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Renee F.

Renee F.

Joined on 12/15/08

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Most Favorable Review

Good Power Supply

ABS Tagan ITZ Series ITZ1100 1100 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
ABS Tagan ITZ Series ITZ1100 1100 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Price Blue Finish

Cons: Would prefer a better warranty.

Overall Review: It works.

Most Critical Review

Forgot About Overclocking Her Stock

ASUS Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card EAH4870/HTDI/512M/A
ASUS Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card EAH4870/HTDI/512M/A

Pros: She's fast. Plays Crysis on Full Mode. Relatively Inexpensive.

Cons: The software can set her another 100 Mhz fasterbut she'll freeze. Not as pretty as other versions. The section around the bottom of the case where she is gets hot.

Overall Review: Spend the extra $40 and get the DK version with full cooling unless you're going to remove the fan and watercool it. I compared all the versions using the New Egg comparison tool, but I didn't check the pictures.. or I would have bought the DK. No problems though.

Logitech G9x Black Two modes scroll USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse
Logitech G9x Black Two modes scroll USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse

Pros: Smooth movement across the screen. No more jumping around in games. If you move a gun from one point to another, it will move through every space in between without jumping. This is great for gaming, and the main reason why I needed a new mouse. This mouse will adjust its DPI with the click of a button, and display it with mulit-coloured leds. The large feet for sliding allow it glide across the mouse pad easily. Mouse wheel will switch modes from free turning to a set turn each time. The buttons feel more like the gaming buttons on a game pad. It may look like a big mouse, but you can take the cover off and it becomes much skinnier. The cover is WASHABLE, making a good portion of the mouse easy to clean. MAJOR plus. Wouldn't it be nice if all computer keyboards and mice could be cleaned easilyi? Think about the germs.

Cons: Price Packaging from hell.

Overall Review: Overall, I'm glad I bought this mouse. We'll see if it can endure a thousands hours of gaming!

Definitely Buying One Of These!

P3 Kill A Watt Electricity Load Meter and Monitor
P3 Kill A Watt Electricity Load Meter and Monitor

Pros: Easy to use. Supports high wattage devices. Shows you: Amperage / Voltage / Records KW usage while plugged in / Frequency of the Signal

Cons: How's about a USB plug to connect it up to some monitoring equipment like a computer? :) I'm not sure how quickly this would show a sudden change in amperage.

Overall Review: I was considering adding a third graphics card to my machine, and naturally needed to know how many kilowatts my system was using... Sooo I picked up one of these babies from the LIBRARY to test out (they're free here to borrow for a week). Now I can't live without one. I can tell exactly how much power my computer is using with this. When my system is maxed out with everything 100% or if some program changes and it's not working as hard as it could be. (I run software that does a lot of calculations .. think folding@home) Every over clocker should have one! ps. the library charges $60 if you lose one of these!

Buggy Software

Left 4 Dead 2 PC Game
Left 4 Dead 2 PC Game

Pros: Really fun to play. More zombies than you can shake a stick at. The game starts out in a hotel that is on fire. You can climb out onto a ledge while shooting zombies, but make sure you don't fall off the side. Pretty spooky. :)

Cons: There is currently a known issue they are working on that causes the game to crash and exit without a windows message. Apparently it worked for a while, and now it crashes all the time. 6 times in a row in one session.

Overall Review: While it is a good game, I would avoid it until they get it fixed. There's a demo that you can download to see if you like the game. The demo is fun too.

11/21/2009

Dell Monitor Is The Problem

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100281VXSR
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100281VXSR

Pros: None

Cons: None

Overall Review: To the person writing the reviews about flickering screens. It's not the card, it's the Dell Monitor. I know because I have seen two separate monitors with the same issue. There are known technical issues with Dell 2408wfp monitors.

11/10/2009