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Jason G.

Jason G.

Joined on 01/15/08

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Most Favorable Review

Good Power Supply

CORSAIR RM Series RM1000 1000 W ATX12V v2.4 and EPS 2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
CORSAIR RM Series RM1000 1000 W ATX12V v2.4 and EPS 2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: The power supply is light. Runs cool. Doesn't use the fan unless under load. Stays quiet.

Cons: Cables are cheap feeling. They are stiff and don't click in easily. No instructions came in the box. This is only a con because the pci express cables come with two 6+2 ends to an 8 pin end and I had to figure out if it was safe to use both on the same cable or if I needed two. The easy answer is the same cable powers both plugs on the same graphics card. They should have noted that.

Overall Review: Cool and quiet and plenty of power for a powerful cpu and multiple graphics cards.

Very Nice Case

Corsair Carbide Series 500R Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case
Corsair Carbide Series 500R Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case

Pros: Looks nice. Lights are eye catching. All the fans especially the large side fan make the case stay cool.

Cons: Mine came with a small dent and scratch on the side. You have to look for it to see it but it was there. The fan plugs have little adaptors at the end that prevent you from using it with a fan controller without modifying the cables.

Overall Review: Everyone that see's the case likes it which is nice. The fans are pretty quiet. The case is pretty large for a mid-size case and has plenty of room for multiple graphics cards and liquid cooling. The cable hiding is a nice touch but isn't as nice as you'd expect because the more components you have the more wires you will still see.

Great for the price

Ballistix Sport 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model BLS4K4G4D240FSA
Ballistix Sport 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model BLS4K4G4D240FSA

Pros: At the time I bought it, it was about 30% cheaper than all other ddr4 sdram. Runs pretty quick compared to ddr3 memory.

Cons: It's not the fastest ddr4 memory out there but it is overclockable which I haven't done. If you don't pay attention to the instructions you may only get 2 instead of 4 lanes.

Overall Review: Great for the price, if you don't want to spend a whole lot it does the job at the cost of good ddr3 ram.

Good Performance

Intel Core i7-5820K - Core i7 4th Gen Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W Desktop Processor - BX80648I75820K
Intel Core i7-5820K - Core i7 4th Gen Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W Desktop Processor - BX80648I75820K

Pros: Six cores with 12 processes. Easily overclocked to a stable 4.2ghz with a liquid cooler and not increasing the voltage. Everything opens and runs faster than my previous 4 core processor. Easy to install.

Cons: Price is expensive. 28 lanes. You need to update both your motherboard and memory for this processor.

Overall Review: My computer power increased more than I would have expected. The stock speed is lower than the 49xx i7 people compare it to, but it overclocks easily to comparable speeds and has 6 cores which more than makes up for it.

Keeps cpu cool, but it's loud.

CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm

Pros: Keeps the CPU cool even at high load it stay's under 30c. Two 120mm fans move the air really well.

Cons: The fans are very noisy especially when you are using a graphic intense program such as a game.

Overall Review: For the price you get a nice liquid cooler at the cost of the loud fan noise.

Good for the money.

Pioneer VSX-823-K 5.1-Channel 4K Ready AV Receiver
Pioneer VSX-823-K 5.1-Channel 4K Ready AV Receiver

Pros: Easy to set up. Excellent sound quality for the price. 6 HDMI inputs with 3d and 4k pass through. It can get really loud without distorting.

Cons: Gets a little warm on top at higher volumes.

Overall Review: This is a really great sounding receiver if you take the time to make the adjustments. It did take a few times of the auto set-up to get it right, getting better each time. In its defense I moved the speakers each time based on the sounds and I believe the combination of doing both got a really good quality surround sound configuration. It is easy to blame the receiver for lower sound quality but the problem may be the cables not the receiver itself. I wasn't getting good bass from the subwoofer, but replacing the cheap cable with a nice quality cable fixed the problem. At $400 you won't get the top of the line product but it is solid and most issues in quality can be fixed with better cables. This is an excellent receiver that I got on sale and it replaced a $500 theater in a box system that sounded pretty good, but this is better using the same speakers from that set up. If you buy it, you won't regret it, its really nice for the price especially if you take the time to set it up correctly.