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TJ F.

TJ F.

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Almost perfect. Great value!

CORN Multimedia Wireless Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Combo With USB RF 2.4GHz, Anti-Ghosting Feature & Water-Proof Design - Black & Blue
CORN Multimedia Wireless Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Combo With USB RF 2.4GHz, Anti-Ghosting Feature & Water-Proof Design - Black & Blue

Pros: This keyboard mouse combo is great value for the money, and if it weren't for the mouse having typical "cheap wireless mouse" problems it would be a perfect package. The keyboards shipped relatively slowly from China, but that was to be expected. They arrived in perfect condition and were packaged well. I bought two of different colors, and wanted to test to see if two combo's on PC's side-by-side would interfere with one another: And they DO NOT interfere. They both work flawlessly side-by-side. Both the white and black look wonderful and were just as pictured. the small USB receiver fits inside the bottom of the mouse for easy transport/ storage. The media keys on the keyboard worked perfectly with Windows 8.1 and iTunes and install was plug and play. There is not a "skip song" or "forward" button which I would have liked, but there is mute, Vol+ and Vol-, a Home key for web browsing, a mail key, a calc key, and a power button for your PC. Keyboard feels very typical for a membrane keyboard and I was comfortably able to type 85WPM with great accuracy on typeracer. The keys are a "half height" key that has become common on Logitech, Razer, and Microsoft membrane keyboards, so they are familiar and I think they are very comfortable and type well. (Albeit not near as crisp as a mechanical keyboard) Both mouse and keyboard work up to about 15ft, I noticed some jittering at 20ft in the mouse movement. Forward and back buttons work well, the mouse wheel has decently well defined "clicks" (not a smooth wheel). No left and right tilt on the center mouse wheel. Downclicking the center mouse wheel is comfortable and precise and has a nice audible click when pressed. Other than the light weight of the mouse, the quality seems really good for the money.

Cons: Requires two AAA batteries for the keyboard, and two more for the mouse. The mouse has two DPI setting, LOW and HIGH (no indicator for what mode you're in, you can tell by the mouse movement.) On the low setting I experienced terrible mouse jitter on my desk surface and on my Steel Series mouse pad. I tried a Razer Vespula mouse pad and it was FAR better. The low DPI setting REALLY needs a high quality mouse surface to get any accuracy. When on the HIGH DPI setting most mouse surfaces are fine, and you can increase the sensitivity of the mouse higher, which I liked. I am sure the high DPI setting will drain the batteries more quickly. The mouse and keyboard will "sleep" after non-use of about 5 seconds. The lights on the keyboard indicating Num Lock or Caps Lock will go off as well, and has tricked me a few times as a result. Sometimes the mouse is difficult to wake back up, scrolling the mouse wheel seems to be the most effective way. During constant use, this is not a problem.

Overall Review: I would NOT recommend this setup as a primary gaming setup, purely because of the mouse having poor accuracy and a "wake-up" problem that could ruin a good shot during a game. I think this would be a great backup/loaner setup, or a good LAN setup because of its light weight (and no wires!). FPS players will hate the mouse, RTS players might not even notice. PS- I typed this review using the keyboard. Reminds me of a Logitech membrane keyboard that looks nearly identical...somehow I don't think it's a coincidence.

10/23/2014

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Corsair Force Series GT 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F240GBGT-BK
Corsair Force Series GT 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F240GBGT-BK

Pros: Runs fast, runs cool, runs quiet

Cons: Price? (Like all SSD's)

Overall Review: I run a Minecraft Server on this thing (which is known for its constant Hard Drive usage) and the drive is still going strong 6 months later. Really happy with the performance increase.

What else could I ask for

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-5300CL4D-4GBPQ
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-5300CL4D-4GBPQ

Pros: Works, Affordable, Fast, Slim, Low Profile, Nice Heatsink

Cons: None

Overall Review: It works great and runs cool. Super slim and low-profile so I'm sure it'd fit in most builds with space constraints. Really happy with this purchase. I'm not a G Skill fanboy but all the RAM I've bought from them has been really good.

Price/Performance is Solid

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100352-2L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100352-2L

Pros: Installed easy. This was an upgrade from my Radeon HD 5770 and I'm pleased, though I'm not doing backflips or anything. I primarily play FPS games, so framerates are important, and this card doesn't disappoint. I don't hear it ever, I have it inside a Rosewill Blackhawk case with stock fans and passive fan speeds (plugged into PSU only) and I can't hear the case fans sitting 3 feet from it, and I can never hear this GPU either. Runs warmer than I am used to under load, but stays quiet while doing so and doesn't seem to affect my case temps. Stable under stock clocks and ridiculous loads. Runs dual monitors fine (two 24"). I've even run Minecraft maxed out on one screen and played TF2 on the other, no problems.

Cons: Doesn't look physically the prettiest but it cools well and is the right price. Pretty long and heavy, but that's not uncommon. Framerates aren't AMAZING on brand new games on Ultra settings, but that is to be expected. Crossfire or OC this card to crush everything.

Overall Review: Runs Planetside 2 at 30+FPS on Ultra settings all the time (larger battles I might be CPU bottlenecked with my Core i5 2500k, and could get more FPS if I oc'd my CPU.) Crushes games like CoH and Starcraft 2. Looked great and ran really smooth on Ultra setting on Sleeping Dogs.

Works

CORSAIR XMS 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX32GX3M4A1600C11
CORSAIR XMS 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX32GX3M4A1600C11

Pros: I run two game servers at once on my primary desktop and still play games and have RAM to spare. This RAM plugged in and worked with zero issues. Corsair makes solid products, most of my computer is stuff made by them for a reason. Runs cool, albeit not quite as fast (clocks/benchmarks) as my 2x4GB modules I had in it before. Overclocking could easily fix that, but I haven't had a need to overclock as of yet.

Cons: None.

Works, tiny, works.

SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - 1 Pack
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - 1 Pack

Pros: Lots of storage in a tiny form. I've formatted it to both NTFS and FAT32 and it handled that fine (of course). Also used it as a boot drive, and it worked fine as that too. Now I have it in my car with a ton of music on it. My head unit just reads it as a mass storage and you can select songs and albums and folders all from the head unit of the car, works fine for that too.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I leave this thing in my car where there are extreme temperatures, and it hasn't been affected by them yet. (temp range of about -9 to 110)