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DAVID R.

DAVID R.

Joined on 07/23/03

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Most Favorable Review

Love this card! Upgraded from 2080ti and it smokes it!

ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 12GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a) TUF-RTX4070TI-O12G-GAMING
ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 12GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a) TUF-RTX4070TI-O12G-GAMING

Pros: - has 12GB which is plenty for most games - handles all games at 1440p at ultra, most at 144 to 165fps matching my display - runs pretty cool - has plenty of ports, multiple HDMI 2.1a and DP 1.4a - DLSS 3

Cons: - a little pricy and no real discounts - rgb is pretty lacking. the tuf logo and a light under it is all we get

Overall Review: Overall, a great choice. I had considered some lower cost options but this one sits right between cheapest and most expensive and it is an ASUS card which brings quality based on my experience. The 4070ti was originally a 4080 before launch, so I feel like I'm getting a low-memory 4080 and somehow that justifies the cost in my mind.

Most Critical Review

Not New Drives. 6+ Years old and used a lot

HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724040ALS640 (0B26885) 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SAS 6Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Hard Drive Bare Drive
HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724040ALS640 (0B26885) 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SAS 6Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: - They arrived on time

Cons: - OLD, Used and faulty in some cases - Least expensive compared to similar drives but if they fail in a few months, without a warranty it is not worth the money saved.

Overall Review: No where in the description were these listed as used or refurbished or anything. In fact they list 5 year warranty and the drives are manufactured in 2014. This is deceptive in my opinion. One of the drives already is reporting sector read errors.

Died after 6 months of use

Enermax LIQMAX III 240 RGB, All-in-one CPU Liquid Cooler for AM4 & AM5 / LGA 1700/1200/1151, 240mm Radiator, Dual-Chamber Water Block, RGB Fan - AM5 & LGA1700 Ready
Enermax LIQMAX III 240 RGB, All-in-one CPU Liquid Cooler for AM4 & AM5 / LGA 1700/1200/1151, 240mm Radiator, Dual-Chamber Water Block, RGB Fan - AM5 & LGA1700 Ready

Pros: - was a fairly inexpensive option to buy - ran really well and kept 12700k cool while it worked

Cons: - pump stopped running after about 6 months. just started noticing it running really hot and found no fluid pumping through hoses - RMA is a pain in the rear because you have to send the original back in your own packaging and dime and wait for a replacement

Overall Review: It was good while it lasted but I probably won't buy from this manufacturer again. I have 10 year old corsair aios that still run, although I probably wouldn't use them.

You get what you pay for

ThinkPad T400 Refurbished Notebook Intel Core 2 Duo P8400(2.26GHz) 14.1" 2GB Memory 160GB HDD DVD/CD-RW Combo Windows Vista Home Basic
ThinkPad T400 Refurbished Notebook Intel Core 2 Duo P8400(2.26GHz) 14.1" 2GB Memory 160GB HDD DVD/CD-RW Combo Windows Vista Home Basic

Pros: It's a thinkpad. The screen has no dead pixels and is fairly bright. The battery6 cell) is holding a decent charge of about 2-3 hours.

Cons: The machine I received was pretty beat up. The casing and keyboard were caked in crud, the F1 key is broken, the express slot is missing the insert adding to the flex of the case and the case is missing screws on the bottom. It seems more like a used fleamarket laptop than a refurbished one. I'm not sure what they refurbished.

Overall Review: I received pretty much the bottom barrel specs for this model. The screen resolution is 1280x800, gpu is intel 4500(no amd switchable in here)., cpu is 2.26 8400, 2 gig of ram as stated. I decided instead of RMA'ing it, I'm just going to buy a keyboard from fleabay and call it a day. Overall, not really happy with the condition it's in, but it works and does what I expected it to for the price.