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Darren E.

Darren E.

Joined on 03/18/11

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Most Favorable Review

580 3GB - Enthusiast Hardware

EVGA GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 03G-P3-1584-AR
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 03G-P3-1584-AR

Pros: 1 - I can max out every game while still getting excellent FPS 2 - Temps are good for such a highend card. My idle is 39C and load is 72C. That's on the second floor of a warm South Texas home in May with the fan on auto. 3 - DX11, Cuda, and tessellation 4 - The excellent customer service of EVGA! 5 - It just looks so sexy in my case ;)

Cons: Price...nope, its an enthusiast piece of hardware. You pay to play.

Overall Review: I game on a single monitor and still waited for this card. If you have a 1.5 GB card, I would stick with it but if you are just buying a 580, get this. There are those that keep saying that its overkill and that 1.5 GBs are enough. The 580 is still the fastest single GPU out. It is Nvidia's flagship single GPU card. It is a card for enthusiast which by its very nature means excessive. Who wants a system that's "enough"? You never know what upcoming games will require for max settings.

Blue but Happy

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM

Pros: Dropped them in and BAM...worked at the specified settings without a hitch. They go great with my blue theme rig :)

Cons: Newegg didn't throw a SSD in the package just because I'm a helluva nice guy. :(

Overall Review: I saw these on a Shell Shocker Deal and could not resist even though I already had four 2GB Ripjaw sticks. Now I can upgrade to 16GBs if needed and I also have blue not red (shameful reason to buy new RAM but what can I say). The great part about it all is that after selling my old RAM, this only cost me $20. Who da man :) Newegg gave free shipping with this purchase but it was one of those UPS/USPS deals. The tracking is crizzap but since USPS delivers on Saturday, I got these super fast. Thanks Newegg...you guys are the best!

Best Webcam Out There

Logitech C910 USB 2.0 1080p HD Pro Webcam
Logitech C910 USB 2.0 1080p HD Pro Webcam

Pros: The C910 is as good as it gets and as easy as it gets. - With W7 you can simply plug it in and go. - Videos are crystal clear and ultra sharp. - Small sleek design - Audio is very clear - Nice features like face tracking and motion detection

Cons: None for the webcam but I do have a comment about the facial recognition software. You get a trial to use the software which is not made by Logitech I should mention. Don't get me wrong, it works but it increased the time my PC takes to get to the login screen by a significant amount. I thought it would be a neat thing to have but it only slows things down. There are other facial recognition software makers out there but I think I'll pass. I'd rather enter a password then have another program running in the background.

Overall Review: I mainly got this for my wife but I use it a little myself. I have it sitting on top of a 23" LG LED LCD 1920 X 1080p super thin monitor. We use Skype instead of the Logitech software bundle. As an added bonus, I can use the webcam mic while gaming. I have a headset that I plug in at times but I mainly use my Logitech speakers. Now I can talk without having to bother with the headset. I also have a blue light theme with my rig. This webcam has helped me continue my stupid blue light obsession.