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Anthony A.

Anthony A.

Joined on 12/26/04

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Most Favorable Review

updated review!

BenQ XL2420G Black 24” 1ms (GTG) Widescreen LED Backlight LCD G-SYNC 3D Monitor, 350 cd/m2, USB Hub, Low Blue Light, Motion Blur Reduction
BenQ XL2420G Black 24” 1ms (GTG) Widescreen LED Backlight LCD G-SYNC 3D Monitor, 350 cd/m2, USB Hub, Low Blue Light, Motion Blur Reduction

Pros: the zero input lag makes it worth getting and the smoothness at frames 100+ is worth it when going from 144 fps to 100 fps before g-sync was noticeable anything 100+ feels the same the Zero input lag makes an enormous difference my mind is more accurate now instead of being somewhat thrown back and forth with the small input lag delay of non v-sync mode

Cons: somewhat poor view angles but when in game it looks the same

Overall Review: ultra bright screen w/o the top being darker by a lot the zero input lag, 144hz, benQ advance motion accelerator, g-sync, zero flicker technology make it a MUST have over all the other monitors but if you want 4K there will be significant motion blur and you cant get the features I mentioned besides g-sync 60fps isn't enough to be super smooth need 100+ w/ g-sync = Worth

11/15/2014
Most Critical Review

Too Big

Logitech G700 Black 13 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB RF Wireless Laser Gaming Mouse
Logitech G700 Black 13 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB RF Wireless Laser Gaming Mouse

Pros: 5700dpi, 1000hz, angle snap feature.

Cons: It's like the G5 just bigger in scale. I use to use the G9 with no grip and it's just right. Not heavy at all. I had no weights in it. This mouse is like the G9 with the huge grip, with a height, and all the heavy weights in it.

Overall Review: I think it's designed to be used with 5700dpi so you don't lift the mouse. I'm so used to lifting the mouse. Perhaps if I don't lift the mouse it should be good.

amazing temps

DEEPCOOL GENOME II The Upgraded Worldwide First Unique Gaming Case with Integrated 360mm Liquid Cooling System Black Case with Red Helix
DEEPCOOL GENOME II The Upgraded Worldwide First Unique Gaming Case with Integrated 360mm Liquid Cooling System Black Case with Red Helix

Pros: 4.4GHz 5930k 1.25V 26C idle, max 66C on an EVGA X99 FTW. 2x MSI 1080GTX 2088MHz AX1200 Corsair PSU

Cons: The inside of the very bottom motherboard tray had to be cut to accommodate the USB 3.0 and the extra ATX 6-pin. My ports have to go vertical but the section is kind of walls off horizontal. Dremel did the job and I got everything to work.

Overall Review: Quality looks amazing and the fact the watercooling is already built in, no need to guess if your case will work with the watercooling kit you bought. Also, I came from custom watercooling since '02 and I have to say this is the best "kit" anyone could have. It's like when you custom make a drone and all the tuning you have to do to make it work back in 2011 but now you can buy a drone from say DJI or Typhoon and it works straight out of the box for less price is totally the way.

Everything got upgraded.

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support ATX Graphics Card GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support ATX Graphics Card GTX 1080 GAMING 8G

Pros: Games back in 2011 look insane like Crysis 2/3, GTA 5 at 1080p on my 21:9 200Hz Acer Z35. Crysis doesn't need 5k as 1080p just looks insane at super high FPS. It's like better than real-life. Even 3DMark11 demo looks insane.

Cons: Play games like Dota 2 and Planetside 2 which do not really support SLI, it can actually make them run worse. I lose 100+ fps in Dota 2 with 2x 1080 GTX than just Single-GPU enabled.

Overall Review: I'm at 2038MHz on both synced with no volt and fan changed from auto. Memory is stock as messing with RAM ruins things secretly. I'm on a 4.4GHz 5930k EVGA X99 FTW. Played whole Crysis 3 campaign last night and the quality was ridiculous. It should be a free game with all 1080 GTX to show the quality. Even running with Single 1080 GTX mode the quality looked the same because the fps was far beyond 100. You have to make sure you get your slots right if you have a 40 lane PCIE CPU. Mine is 1 and 4 for x16. Any cards at 2 and 3 would drop the top or bottom GPU to 8x. It was shown that a 980 GTX in a game @ 1080p had a 7 fps loss with 8x than 16x on PCIE 3.0. Imagine that w/ a 1080 GTX OCed and HB SLI. NVidia was cool and said I would get a full refund for the 3-slot I ordered. I ordered a 4-slot and it's coming in. I'm currently on a single soft bridge. I realize I do far more than just a couple games. Any new AAA game that would come out it would run it w/o issue. From what I do and what I have (1080p) a single 980 Ti @ 1463MHz is enough with a 6700K and SSD. Going 5930k with 2 1080GTX on NVME and 32GB RAM really doesn't do much difference for gaming. I render every now and then but it just doesn't justify the cost of what I do most of the time. If you get one and you came off of a 970 GTX or slower, remember to play all your old games as it would feel like that was the best game at this time. I came out of Battlefield BC2 @ 5k on this monitor and the quality. I was well over 100fps and it looked like everything got a hi-res texture upgrade. Also that game and the other EA games seem to support multiprojection. The sides aren't super warped as they are w/o these cards.

amazing

Rechargeable External Backup Battery case Power Case 4200mAH for Samsung S6
Rechargeable External Backup Battery case Power Case 4200mAH for Samsung S6

Pros: Quality and Battery life

Cons: none other than the price being so low it's like stolen

Overall Review: Insane Quality and Battery life for the price. Should be at least $50. All the other cases at this price level is a joke. I assumed this was all plastic and fat with a battery but no. The outer case feel is like my 2015 Alienware 17 R3 with 4K IGZO screen and 980M GTX. Should be #1 and featured.

11/21/2015

works no problem

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Desktop Memory Model F4-2133C15Q-32GVR
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Desktop Memory Model F4-2133C15Q-32GVR

Pros: cheapest 2133MHz DDR4 ram in the world with heatsink

Cons: none

Overall Review: 2133MHz maximum spec for Intel i7 5930k DDR4 32GB became as cheap as DDR3 as way back DDR4 cost a ton of money People don't know that if you use higher spec ram it will damage the memory controller on the CPU.