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Ethan E.

Ethan E.

Joined on 11/27/12

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Most Favorable Review

Fantastic Purchase for the Traveler

FREMO 10000mAh Lithium Polymer Power Bank External Battery Charger (3A Output) for Tablets, Smartphones, and Other Mobile Devices (made by SCUD)
FREMO 10000mAh Lithium Polymer Power Bank External Battery Charger (3A Output) for Tablets, Smartphones, and Other Mobile Devices (made by SCUD)

Pros: I just got home from a trip of a few days. I was on a bus with an athletic group and did not have access to AC ports to charge any electronic devices while driving, so I purchased this to keep my charge. A few friends used it and loved it. The lights are convenient, they helped me ration the usage. The design is sleek and smooth. The 2 ports are nice for multiple devices at the same time, although it does decrease the output rate for the 2 compared to charging just one device and the power bank's charge decreases much quicker.

Cons: none that I can think of

Overall Review: This really isn't an issue, nor did I not expect it, but the power bank weighs a considerable amount. I'd say roughly 5 pounds, so it might be a hassle to carry around in one's pocket or purse. A backpack would be fine for it, unless you are trying to pack lightweight.

Most Critical Review

Not Even Worth $20

Cyber Acoustics CA-2012RB 1.5 Watts 2.0 Desktop Speaker System - Black
Cyber Acoustics CA-2012RB 1.5 Watts 2.0 Desktop Speaker System - Black

Pros: They work...

Cons: The pair of speakers are, as said earlier, very tinny. The sound quality is completely flat.

Overall Review: If you just need a temporary pair because your monitor doesn't have built in speakers or something along those lines, these will do fine for the price. All I use them for now is an extension for my audio cables from my computer to my receiver.

11/27/2013

Very Nice Case

RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEBP 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case With 500W Power Supply
RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEBP 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case With 500W Power Supply

Pros: It's a spacious case with decent cable management. I bought this for my first custom build and am very impressed. The mechanism locking in the external 5.25 slots and external 3.5 slots are very nice and easy to use (When I first bought it I didn't have an optical drive so I had to share the old one from my family's computer until I got my own.). The fans are strong and because there are more than 2 (there are 4 that come with the case and an extra slot for a 5th fan) you can create positive pressure to minimize dust settlement. The HDD casing is really nice, it slides out on a track so that you can work with it facing you instead of having to crane your neck into the case to view the back of your HDD straight on, and it locks into place when you're done using the casing. The access to the motherboard is nice because the panel that the MoBo is mounted to is on hinges so you can unhook the whole panel and drop it to a flat surface for easy access, rather than working with it in a vertical position or laying your whole case on its side.

Cons: The audio jacks in the front of the case seem cheap and I fear breaking them (this is not true for the USB ports though) when I put my headphones into them. They're also kind of tight so it's difficult to even insert the headphones into the jack, but it definitely isn't worth knocking an egg off. The The fans are slightly noisy, but I don't really notice until I turn off my computer in the middle of the night and think, "Whoa, that's what silence is like..." The PSU is mounted on the top which makes for bad cable management and there aren't many knicks and crannies to hook a zip tie to to keep the cables above the CPU fan so it was difficult to organize that properly.

Overall Review: The crossbar along the side was annoying when I was first doing work with it, but now that I am done making frequent adjustments it looks nice and isn't a nuisance. I loved the idea of LEDs on the case cause, I mean, what's the fun in a case that doesn't have a lights on it, but after a while they got annoying because my computer is within sight distance of where I sleep so the lights are annoying when I leave it on overnight to do a big download or update.

12/23/2013
EVGA  02G-P4-3658-KR  GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST SuperClocked 2GB  192-bit  GDDR5  PCI Express 3.0  SLI Support Video Card - Retail
EVGA 02G-P4-3658-KR GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST SuperClocked 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card - Retail

Pros: Very good card, FPS rates aren't super high but they are definitely very good, especially for a novice, or amateur gamer. I bought this for one of my first builds and wasn't sure if it was going to be sufficient or not, but I was wrong, it was perfect.

Cons: The way that my motherboard is set up, the card has to face down, so all I can see on it is the bottom of its motherboard. Also, this card is a giant, I read a few reviews saying how large it was and I definitely did not expect something this big. My case was pretty spacious until I put this card in. My case also has a side bar and a support for smaller GPUs but I had to remove it because of how large the card was. These aren't directly issues, but they can be if you have a small or smaller case, mainly it's just info that you should be aware of.

10/27/2013