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DAVID H.

DAVID H.

Joined on 12/16/08

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Most Favorable Review

Customer Choice for a Reason

Acer S201HLbd Black 20" 5ms  LED-Backlight LCD monitor 250 cd/m2 ACM 12,000,000:1 (1000:1)
Acer S201HLbd Black 20" 5ms LED-Backlight LCD monitor 250 cd/m2 ACM 12,000,000:1 (1000:1)

Pros: Everything, the monitor is a solid performer. I already stress tested and no hiccups. I left my system on for a straight week and played a lot of high graphics games and I tested the color spectrum/resolution/feature test cd for displays for LCD's and it passed with flying colors. The resolution is impressive. It has far better quality than my old LCD 15 inch MAG (5+ years old) and this is the first LCD+LED monitor I've owned and it had a Awesome price for a 20in monitor! I'm pretty tough on my judgements on everything I buy so if I give this 5 stars it's good! It's surprisingly thin as well and one thing I was very happy about is that the monitor / dvi cable made it to my computer which is about 6 feet away from my monitor...well it just made it If your thinking about this monitor to upgrade, do it, you won't be sorry.

Cons: The only thing I can think of is the blue light for the power button which doesn't even bug me...I kind of like it anyway...I just see how some might not as it is pretty bright.

Overall Review: I only wish it were a 25 inch monitor but this is very nice.

Most Critical Review

This case is ok (I would give it (3.5 stars)

Thermaltake Level 20 MT ARGB CA-1M7-00M1WN-00 Black SPCC / Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Thermaltake Level 20 MT ARGB CA-1M7-00M1WN-00 Black SPCC / Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Good and bad design. It is roomy, I like the power supply bay and the ATX mounts are pre-installed. I am however comparing it to the Thermaltake Commander C35 which was a mind boggingly Awesome case and hands down the BEST case I've ever used by a longshot!!!!!! You however can't get them anymore....sold out....it would've been my third commander case if I would've been able to get it. Overall, this is a solid case, no cheap garbage, no doubt, there are just some little things and big things (Point 3 is the only biggie) I will list in the cons that negate a super high score.

Cons: 1. On the commander, you could take a PSU mounting plate off the back and slide the PSU in directly but with this case you have to take off the solid metal case panel to get the PSU in....it is just annoying. 2. On the commander you had the mobo ATX, M-ATX, and other ATX style mount points clearly stamped in the metal showing you where the mount needed to go (and they were pre-installed again) but on this one, there are no markings...I mean big deal, you'd just line the mobo up with the holes but it would've still been nice to have. 3. Again, the commander kills this case, in the commander the SSD/HD bays were located somewhere not in the way of the PSU cables thus making it awesome and had 3 places on the reverse side of the case to mount 3 additonal SSD's. The con I'm about to go into is the WORST design flaw for this case. When you put the PSU in you have a SSD/HD drive bay sitting like only 3 inches in front of it and they have these little 2 inch long slots above the PSU bay to slide the cables through but those become mostly useless because when you run the power cables through, they tend to interfere with the connectors on the mobo. Even if you install correctly and setup the mobo connections first like the HD audio header and Panel 1 you won't be able to get some of the power cables through anyway because with the connectors like for the CPU cable and 24 pin mobo power cable, they have latching clips that will be in the way when you try to slide them through the slots after you have your PANEL1 and other connectors installed already and you won't be able to get them through either hole, your PCIe cable won't get through either, the only one I could get through was the SATA power cable. So it's just a bad idea! If they would've made them about 2 to 3 mm wider, problem solved but they didn't. I HIGHLY suggest that you don't buy 2.5 SSD's or HD's and just remove the SSD/HD drive bay and go with a 1 or 2TB NVMe SSD and that way you don't need that stupid drive bay. But if you need it, be prepared to suffer. In this case I would suggest buying a different case if you wanted to do some kind of RAID config or something. There is an alternative solution though but that would risk metal flecks being in the case and I wouldn't want to risk that. You could (before you put ANYTHING in the case) get a dremel with a grinding disc and just simply grind out a big slot in the PSU bay yourself that is between the cables and the SSD/HD bay. Thermaltake F'd up on that one.....That is like a DUH moment...like a big one....Way to go stupid design engineers. So when they designed this thing some idiot engineers got together and said....good job guys....those slots for the cables are nice and super slim making it impossible to get the cables through when the mobo cables are connected....good job! 4. Even though the front looks cool with the glass in front of the fans, it is bad design, I will have to just install an extra fan or 2 now, no bigs, I have spares but it just sucks that they sacrificed design quality for aesthetic pleasure....you say why did you buy it then...because it was the best choice that was available with the aesthetics I wanted and the features I wanted, that's why. Once again, the commander had 3 ARGB fans in the front with a mesh filtration on the front that looked cool. Once again, gold stars for the commander. 5. Finally, In the case book they DON'T say anything at all about ASRock ARGB compatability for their 2 cables. For their 2 cables they say the 4 pin is Gigabyte...yeah ok....then the 3 pin is for ASUS/MSI.....They never mention ASRock and I know when I bought the case it said it supported ASRock....I know because I just rechecked it and it says that but the case book doesn't. Either way....It DOES support ASRock on the 3 pin connector for the mobo sync cable that goes from the reverse side case board to the 3 pin RGB connector on the mobo just if you were wondering....Oh yeah...Did I mention that once again the commander gets gold stars because it mentions ASRock/Asus/MSI on the 3 bin and Gigabyte on the 4 pin in its' mobo manual.

Overall Review: - If using for a RAID build I would not Suggest this case unless you are willing to take a dremel to it, otherwise, it is pretty good, just not the thermaltake commander C35 :(

APC is always great!

APC BR1000MS 1000 VA Pure SineWave 10 Outlets 2 USB Charging Ports Back-UPS Pro Battery Backup
APC BR1000MS 1000 VA Pure SineWave 10 Outlets 2 USB Charging Ports Back-UPS Pro Battery Backup

Pros: -It is all pros

Cons: -None

Overall Review: The first one I got had a cracked LCD screen, I had the item replaced and the new one I got came with no issues and working 100%. I however found I have a building wiring fault so I have to get that fixed. Seems like a wonderful little UPS. Waaaayyyy better than my worthless CyberPower one that I previously owned that died on me.

Best cooler on the market at the moment I think

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151

Pros: -Just awesome, it will lower your temps at least by 10 to 20C more than your stock cooler. -Comes with this VERY COOL pre-sorted parts container which makes it WAY easy to find your parts and they even gave you some little tools in there to get the job done....very cool setup. -With the AMD Ryzen stock cooler I was hitting 51 to 52C at norm load and yes....I applied the thermal paste correctly but with this cooler, I am only sitting at 30 to 31C on a normal load which is what it should be around. A lot of places say 50C for the AMD Ryzen CPU series but that's only if you use the stock cooler....It shouldn't be that hot....like ever....30's are good....50's.....not good.

Cons: -None

Overall Review: -Excellent...you wanna cool your CPU....use this sucka, it's the best one!

Handles everything I've thrown at it....even the new doom

ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G OC Video Card, RX5500XT PGD 8GO
ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G OC Video Card, RX5500XT PGD 8GO

Pros: -It is awesome

Cons: -The fan thing....This isn't a con but an engineering advancement. You may be concerned because all of a sudden you'll see that the fans stop running after boot up making you think there is something wrong with this graphics card. There is nothing wrong with it, it will only run it's fans when it hits a certain temperature threshold which is actually good then because your fans won't burn out anytime ever. -Once again...not a con...they don't even mention this in the video card manual anywhere that I saw.

Overall Review: -Great performance for the price....I mean...it is really decent!

WOW WOW WOW

SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen3. X4, NVMe 1.3 64L V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V7E1T0BW
SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen3. X4, NVMe 1.3 64L V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V7E1T0BW

Pros: -Nothing but AWESOME. -The old stupid days of the drive bay are gone!!!! -These things are so simple to install! -LIGHTNING FAST!!!

Cons: -Absolutely NONE!!

Overall Review: -BUY THIS....BUY THIS....Did I say buy this?