cover
Matthew R.

Matthew R.

Joined on 04/28/08

0
0

Product Reviews
product reviews
  • 5
Most Favorable Review

Great Case

Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Awesome case fans run quiet and keep my system nice and cool def worht the extra 10 bucks for all the fans. hideaway spots for cables behind mobo tray and beside3.5 inch drives. oh and how can i forget lots and lots of spots for you to moor your twist ties

Cons: blue is not my favorite led color but my psupply has a blue led so yay for matching Not really the cases fualt but the layout of my mobo had me putting some of the front cable under the pci slot. the cable is taught up against the gphx card and made the card a lil tricky to intall.

Overall Review: beats the hell out of my old thermaltake shark. this thing has awesome airflow and is nice and roomy. power supply on the bottom is nice as it adds a second level of stability and i found it easier to cable that way/

Most Critical Review

Great value, Great performance

iBUYPOWER Desktop PC Source Series NE784K Intel Core i7-5820K 16GB DDR4 1TB HDD 120 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Windows 8.1 64-Bit
iBUYPOWER Desktop PC Source Series NE784K Intel Core i7-5820K 16GB DDR4 1TB HDD 120 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Windows 8.1 64-Bit

Pros: Great price on sale Great performance Quality components Pre-built super quiet

Cons: Cables were a mess Neither hard drive had their sata or power cords plugged in Side panel is a pain to put on due to the liquid cooling.

Overall Review: Love the modest look and soft white leds.

PowerColor Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity AX6870 1GBD5-2DH
PowerColor Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity AX6870 1GBD5-2DH

Pros: Price- Performance Ratio

Cons: Started to Artifact, weird screen issues after 1 week of use Did not come with molex to 6 pin connectors, luckily scavenged some from old build

Overall Review: Waiting on newegg to give me my free shipping label Gonna go with a gtx 560 this time

Great card but cant get it to work with my hdtv

PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card AX4850 512MD3-PH
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card AX4850 512MD3-PH

Pros: Plays everything i want, doesnt overheat.

Cons: Neither catalyst controller nor w7 will recognize that i have my hdtv hooked up in the hdmi slot. on boot the bios screen and the loading screen for w7 both show up on my normal lcd (through dvi) however when the login in screen loads the hdtv loses signal. neither catalyst controller nor windows7 detect the hdtv. heatsink feels a lil bit cheap

Overall Review: i am able to go into the bios and play around and still have both screens. im thinking its a driver compatibility issue with windows 7. Also had an old system with vista and 3850 the hookup worked with the dual dvi slots so its not the tv The reason i took 2 eggs off is my issue hooking it up to the hdtv really doesnt allow me to use it in the manner in which i originally intended

Does what it needs to

BYTECC HMD-10 10 ft. Black HDMI Male to DVI-D Male HDMI High Speed Male to DVI-D Male Single Link Cable Male to Male
BYTECC HMD-10 10 ft. Black HDMI Male to DVI-D Male HDMI High Speed Male to DVI-D Male Single Link Cable Male to Male

Pros: works

Cons: not an ati "smart" cable so no sound. but i didnt buy this for sound

Overall Review: works great and beats the 50$ i would have payed at radio shack