly priced headphones. -Mic output isn't as nice as equally priced or slightly higher priced headphones.
Overall Review: I had so many problems with this headset, and despite thinking of replacing them before they broke I didn't, but it only took about 10 weeks before the mic stopped working completely. I would have been very upset if I paid full price for them, but luckily I didn't. I'd recommend looking into Seinhesser which is what I used to replace these and I was totally shocked at the quality of their headphones for what I paid for them, zero complaints.
Great Product With One Large Drawback
Pros: Great Sound Good Mic Chord is just the write length (something that was an issue in other headsets) Mute/Volume tab has a magnet on it which is very nice actually I like the distance the mic sits from your mouth. You can't really adjust it much at all (aside form flipping it up) so it's certainly good that it sits just right.
Cons: This thing can be uncomfortable which is really unfortunate since everything else about it is so nice. I'm halfway willing to pardon Sennheiser because it seems like it's the result of them trying to make a quality product with a longer life and 'over-engineering' rather than just cutting corners. The problem is that the headband is simply too narrow. Now, I don't have a large head, but I suppose if you did have rather small head you'd be alright, but for most people this thing really clamps down on your ears. It's fine for a while but after about 45min it's starts being a little unconformable and only gets worse from there. It's banded with a thin piece of metal all around the band as well so 'wearing it in' simply doesn't seem like it will happen.
Overall Review: All in all I'd recommend this product, but know that if you don't have really small head you'll likely have to do something to make it more comfortable. I'm not sure what I'm going to do to it, but I like the headset enough to where I'm going to try to put some sort of space buffer on the ear cups to soak up some of the pressure maybe.
Exceptional CPU
Pros: -Speed -Overclocking -Much better than AMD processors of a similar price.
Cons: -There is nothing wrong with this cpu in any sense. I wouldn't mind if it cost a little less, but you get the quality for what you pay and this is a just a great cpu.
Overall Review: Intel made a great cpu, if you're looking a this vs a i7 definitely go with the i5 (there's a new one out now so might as well buy that one). But the difference between the i5 and i7 is very little, yet the cost is large. IMO just get the i5 and replace it when the next one comes out, or the one after that. It won't cost much more than just buying an i7 in the first place but that new one will be much better than an i7 which is by that time 2 years older.
Good Monitor for How Inexpensive it is
Pros: -Cheap (got mine for $105) -Good resolution -Comes with speakers, which is nice if you don't have any (although they are bad speakers, but they come with it. Something is better than nothing after all) but if you don't have any you'll want to buy some eventually. -Light weight
Cons: -Nothing
Overall Review: While there's not really any cons for this, there's certainly a few minor thigns here and there which you can tell are average quality, the buttons, the stand etc. None of them are bad, but if you do splurge some and buy a more expensive monitor such as a Samsung you'll definitely see a difference in the quality of these small things. But it's a good monitor for what it costs.
Fantastic Mobo for the Price
Pros: -Integrated to work exceptionally well with the i52500k (which is what I have) -Great integrated graphics mean that if you aren't a gamer you won't have to buy a gpu.
Cons: - Haven't found any
Overall Review: I gave this 5 eggs instead of 4 because I think it is just a great mobo for what you pay for it (I got it on sale for $100). If it was say $150 I'd definitely only give it 4 eggs but for the price I don't think you can get a better mobo if you have an intel processor. I actually ran up short on money for a gpu so for a couple months I just had integrated graphics off of this and my cpu (i5 2500k) and to my amazement I could run Starcraft 2 on ultra settings. Mind you that game is far more cpu oriented than gpu but that's still some great integrated graphics! (Most other games that were'nt several years could only handle low settings and some struggled at that though).