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Justin G.

Justin G.

Joined on 08/17/08

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Most Favorable Review

Does exactly what it was made to do

HEC 6T Series 6T10BB Black 0.7mm SECC Steel Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
HEC 6T Series 6T10BB Black 0.7mm SECC Steel Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: Very impressive for such a cheap case! When reading negative reviews remember this IS a MICRO ATX case! This isn't designed to house your 6 Disc RAID 0+1 configuration or your Quad GPUs. Its designed or a MicroATX MoBo and some basic components and a hard drive or two. Love the eSATA on the front. Nice Glossy finish. The hard drive rests vertically so there would be a perfect spot on the front of the case for a 120mm fan to be very efficient but due to the LEDs and power button wires it is impossible without doing some modding. Case seems pretty durable and I received it in great shape.

Cons: A 120mm fan in the front of the case would be nice but not a big deal.

Overall Review: I might get a 5.25" bay fan just to increase the air flow a bit. I will just have to see.

Most Critical Review

Epic mouse, will never buy razer again thanks to support

RAZER Mamba Black 7 Buttons USB Laser Gaming Mouse - Dual Mode Wired/Wireless Functionality
RAZER Mamba Black 7 Buttons USB Laser Gaming Mouse - Dual Mode Wired/Wireless Functionality

Pros: Responsive! More responsive than I need so I turn down the tracking but still excellent. Very responsive wireless or wired. Comfortable!! Whether you are a "claw" or "palm" mouse user this mouse is very comfortable. I love the high arch for my palm. By far the most comfortable mouse I own, much more comfortable than my R.A.T. 7. Good battery life! 10-20 hours of serious gaming I would estimate I get even after several months of use. Attractive appearance! I love the matte/gloss look and blue glowing dock for charging. However as others have said the matte finish has begun to ware even after just a few months of use. Its looking more slick/smooth where my fingers click at 400 cpm...

Cons: HORRIBLE SUPPORT!!! Contacted their support after less than 2 months of ownership b/c I had a short in my base or mount(still don't know which). They asked me to ship the product at my expense and wouldn't cross ship. After two weeks of waiting for shipping both ways I open my box to find nothing but the base. A week later I open box #2 to find my original mouse that was having the issue without the battery, battery cover and usb cable. Now, I have my original mouse which may or may not be functional and the dock. No usb cable, no battery or cover. Lets see what is in box #3. Horrible support! 1. They don't cross ship. 2. They don't provide a RMA shipping label 3. They don't check what you ship them. 4. The phone techs can't do anything other than submit a ticket to the real techs who respond back to you within 24-48 hours(this you can do yourself on their site) 5. They don't listen or read when you contact support 6. SLOOOOW!

Overall Review: Love the mouse. Hate the support. The support is so horrible that I will never, EVER purchase another razer product unless I get a 3rd party warranty.

Works Like It Should

RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-730SS 730W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply, New Version with Build-in LED Fan On/Off Switch
RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-730SS 730W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply, New Version with Build-in LED Fan On/Off Switch

Pros: Modular, 730w, cables are plenty long stable... understands my feelings

Cons: I don't consider it a con but like others have said its not a traditional modular psu. Instead of clipping the optional cables into the psu itself you plug it into the little 4 inch cables that come out of the psu. I actually like it. It makes it easier to add cables once its in the case.

Overall Review: AMD Athlon X2 Kuma @ 3.4Ghz G*Skill 2x2gb DDR2 800Mhz (OCd to 1066Mhz) ASRock 790GX MoBo AC Freezer Pro 64 EVGA GTX 280 ABS El Diablo Case

EVGA GTX 280 WIN!

EVGA GeForce GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P3-1280-RX
EVGA GeForce GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P3-1280-RX

Pros: Awesome! Currently clocked at 697/1267/1451 (G/M/S) using R-Tuner and 185.85 drivers. 90FPS avg everything MAX in CoD 4 at 1680x1050 60FPS inside and out in Fallout 3 everything MAX(locked at 60 due to vsync) Running windows 7 64bit with all the visual styles on and never have any performance issues when going from window to window or opening new programs.

Cons: Rebate is a joke. The unbranded box that the recerts are sent in only have one UPC on them. The rebate asks for that but then when they get it say its invalid. Dumb. Its too good for my system but I thought I would rather face a bottleneck now since I am upgrading to an i7 build soon and am going to be using this card with it. Not friendly with AMD boards but still ok.

Overall Review: ABS El Diablo Full Tower 730W Modular PSU AMD 7750 Kuma X2 OC'd at 3.4mhz G*Skill DDR2 800 2x2GB OC'd to 1066Mhz EVGA GTX 280 OC'd to awesomeness Arctic Freezer 64 Pro 2x250gb SATA 2 Hdds in RAID 0 I think my system might be severely restricting my gpu. 3D Mark scored 11586 for gpu. 13,359 complete score.

DOA

ASRock AOD790GX/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock AOD790GX/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Onboard VGA with dedicated 128mb side port ddr3. SB750(good for unlocking 3rd and 4th cores. 2 PCIe slots. 6 sata + rear esata. AM3 cpu ready

Cons: DOA. Case fans and cpu heat sink fan powered on but no video, no post beeps, nothing. All of the I/O ports seem flimsy. Only 1 case fan connector. NB heatsink is tall and prevents you from using a full length PCIe x1 card. You only have about 1 inch past the PCIe connector before the tall NB heatsink gets in the way. The PCIe slots don't auto arrange when two cards are used, there is the card you have to turn around between the two slots. Not a big deal but I just thought I would throw that in there while I was complaining.

Overall Review: Hard to rate a board that was DOA. Every company has a few bad ones here and there. Mine however was open box and one that newegg "thoroughly tested before shipping to me" but still managed to end up DOA when it arrived.

Does what it should

Western Digital Blue WD800AAJS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Blue WD800AAJS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Has been functioning perfectly for almost 6 months. No errors and relatively quiet.

Cons: It hasn't had any 80gb SATA hdd babies.... ...maybe it just needs a partner in RAID! XD

Overall Review: This was used in a build for an office application that replaced their 5 year old PC. The hard drive was about to go bad. It was loud and hot. This new drive is much quieter/cooler/faster.