cover
Tim S.

Tim S.

Joined on 03/27/06

0
0

Product Reviews
product reviews
  • 12
Most Favorable Review

An overall nice PS

XION Supernova XON-800R14N 800 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply
XION Supernova XON-800R14N 800 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply

Pros: Plenty of power for my case, the modular fittings are amazingly nice. The lights are cool, decent quality for the price.

Cons: Customer Service, oh my Goodness. I called to check my rebate and they didnt answer. Called again and got a chinese woman who i couldnt understand a single word of then asked i could get someone who spoke better english and got a man who wasnt much better but anybody was better than her. MAKE SURE YOU DO YOUR REBATE RIGHT!!!! Mine has been sitting there for 2 months and would have been had i not called them.

Overall Review: Phone calls are a crab shoot with any company now-a-days.

Most Critical Review

Great GPU while it lasted

GIGABYTE VISION OC GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 ATX Graphics Card GV-N308TVISION OC-12GD
GIGABYTE VISION OC GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 ATX Graphics Card GV-N308TVISION OC-12GD

Pros: - I was able to buy it in these crazy times. That's about all the pro anyone can ask for. Received it as part of a shuffle bundle. - I was able to do 144 Hz on the Valve Index with no problems. It was spectacular. - It died within my 30 day return window with Newegg

Cons: - Died on me in less than 3 weeks. - Prices for GPU's keeps going up so now I'll be spending $300+ for the same specs essentially.

Overall Review: Exceptional GPU for VR and normal PC gaming. Used it for about 3 weeks on and off before it died on me playing Pavlov VR. Everything went blank, all fans were running at highspeed. When I removed the GPU, I smelled "electric smoke" from it and knew it was dead. I booted up the system without the RTX using the built-in GPU in the Intel i9 and everything worked fine. I have a gigantic full tower case maxed out on fans and the CPU is liquid cooled so the ambient air around the GPU was nice and cool. I continually monitored CPU/GPU temperatures and they never reached above 70C. Never ordered GIGABYTE stuff before but it was my option (thanks to Newegg's shuffles) when I needed a new gaming rig. The GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus master MB is ok. Way overpriced but it came in the shuffle bundle. Have issues with the built-in BT not enabling and I have to toggle power to the PSU to get it come back. The Intel i9 11th gen is rockin. Will definitely look to other mfgr's in the future after this experience. Now my VR setup is just sitting there, very lonely :(

Eh... DOA

ASUS P5G41C-M LGA 775 Intel G41 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P5G41C-M LGA 775 Intel G41 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Decent price, lots of options, HDMI...

Cons: DOA, looked like it was put together by a 5th Grader. MOSFET's were very shoddily soldered to the board. Flexed a considerable amount when I installed my CPU heatsink.

Overall Review: Thank goodness for Newegg RMA

Good mobo

ZOTAC NF630I-F-E LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 Mini ITX WIFI Intel Motherboard
ZOTAC NF630I-F-E LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 Mini ITX WIFI Intel Motherboard

Pros: Good, solid motherboard. Comes with lots of stuff like wireless card.

Cons: The wireless card takes up two usb headers when it's only using one - minus 1 egg. That is one more USB port I could be using.

Overall Review: Good price and all around good motherboard other than the wireless card.

Eh?

Winsis Wi-02 Black SGCC / ABS Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case 200W Power Supply
Winsis Wi-02 Black SGCC / ABS Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case 200W Power Supply

Pros: Small, cheap, power supply included, slim DVD slot

Cons: 1) The front bezel came broken, not really neweggs fault, just mainly the Winsis and UPS's fault because of poor quality and bad shipping. Hopefully newegg will send me a new front bezel. Minus one egg. 2) When the case is vertical, the USB drives are upside down, not the conventional way up. This doesn't really bother me all that much, just kinda not what I am use to. The ports are also recessed so some USB devices won't plug in all the way and thus will not be recognized. 3) No 2.5" hdd screws. They did include 3.5" screws... 4) No auxiliary fan spot. The vent holes on the top cover are spaced as to allow an 80mm fan to be "bolted" on but with not very much space there. I like to keep my components cool. 5) As some people have stated before me, the PS fan is really loud. I really don't care all that much but you could probably get a different fan in there for replace the PS. 6) No reset button...

Overall Review: It's a decent case, it would have been nice if it didn't come broken... but I'm currently working with Newegg on replacing that bezel.

Great Board...

Intel BOXD945GCLF2 Atom 330 Intel 945GC Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo
Intel BOXD945GCLF2 Atom 330 Intel 945GC Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo

Pros: Good little board, two USB headers, four I/O usb ports. It works! They reduced the size of the heat sink for the chip set and enlarged the heat sink for the CPU (change from the D945GCLF).

Cons: Wish they would get rid of the stupid parallel port. Maybe had some more USB ports.

Overall Review: Have this in my car right now as a carputer. I bought this actually as a replacement for my Intel D945GCLF (not dual core) that some how got fried. I didn't really notice an increase in speed at all. No noticeable change in boot time. I used an image so everything was the same between the two. I actually bought it because it had an extra usb header, not really for the dual core aspect of it.