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Patrick O.

Patrick O.

Joined on 09/26/12

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Most Favorable Review

Awesome!

BitFenix Prodigy Arctic White Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case
BitFenix Prodigy Arctic White Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case

Pros: I built a little FM1 pc in this bad boy. The build quality was GREAT. All of the wires leading from the side panel were long enough to be run in front of the PSU and back to the top of the mobo. Came with a couple of black SATA cables, one of which had the L shaped connector. The modular aspect of this case was absolutely spectacular. I have nothing running on top of the mobo. Also the PSU bay holds a full sized unit. See comments for potential issues.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Please make sure you buy a shorter PSU. I bought a 5.5" length psu and everything fit wonderfully. A full length PSU would be a rather tight fit. Since this is a modular case, a modular PSU is what i'll be going with in my next build. Should free up a little more space to work with.

10/11/2012
Most Critical Review

Cannot Recommend

Rii Mini Wireless Keyboard w/ Touchpad Presenter for iPad, iPad MIn, PC, MAC, iPhone, PlayStation3/PS3, Laser-Pointer with Remote Control Function
Rii Mini Wireless Keyboard w/ Touchpad Presenter for iPad, iPad MIn, PC, MAC, iPhone, PlayStation3/PS3, Laser-Pointer with Remote Control Function

Pros: It is a nice concept and the layout is rather nice. The inclusion of the USB receiver in the keyboard is a nice touch that allows easy travel without worrying about losing the dongle

Cons: The cons started on the initial usage. I purchased this in concert with an Android HDMI media stick. Upon initial usage, everything connected properly, so that was nice. I was using it about 10ft away from the receiver and input was rather erratic. Getting repeated letters after only one press of a key was frustratingly common. This problem continued to be an issue after repeated usage. On the second day of usage, the 'On/Off' switch fell off. It didnt break, there was no improper force applied, it literally just fell off into the abyss of my chair, never to be seen again. On the second week of usage, it just stopped working all together. I tried charging it for 48 hours, pressing keys to make sure it was 'awake', I even tried it on my laptop to make sure the Android dongle wasnt at fault. Alas, it was dead.

Overall Review: Overall I had high hopes for this little guy. It was cool and inexpensive, but it was also inexpensively assembled.

Nice

Lenovo 19" 60 Hz LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D ThinkVision L194
Lenovo 19" 60 Hz LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D ThinkVision L194

Pros: Decent little monitor. Picture is decent, no dead pixels. Design is different. It honestly would look more comfortable in a business environment rather than my bedroom, but its just a second monitor so i can keep working while the family watches videos

Cons: It was dirty. Like it came with dust on it, there was a bit of glue or tape adhesive residue on the front where it was either labelled or had some sort of tape on it for a long long time.

11/30/2012

Great board!

ASRock A75M-ITX FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) USB 3.0 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
ASRock A75M-ITX FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) USB 3.0 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

Pros: this is great board, great feature set

Cons: none

Overall Review: its a touch nitpicky considering the price point, but there is no usb 3.0 bus on the board, other than the back ports, so you cant add usb 3.0

10/13/2012

super quiet

SilenX Effizio Thermistor EFX-12-15T 120mm Case Fan
SilenX Effizio Thermistor EFX-12-15T 120mm Case Fan

Pros: As the title says, super quiet

Cons: None

10/10/2012

great laptop

Lenovo Laptop IdeaPad Intel Core i3-2370M 4GB Memory 750GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 3000 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Z580 (215123U)
Lenovo Laptop IdeaPad Intel Core i3-2370M 4GB Memory 750GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 3000 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Z580 (215123U)

Pros: Superb laptop, especially at the 430$ price point.

Cons: Comes with a decent amount of bloat ware, but several could prove useful, such as the one key recovery. oovoo is just straight bloat