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Eric D.

Eric D.

Joined on 12/15/13

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Good

EVGA SuperNOVA 750 T2 220-T2-0750-X1 80+ TITANIUM 750W Fully Modular EVGA ECO Mode Includes FREE Power On Self Tester Power Supply
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 T2 220-T2-0750-X1 80+ TITANIUM 750W Fully Modular EVGA ECO Mode Includes FREE Power On Self Tester Power Supply

Pros: Fully Modular Comes with all the cables I needed (and all in black which is what I like) Really efficient

Cons: Costs more than others (You get what you pay for though, it's worth it)

Works

SODIAL USB 3.1 Front Panel Header to USB 3.0 20Pin Header Extension Cable for ASUS Motherboard 20cm
SODIAL USB 3.1 Front Panel Header to USB 3.0 20Pin Header Extension Cable for ASUS Motherboard 20cm

Pros: -Does what it claims to -Looks ok -Inexpensive

Cons: -A bit longer than necessary for most applications (could do with a much shorter option so I don't have so much slack to cable manage).

Good Chair

DXRacer Gaming Chair Ergonomic Racing Chair with High Backrest, Headrest and Lumbar Support, Pro Vinyl and Premium PVC Leather, Blue
DXRacer Gaming Chair Ergonomic Racing Chair with High Backrest, Headrest and Lumbar Support, Pro Vinyl and Premium PVC Leather, Blue

Pros: -back and head pillows are very comfortable -lots of adjustment for the back and arms -whole seat tilts when you want it to

Cons: -the seat itself should use softer foam or at least be the shape of a human back side (I'm hoping it will eventually break in but not really comfortable for long periods when new) -the lowest setting is higher than I would like -the lever handles take a lot of force to install properly

Overall Review: -if you are around 5'8" to 6' or so and weigh maybe 150 lbs. to 200 lbs. then this chair is probably perfect for you but I'm 5'6" and 120 lbs. I'm starting to wonder if the valkyrie series of dxracer would have been better but this is still pretty good.

12/16/2018

Good

ASUS ROG Maximus IX Hero Z270 LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 USB 3.1 ATX Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus IX Hero Z270 LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 USB 3.1 ATX Motherboard

Pros: All the latest tech Looks great

Cons: Had to update BIOS before it fully supported the RAM I bought (and that update wasn't out until a couple weeks after I bought both) Manual could be better A bit Pricy Troubleshooting when bad one out of 4 RAM sticks I installed in it was bad could have been simpler

Excellent Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 HYBRID GAMING, 08G-P4-6188-KR, 8GB GDDR5X, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 HYBRID GAMING, 08G-P4-6188-KR, 8GB GDDR5X, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)

Pros: When I bought it only the Titan X (Pascal) was better (1080 Ti is better than both now) Runs cool and quiet FPS minimums are high enough to not notice any issues even on the highest graphics settings in modern games Can't push it hard enough to thermal throttle (probably could by overclocking more than the factory OC but no need for that)

Cons: A bit pricy and now that the 1080 Ti is out, that might be a better option for the money but as of writing this, there isn't a hybrid 1080 TI

Best Single Thread performance

Intel Core i7 7th Gen - Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80677I77700K Desktop Processor
Intel Core i7 7th Gen - Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80677I77700K Desktop Processor

Pros: -Best Single Thread performance of any CPU on the market (most games benefit more from single thread performance than they do from multi threaded performance) -More compatible than AMD CPUs -Priced well

Cons: Not as many cores as some other CPUs so not as fast with heavily multithreaded loads

Overall Review: If you don't play high end games or create content then you probably don't need this good of a CPU and if you do render video or other heavily multithreaded things then you should go with a higher core count chip, this CPU is really for high end gamers and not many others but it is great for high end gamers (at least until the devs start actually using multiple threads well).