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Mark C.

Mark C.

Joined on 10/07/09

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor - HDZ965FBGMBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor - HDZ965FBGMBOX

Pros: Works great! after one week then stability testing bumped multiplier to 18 @ 3.6Ghz on stock cooling. I wouldn't push much higher on stock cooling, might be safe at 18.5 but not worth the risk. Also tried using AMD overdrive to OC but didn't like it, but it is great for monitoring everything.

Cons: none

Overall Review: AMD Phenom II 965 at 3.6Ghz Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 mobo 4Gb Gskill DDR3 Sapphire Radeon 4890 Vapor-X Apevia 700W PSU 2x Seagate Barracuda 500Gb HDD

Most Critical Review

Low profile bracket

HP NC364T Network Adapter 10/100/1000Mbps PCI-Express 4 x RJ45
HP NC364T Network Adapter 10/100/1000Mbps PCI-Express 4 x RJ45

Pros: Don't know yet

Cons: Did not come with low profile bracket

Overall Review: Can not even test this yet because it did not come with a low profile bracket. Now I have to order a bracket and wait even longer. This market place company (Electro Bee) doesn't really seem to care about customer service and just gets defensive when something isn't right.

Great case with some issues

NZXT SWITCH 810 Matte Black CA-SW810-M1 Steel / Plastic ATX HYBRID Full Tower Gaming Computer Case
NZXT SWITCH 810 Matte Black CA-SW810-M1 Steel / Plastic ATX HYBRID Full Tower Gaming Computer Case

Pros: Great case all around. Matte black looks great too. Filters work. A lot of fan options. Everything installed very easily.

Cons: I was expecting a couple of these problems. -Matte black on most of the case feels unfinished (side covers have smooth matte while the rest of the case has the texture of 2000 grit sandpaper). -My case was missing 5.25" drive thumb screws when it arrived. -Need to use screws to mount 2.5" drives into quick removal hdd brackets. -Top vent doesn't like to stay in place.... almost the wrong size. Had to bow it out to get it to latch the first couple times.

Overall Review: Like I said, I was expecting some of the issues. Thats why I only docked one egg.... really should be 2 because of the textured finish (wasn't expecting that).

Great Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Almost everything works, looks great.

Cons: Chipset drivers corrupted the OS and when running repair I was not prompted to select a drive. Startup repair auto formatted the wrong drive causing me to lose a terabyte of data. Some issues with drivers when connecting my phone. If the phone is plugged in when shutting down, It gets stuck in the logging off stage. Haven't determined yet if it's the mobo or phone drivers. Probably the phone drivers so it's not losing an egg for that.

Overall Review: Upset about losing the data, but I should have unplugged the other drives before running the repair. Only docking an egg for chipset drivers corrupting OS. Still getting used to this bios. Tried using mouse, but cursor speed is so slow that it is unusable. Used to using a keyboard anyway.

Defective

Nippon Labs SATA3-0.5M 1.64 ft. SATA III Flat Cable 1.64ft with Latch 1.64 feet
Nippon Labs SATA3-0.5M 1.64 ft. SATA III Flat Cable 1.64ft with Latch 1.64 feet

Pros: Looks good

Cons: Would not allow formatting of drive. And yes, everything else was troubleshooted before changing cables.

Overall Review: Only one was defective, not Newegg's fault. Not worth an RMA. The case I ordered came with twice as many as I thought and didn't need it anyway. But wanted the completely black look.

Great drive! Bad OCZ rebate!

OCZ Vertex Series 2.5" 30GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-1VTX30GXXX
OCZ Vertex Series 2.5" 30GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-1VTX30GXXX

Pros: Great Performance, does what its suppose to.

Cons: Small, but knew that when I bought it.

Overall Review: Don't trust the rebate vendor that OCZ uses! I got my rebate and when I tried to use it there was only $1.06 left of the $20.00, and when I checked the transaction history it show's Kim's Beauty Supply in Union City Georgia! This tells me that whoever is mailing them out is probably stealing the numbers. Or whatever....