wallace l.
Joined on 02/07/10
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Awesome

Pros: 1. Worked right out of the box and into my USB ports. No needed installation software. 2. Connection is stable and has served me beautifully for online gaming with no unreasonable lag spikes. 3. It didn't catch fire, and I like that in a product. I don't know who all these people are having problems with their "router trains" but they could simply have a defective adapter, or they are using it inappropriately. It's too technologically simple a device to have many problems with it. If it isn't working and delivering what its specs say it delivers, exchange it for another because there is nothing inherently wrong with its design or performance.
Cons: It isn't free?
Spoiled American

Pros: Well, it's a pretty cool cable for those of us with MOBOS that only have 1 19/20 pin USB 3.0 connector. I haven't received my cable yet (see cons) but it's really only been a week or so and this thing is coming from China.
Cons: Well, It's coming from China. I was careless and didn't look to see where it was coming from before ordering. For the sake of convenience I probably wouldn't have ordered this cable had I known that, simply because it's literally a crapshoot when you order something from so far away.Lot's can happen on the way, not to mention it is a very common occurrence that things simply get lost and are never received. China is an extremely busy place after all, and an $8 cable just isn't going to be on the top of anyone's priority list in the big picture. Anyway, I just didn't expect that when I ordered something on Newegg, it wasn't at least already within the country..lol. Maybe a little disclaimer would be cool for international items. I am willing to give 3 eggs for now, and a whole month of waiting before I worry too much. If it comes in reasonable time, I'll bump the eggs up.
Overall Review: When I use the tracking number provided, it only tells me the Chinese city that it has been sitting in since I ordered it, and hasn't seemed to move since.... hence my growing concerns. It's only 8 bucks, and I really need that cable. :P
Epic...

Pros: I can not praise Noctua enough... Firstly, let's just get performance out of the way. It's awesome, it matches any close-loop water cooler's temps, but does it quietly, and if you're like me, having water in my $3000 system really just isn't something I'm feeling. I don't want to start a debate or knock anyone's preferences, I just don't understand watercooling, I think it is more of a fad than a practical technology, but when and if it improves I'll open my mind a bit. I'm not saying that professional water-cooling set ups aren't more effective, but it's not practical for the price, and especially for the risk. The NH-U14S is what you get when you don't want to have RAM incompatibilities with giant coolers. It keeps the CPU nice and cool around 32-33c and is QUIET, like a ninja. 75 bucks man, no risk of water on your gear (think about that for a minute)......
Cons: Noctua colors, which you will learn to love the more you experience the quality of their products.
Awesome CPU for turbo/stability

Pros: Excellent CPU, for high-end systems that aren't designed for overclocking. This CPU can be overclocked, but it is designed for mild overclocking, generally controlled by "pre-sets" in your system bios. It has a very, and I mean very mild speed boost over the 4770k but won't translate to much in actual performance. Also good for virtualization. Yeah.... I guess that's good. Get this CPU if you aren't into overclocking, if you want to tinker and push your gear, get the 4770k.
Cons: The speed increase just doesn't justify the extra 20 bucks.
Top notch

Pros: Excellent features, build quality, very good board to have to deal with troubleshooting, ASUS. This board is perfect for a very specific type of gamer. That rogue that wants a super fast system, but isn't into tweaking his/her rig into oblivion. Don't get me wrong, you want to overclock, this board, it will do just that; especially with ROG integrated systems, you can run SLI/Crossfire no problem, fasten a Noctua grade air cooler or any water cooling set up you choose. The price is the best part, as I said, you can tweak, you just can't really run a tri-card or quad GPU set up, at least not the way you're supposed to, that is the only difference when compared to it's bigger brothers like the extreme or Rampage. Don't be one of those people that buys an expensive board in order to feel good about it when in the next 4 years; you're not even going to use the features, or don't even understand them. If gaming is what you want, with a single or dual GPU set up, this board is more than enough.
Cons: So far I am unable to find any 2 weeks in.
Overall Review: Harold Ramis is dead. :(
A must have..

Pros: This PSU is solid, and you can sum up the level of quality relatively fast, even without the elaborate packaging and sacks..lol, yes, "sacks" to store your cables in... I'm not complaining, I just think its bizarre lol. Not sure if I bought a PSU or a bottle of Crown... Make no mistake though, there are few occasions where product quality really does justify a little packaging bling, and when you buy a PSU, and you have the money to make sure you get the best brand on the market, you buy a Seasonic.
Cons: This isn't a con, but for those out there that haven't done a build in a few years, or even if you're just replacing an older PSU, there is one step that is a bit different. As most people know, this PSU, and most modern quality PSUs are fully modular in order to grant better cable management. You'll notice that on the Seasonic X 850 there is an upper row of labels, and a bottom row; indicating which output connectors you should use, such as MB, PCI-E, Peripherals etc.. When you connect your 24 pin ATX connector which will extend out from the bottom row, there is an additional connector on the PSU side of the cable that plugs into one of the connectors on the top row. Your PC won't boot if you forget to plug that in. If my description seems complicated or vague, don't worry, you'll see exactly what I mean when you get yours.
Overall Review: Awesomeness.
