Joined on 12/26/06
Very Fast
Pros: Easy install. Very fast. Plugged right in and I hit the ground running. Purchased for my first cpu build. Im coming from a 16x DVD drive that would take 6 minutes to burn 4.5gigs of a movie. Now with this drive im burning things in less that half of that time.
Cons: Nothing at all.
Overall Review: Great buy. To the guy that below me, this is an OEM drive! That means you get no fancy cables or colorful instructions. So dont dock an egg if you dont understand what your buying. But hey their your eggs, you can do what you want with them.
Stay away from coolmax!
Pros: Very cheap. Got it for 79 bucks on promo code. Modular. Supposed 1000 watts.
Cons: Very cheap. In electronics you get what you pay for. I was in the market for a high power modular psu and got the email with the promo code for this psu. I saw a kilowatt psu that was modular for 50 bucks off and I didnt even think about it I just hit the add to cart. But that was my fault for the impulse and heres why. I usually research all my cpu purchases very extensively but didnt on this one. Heres the problems; When I googled this product, there was not ONE review for it so I became worried. People have reviewed the other models and its filled with nothing but fan failures and all out psu failures. Even to the point that when the psu pops, its takes mobos and procs with them. One guy even had his blu ray burner fried from a bad modular cable. The other psu's in this family have not got over 3 eggs and most of the reviews are negetive. Look for yourself. Another thing is that it only weighs 4 pounds. Anybody that knows about psu's knows the hevier they are it means quality.
Overall Review: There was no way I was gonna hook this psu up to my 2,000 dollar rig after reading all the horror stories from other people about frying components and shutdowns. This psu hasnt even got to my house yet but I ordered a real psu. It was alot more money but it weighs 7 pounds with a single rail is modular and is 1000 watts. After researching more this is a Taiwanese company selling cheap stuff in America. These psu arent even lasting 6 months. Before you buy I urge you to do you homework before you buy this or any coolmax psu's. Its ugly trust me. I feel stupid for buying it. Its getting nowhere near my rig. I already have the refund rma in place so when this coolmax comes on the 3rd, Im printing the lable and Its going back on the truck with the ups dude. Do not overlook the psu. Your stability,overclocks,games and just daily usuage needs a GOOD psu not a psu thats posing as good but is garbage. My real psu comes on the 4th so just one more day doesnt hurt the piece of mind im getting.
BE VERY CAREFUL
Pros: Beautiful Screen
Cons: This monitor has had 2 revisions to fix problems. it's a crapshoot if you get rev 1.25. some games dont fully support this resolution. dont buy it just to game because I dont feel like this resolution is 100% ready for prime time.
Overall Review: I purchased this monitor at a b@m 3 weeks ago and ended up taking it back. they sold me rev 00 which was manufactured in dec 2012. it seems like lg made a pre release run and is trying to offload the old rev. if the egg cant guarantee that these are rev 1.25 then I would not gamble with your 700 bucks.
Coming From A GTX 480
Pros: Heat sink and fan assembly is what made me pick this card. The two 6pin powers are on the side of the card instead of the front. It gives me a cleaner look with cables when I look in the side window of my case. Price for performance, this new fermi is hands down the king. Up to 90%(yes thats 90%) scailibility in SLI mode. Thats something only ATI can dream of! If your undecided and are getting a single 480, take it from me that this is an upgrade even from a 480! I forgot to mention that 2 of these cards that have 4 fans are quieter than 1 480.
Cons: Wish I was patient and didnt dive head first into a GTX 480 when they first dropped. Can only run 2 in SLI. Of course Nvidia isnt stupid, why would they want you to spend $687 on a tri-SLI setup that would kill any card they bring out in the future? They have already put a dent in the sales of the 480 if you run these in SLI.
Overall Review: After reading all the reviews on this new 460 I was sold. I put my 480 up on CL, and purchased 2 of these for SLI. Take a look at the performance of these in SLI mode, they absolutly kill a single 480 and use the same power and are COOLER! Im driving one 1080p 24inch monitor so these cards are more than enough fast for any game out and games coming out in the future. Also one card is strong enough for games at ultra settings which was a concern of mine. OC these with ease and ran 3dmark. On my i7 clocked up to 4.0ghz, Im scoring a 31000! Im getting about 3000 more points from a single 480. But who cares about synthetics? Its about how it runs the games. Metro im getting 38 more fps with settings on highest. Honestly this card is great by itself but in SLI its just behind a 5970 which is a $700 card! So for $458 your getting a card thats 33%(SLI of course) faster than a 480 and just a hair behind a 5970. Nvidia just dropped the 480 when these are ran in SLI. Maybe it was on purpose...
I agree with previous post
Pros: Beautiful story. Sony pictures classic always puts out the best most vivid movies IMHO.
Cons: I thought I was the only one that thought this was the absolute worst transfer ive ever seen. I have the DVD version also and on popped both in on the ps3 to compare. Honestly the upconverted DVD looked far better than the BD version. Im very disgusted at this. I bought Crouching Tiger on BD thats still in the wrapper and I will be heartbroken if the took the same "I dont care" attitude they showed with this title.
Overall Review: Buy the DVD but you should already own the DVD version.
Oh My Goodness!!
Pros: My goodness. This is the best upgrade you can ever do to your computer. Please dont let the 40gigs and the 35 write speeds turn you off to this drive. 40 gigs is plenty for my win7 ultimate,drivers,office 2007, zune and alot of other programs and I still have 18.1gigs left! Also has TRIM! Heres the numbers according to hd tune. I tested my SSD,WD Black 750gig and my Seagate 7200.12 1t. SSD Read-181.5MB/sec 0.1ms WD Black Read-108.6MB/sec Access time-11.8sec Seagate 1tb-120.9MB/sec Access time-15.4ms So you see that 180MB reads and pretty much no access time, this is a huge perfomance increase.
Cons: The only con you may see is the 40 write speeds. But honestly I dont see this as a con because if you think about it, your reading way more than your writing so please dont let the speed detour you.
Overall Review: This is a great boot drive for the speed and price! I really hope someone figures out how to run SSD's in raid and have TRIM. Its coming and when it does I will purchase another!