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Jonathan A.

Jonathan A.

Joined on 08/09/04

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Most Critical Review

Terrible Customer Support Massive Technical Headache

LaView Panda LV-PC902F2-W HD 1080P 2MP Day/Night w/PIR Detection, Motion, Built-in Micro SD Slot Wireless or PoE IP Camera
LaView Panda LV-PC902F2-W HD 1080P 2MP Day/Night w/PIR Detection, Motion, Built-in Micro SD Slot Wireless or PoE IP Camera

Pros: - High Resolution Camera - Cheap

Cons: Right off the bat the software they give you on the disc that comes with it fails to work (Doesn't play nice with Win 7) resulting in you getting no help whatsoever in setting the camera up. If you know your way around a router as I do you should be able to manually configure the camera to connect wirelessly to the router. I did get it working and talking to the Wifi finally. Then came the task of configuring motion detection and alarms. This part was not so bad... but even after hours of playing with settings and reading other users feedback and help forums I could not get it to send me an email when an alarm was triggered. Something is very wrong/outdated in the way the program handles this and even their youtube video advises you incorrectly on getting this to work with gmail. The camera interface would no let me configure a drive in which to store images either as it would not recognize any of my harddrives or external drives. To put it simply the camera worked and alarms triggered but I would never know it as there was no record being taken anywhere and no emails being sent. Instructions and online help files were terrible in helping to resolve either of these issues. I finally gave up and called customer support was on hold for 90 minutes no response finally hung up called back and left a message. Good luck getting a response from this company as word from other users is that it takes a week or more and occurs at a totally random time. No thanks I filed for a return. I won't be taking a chance on this company ever again.

Great device but it came with broken remote and it wont link to my phone

NVIDIA SHIELD TV Streaming Media Player with Remote 945-12897-2500-100
NVIDIA SHIELD TV Streaming Media Player with Remote 945-12897-2500-100

Pros: - Works great if you don't want to use the remote or your phone with it

Cons: - Won't connect to my phone but will connect to wifi (yes tried online trouble shooting reading the forums etc) - Remote arrived broken with malfunctioning up arrow that doesn't always work when pressed

Overall Review: - At this price I expect everything to arrive and work right away out of the box. This is totally unacceptable and I cannot suggest anyone else get it because of those issues

Sounds like a rattling jet engine. Loudest PC I've ever built thanks to this single component.

CORSAIR Hydro Series H90 High Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 140mm
CORSAIR Hydro Series H90 High Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 140mm

Pros: - It does the job it was purchased to do. Processor temps stay ice cold regardless of what I'm doing - No bulk space taken up by air fan radiator above processor (you don't really gain anything with the space savings though)

Cons: - It was difficult to mount took me awhile (over an hour) to figure out how to properly assemble the bracket for this specific processor and mobo. Instructions were confusing. Then the worst part is attaching it correctly to the mobo. Just a giant headache that makes me never want to disassemble this thing for any reason. - A little expensive as cooling options go overall when compared to a basic air cooling radiator that might have been way easier to mount on this build - After around 1 month of usage I started getting a constant rattling noise from the water pump. If I had to describe how loud it is now I'd say it sounds like a big fish tank pump blowing bubbles at full blast next to your year. At first I thought it was a dying or damaged fan so I called them about it and Corsair was very nice about shipping me a replacement fan. I switched the fan out with both the one they mailed to me AND a friends fan that I knew didn't make any noise at all when rotating. Rotated the radiator around in all axis for a few minutes as youtube vids will tell you to do to "get air bubbles out" (which is nonsense and a big waste of time there's no air bubbles in there to get out and that's not what causes the rattle). Remounted everything as instructed with liquid tubes at the bottom. 2 hours fiddling with it wasted and nothing worked still getting a constant rattle noise from the pump unit and have now confirmed it's not the fan. Apparently a google search after the fact tells me that many people have this issue with varying degrees of success fixing it. The pumps make a clicking noise to carying degrees that's how they pump the liquid. I just had no idea it was so loud! Happens with every liquid cooler not just the H90. Anyway, I feel like I've wasted enough time on it now and I refeuse to totally dismount, return, and clean the processor then remount. That would take WAY too much down time and effort to fix this rattle and I'm honestly so angry now I just don't have the patience to go through it all so I can get a replacement unit that will just start rattling again in a months time. Guess I will have to deal with a noisy PC for the next 4 years. That being said this is the first and LAST time I'll ever be dumb enough to do a liquid cooler. I had a feeling it was going to be a dumb decision and yep... it was! Going to be air all the way from here on out. Too many headaches with these liquid pumps to justify the modest increase in cooling efficiency.

Overall Review: - Id suggest people stick with the air coolers lest you end up in my sad situation stuck with a build that took a ton of money and effort and now sounds like garbage thanks to this unit. So frustrated.

Don't buy this if you want an easy build experience

Cooler Master HAF X - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with Windowed Side Panel and USB 3.0 Ports
Cooler Master HAF X - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with Windowed Side Panel and USB 3.0 Ports

Pros: - Cheap - Has Wheels - Tons of Space - High Quality Materials

Cons: - The motherboard cutout in back for some reason denies you access to all of the standard holes for a rear CPU fan mounting plate. Frustrating! - The manual is just awful one of the worst might as well not exist - Poorly labeled motherboard and case cables with no description anywhere on how to hook things up you just have to wing it - 4 prong PC warning speaker in a separate baggy? Huh? Where do I even put this no one knows. - Lots of extra cords cables and stuff come with it in baggies but with no description on what to do with them because the manual is terrible at explaining anything

Overall Review: Bottom Line: I've built three towers before this one. This case has fought me every step of the way on this install. I wouldn't buy it again makes everything way too difficult.