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David V.

David V.

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent laptop, great for gaming on a budget

ASUS 15.6" FHD FZ50VW-NS51 Quad Core Intel Core i5 6300HQ  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 8 GB DDR4 Memory 128 GB SSD 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Gaming Laptop - "ONLY @ NEWEGG"
ASUS 15.6" FHD FZ50VW-NS51 Quad Core Intel Core i5 6300HQ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 8 GB DDR4 Memory 128 GB SSD 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Gaming Laptop - "ONLY @ NEWEGG"

Pros: -Fast as hell. Boots up extremely quickly. -Handles multitasking very well. -The graphics pull their weight pretty well, handles most games without issue. -Fan is silent even when revved at full. The fan exhaust placement on the side is a plus. -Keyboard lights are a beauty to behold. -Weight is pretty lightweight for its class and compact, can easily fit this into my backpack with no issue. -SSD & HDD combination is excellent. The HDD comes completely clean, so you can customize it as you see fit.

Cons: - Bloatware. It brought quite a bit of trash which you definitely want to remove. I did a clean install myself to achieve this. Many of the laptops functions were honestly just broken. It seems the drivers have not been updated in a while, and with Windows 10 constantly being updated this is becoming ever more important. Here are several problems off the bat that I encountered: -Network card had intermittent connection. It would randomly disconnect without explanation. -Keyboard backlight did not work properly. -Upon putting the laptop to sleep and waking, it would not wake. A hard reset was required. -The sound is frankly terrible. Usable, but pretty bad as far as laptops go. Think of a 1980s video uploaded on youtube today with its muffled and outdated sound. Thats what it sounds like. -Most of the hotkey functions were not working (couldn't turn off touchpad, adjust keyboard backlights, etc). Only the very basic functions worked (adjust volume, screen brightness). -Bluetooth driver was broken and refused to power on. -While attempting to update the graphics card, the laptop crashed and caused the install to be corrupted. I had to reinstall the system. -The screen was blurry. Now, that being said, even with all of these problems, I still believe this laptop to be worth its run. For nearly every single problem listed above, you essentially NEED to go on the ASUS website and manually update every driver. As soon as you boot up this laptop, make sure you go into advanced system properties and disable the windows update ability to automatically update drivers. Its going to get it wrong and break things even more. However, that is STILL not the end of it. Some drivers on ASUS website, even the updated ones, are STILL broken, since many have not been updated since 2015 (go figure right). In my case these were the network card driver (wifi), bluetooth driver, and some other intel component that I can't remember. Basically all of them were intel components. You should go on the intel website instead and look up their respective drivers, and download them from there instead, as they will tend to be more up to date than the ones on ASUS website. Installing those fixed the intermittent wifi connections and bluetooth problems. The sleep problem was fixed by updating the bios from ASUS website. With the bloatware and driver problems I honestly found it easier to simply install a clean copy of windows and start from there. However, I strongly recommend you make an image of the laptop in its factory state in case something goes wrong, which it probably will. The screen blurry issue was simply because for some reason Windows kept setting the recommended size at 120%, which is not the true size. As a result, everything was blurry. Just set it back to 100% and problem solved. After dealing with all of that nonsense, the laptop turns out to be extremely dependable. Apart from the sound. I don't think that can be fixed, sorry. You are better off wearing some headphones. Just make sure that after all is said and done that you set up Windows to use the HDD drive instead, and you point your default folders over to the HDD, since this is not done for you.

Overall Review: In conclusion, I'd still recommend this laptop. It runs extremely well with its SSD-HDD combination, it handles most games very well, and its very fast. It did come with quite a number of problems (but nearly every laptop has that one little annoying thing you have to fix), and it took me a while to work them out, but after all is said and done I am quite pleased with the machine. It looks pretty mean and performs very well, all while staying within budget.

Most Critical Review

Shh bby is ok

Pros: -Its ok.

Cons: -Its ok. More specifically, its kind of a hit and miss, when you put it on it may adhere perfectly, or perhaps the corners may not fully adhere and may have the dreaded empty bubble space. But 3 for this price at least gives you more tries.

Overall Review: I'm not sure if I would buy this again, I'd prefer something that did not leave empty bubble spaces. Looks nasty.

12/19/2015

The ultimate in sound

HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset with 7.1 Virtual Surround Sound for PC / PS4 / Mac / Mobile - Red
HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset with 7.1 Virtual Surround Sound for PC / PS4 / Mac / Mobile - Red

Pros: -Super comfortable, does not have the pressure and pain other headsets place on your ears<br>-Excellent sound quality<br>-Cable offers plenty of slack<br>-Mic is detachable and lets you use the headset as regular headphones

Cons: The mic is too low and you cannot adjust it in the system since its managed by the onboard amplifier. If you put the mic close to your mouth then everything is fine, but I'm not sure what happened here. It seems to be a common problem with this series.

Overall Review: Definitely worth the bang for your buck here, if you want a reliable headset that is not constantly breaking and making your ears cry in pain, this is it.

So Easy my parents could do it

Google Chromecast Streaming Media Player (2nd Gen) GA3A00093-A14Z01
Google Chromecast Streaming Media Player (2nd Gen) GA3A00093-A14Z01

Pros: -Does exactly what it is intended to do -Fast, can multitask on your phone or device since it loads your content individually -Easy to install and out of the way

Cons: -If you like adblock, it will obviously not work with this unless you load content via pc -The screen mirroring on pc could use a bit more work, the menu is a bit cumbersome to find -If you scroll/skip one too many times on a video the casting may hang

Overall Review: Overall, an incredible device and value, 10/10 would buy again.

Recommended by Vgbootcamp on twitch. Works great!

CyberPower Intelligent LCD UPS CP1350AVRLCD 1350 VA 815 Watts 10 Outlets UPS
CyberPower Intelligent LCD UPS CP1350AVRLCD 1350 VA 815 Watts 10 Outlets UPS

Pros: -It does its job. Provides pretty good backup (gave me about 45 minutes on my setup), and protects against surges. -The LCD provides good vital info including how much load there is, and the battery remaining. -Its compact size provides for easy placement.

Cons: -None really, its done its job well.

Overall Review: Would definitely buy this again since it has proven to be as reliable for me as it has been for all the other smashers that use it as well.

12/19/2015

You want a screen? Bam, here you go

Seiki 24" 1080p LED-LCD HDTV - SE24FE01-W
Seiki 24" 1080p LED-LCD HDTV - SE24FE01-W

Pros: -Cheap. -Lightweight. -Did I mention it was cheap? Anyways, for the price it does its job well. It has HDMI ports, or the traditional analog ones. I primarily use it as an additional monitor for my computer, and it fulfills that role extremely well. It has basic options for changing color and whatnot. Is wall mountable but you will have to buy a bracket separately. If what you are looking for is a good, cheap tv that works, you got it right here. For the price it really is unbeatable.

Cons: -The tv had a slight flaw when it arrived: The frame border where the screen and frame meet, a small part of it was bulging out from the rest of the tv (id say about maybe 7% of the frame). It didn't seem harmful and I was too lazy to return it since I just needed a screen, however its kind of unprofessional to send something out like that without checking. -It may take a couple seconds longer than people are willing for the screen to load up.

Overall Review: If you just want an extra screen that works, or a tv that works, for a great price, you found it right here. However, its important to note that I have only ever used this tv as an extra screen and never actually used the tv functions, so that part of my review is irrelevant there. The color quality is good and I don't really see anything wrong with it, and the options to modify it are decent enough. Apart from the bulging issue its an excellent tv for the price, and I haven't regretted anything thus far.

12/19/2015
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Great Drive

The SSD arrived promptly, in a simple package, and simple to install. Runs fast as hell, don't have any problems, and don't regret buying this at all. The only thing I may regret is not buying a bigger one.

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