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Steven E.

Steven E.

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BIOSTAR TZ77B LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
BIOSTAR TZ77B LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: Cheap for a Z77 Chipset Power and reset buttons built on board Digital display onboard for troubleshooting/temp sensor UEFI BIOS easy to navigate, even though my mouse doesn't work.

Cons: Older bios versions on shipped boards may cause some headaches (more below) Cpu placement (more below) Many bios options are not given any sort of explanation although mainly a non-issue for most users. UEFI Bios was not compatible with my mouse

Overall Review: I started running into trouble as soon as i tried to install windows 7. The installer would always freeze up at the first windows logo animation. I tried a safe mode install and while it did get into the installer, it would still freeze at the startup logo after the first reset. Spend quite some time with it trying to figure it out and what it ended up coming down to was a bios update. The most recent bios update for the board is what fixed all the issues so anyone planning on buying this board, plan on having the most recent bios accessible if you run into any issues. The logitech g400 mouse does not work properly within the UEFI, the input is all reversed but is still usable with a keyboard just the same. The cpu placement may cause issues with aftermarket coolers being to close to ram heatspreaders. i5 2500k @ 4ghz GSKILL Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL 9800 GTX+ <-- old :( ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro

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APEVIA ATX-CB700W 700 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply
APEVIA ATX-CB700W 700 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply

Pros: Powered my i5 2500k and 560ti

Cons: Terrible Coil hum after a couple years of use.

Overall Review: I bought this power supply back on 5/13/12. A couple months ago i noticed a rather loud hum coming from my pc when I was gaming or otherwise stressing the video card in furmark. I eventually narrowed it down to this power supply. It would noticeably vibrate when under stress and return to normal when the pc was idle. About the time I was starting to notice this issue, my video card had started to exhibit some odd wavy lines on my desktop under certain color shades. Swapping out to an older pci-e video card made this issue go away. I swapped out the psu for an EVGA 750 B2 and the humming went away and my system seems quieter and a little more responsive. Sadly, the video card I had been running was still showing the wavy line anomaly. It didn't appear to be a rendering issue as it doesn't show up on a screenshot and games still seemed to run without a hitch as they always did. So basically I can't say for sure that the power supply is to blame for what happened to my video card but it seems that it could be a likely culprit. For the sake of peace of mind and for the sake of your entire build, don't skimp on the power supply. A bad or poorly performing psu will likely effect all of your components and, in a worse case scenario, a catastrophic failure of the psu could take some of your expensive components down with it.

Still going strong.

Intel 330 Series Maple Crest 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSC2CT120A3K5
Intel 330 Series Maple Crest 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSC2CT120A3K5

Pros: Purchased 11/5/2012 now 11/14/2016. Still my os drive. Still fast.

Cons: Sometimes I like having excuses to buy new hardware. This ssd has refused to give me an excuse to replace it.

Overall Review: Who know's if anyone will read this review on a drive that isn't sold anymore but oh well. Just like the last review, I've had this ssd for 4 years and its showing no signs of stopping. I recall back when I bought this , one of my colleagues was surprised that I went with Intel at the time because apparently other brands were popular at the time and were boasting better i/o speeds. I simply said that I felt confident that an Intel product would last me a while. Skip ahead 4 years and I'm still using the same ssd while one of his has already started to fail. Fluke? Maybe so but this Intel ssd has has worked for me long enough that when/if it does die or I want to upgrade it, i'll likely be going with another Intel.

11/13/2016

Been a great Drive

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Purchased on 3/3/2011 died earlier this year in 2016. Not too shabby really and it died without causing too much trouble.

Cons: Things only last so long.

Overall Review: So close to 6 years of service but couldn't quite make it. This was my main storage drive and where i stored most of my game installations so it was used quite heavily. I started to notice for a while some hang-ups in explorer when viewing image thumbnails in large folders and when I was playing games that loaded data off the fly, sometimes they would stutter and hang at times. Got into event viewer and found tons of i/o system conflicts with the drive. Drive continued working long enough to backup almost everything I needed with only a handful of corrupted files that I could not recover. I guess this isn't so much a review than it is reminiscing since its likely this drive isn't available anymore anyway. If you still have this drive and it works, good for you!

11/13/2016

We've had this close to 7 years now...

Toshiba 40" 1080p 60Hz LCD HDTV
Toshiba 40" 1080p 60Hz LCD HDTV

Pros: Its been almost 7 years and this tv is still going strong.

Cons: It's showing its age now as it has hdmi handshake issues with the ps4 requiring the set to be turned off and on sometimes in order for the ps4 to see it. Ps4 works normally on newer tvs.

Overall Review: Getting close to 2017 so we've almost had this tv 7 years now. Still turns on and still has a great image. I'd say it still looks better than a lot of newer 1080p tvs with led backlights. Unfortunately when we bought a ps4, we noticed the tv would not detect the signal from the ps4 quite frequently and would require either resetting the ps4 or turning the tv on and off. The ps4 works fine with newer tvs but just not this one. From what i can piece together from the internet, it might be an outdated hdmi hdcp handshake issue from the tv itself. Not really a surprise there considering the age of the tv.

11/13/2016

Wonderful

E-Blue Cobra 1600 Adjustable DPI Wired USB Optical Gaming Mouse (White)
E-Blue Cobra 1600 Adjustable DPI Wired USB Optical Gaming Mouse (White)

Pros: Smooth and accurate tracking. Dirt Cheap (was on a daily deal) DPI Button (although I don't use it) Bright and uniform blue led lighting.

Cons: Cheap construction Lights cannot be turned off / may be too bright for some. Side buttons are easy to accidently hit. Side buttons are too small and close together. Driver limitations (more below)

Overall Review: For the price that was paid for this device there isn't much that can be complained about. The tracking is smooth and accurate. The mouse feet are larger than standard feet and glide across my tempered glass mouse pad with ease. It did not come with a driver but there is a driver available at the e-blue.jp website if you scroll to the very bottom of the page. The driver is very limited and only offers a small handful of shortcuts you can change the buttons to. The build quality of the mouse feels solid but somewhat cheap. Its hard to say just yet how long it will physically last. The wheel feels smooth and is very quiet. The middle mouse button is slightly harder to press than most i have used. The side buttons are too small and close together. Depending on how you hold your mouse, the side buttons may also be easy to accidently hit. As expected, the polling rate is a default 125hz and there is no options within the Cobra driver application to change.

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