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James L.

James L.

Joined on 02/09/07

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Spot Cooool

Antec SpotCool 0761345-75018-9 Blue LED Case Fan
Antec SpotCool 0761345-75018-9 Blue LED Case Fan

Pros: Excellent cooling to both ram and cpu - sprays cooling breeze in a fairly wide swath.

Cons: Not completely silent. Not as easy to install as I expected.

Overall Review: It's cheap and effective - buy two!

Most Critical Review

It's not really about the memory stick

OLOy OWL 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model MD4U1636181CHKDA
OLOy OWL 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model MD4U1636181CHKDA

Pros: it doesn't work with my motherboard after a week of trying to figure out why the mb wouldn't boot and an hour on the phone with ASUS..

Cons: Doesn't work with ASUS 570x

Overall Review: The issue is that it should be much simpler to figure out if memory matches a motherboard. A warning that this doesn't work with the motherboard you purchased might have been helpful. After talking with the tech, he sent me a PDF that I had to go back and forth with models to try to find one compatible. annoying.

R9-290x

XFX Double Dissipation Radeon R9 290X 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card R9-290X-EDFD
XFX Double Dissipation Radeon R9 290X 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card R9-290X-EDFD

Pros: veru fast. easy to install, few hassles while it worked

Cons: Pretty much dead after 4 short months - that's about an extra 80$/month to my gaming - I'm currently getting 1fps on it. Threw in 1 of my old 5750's and it's chugging along fine.

Overall Review: The downside of having a 4K monitor... needing one of these puppies

Naga Razer

RAZER Naga Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming Mouse
RAZER Naga Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming Mouse

Pros: Nice, precise pointing device with lots of buttons to assign actions to.

Cons: Would really be nice if they made a larger size for folks like myself with "meatier" fingers. Smaller hand/thinner fingers and this thing would be a dream.

Overall Review: The action on the side buttons takes a fair amount of force to activate - this avoids unintentional clicking but is kind of an issue.

Egggselent

MSI Radeon HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card R5750-PM2D1G
MSI Radeon HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card R5750-PM2D1G

Pros: Perfect - clear picture, seldom comes off of the 60fps on WoW.

Cons: It's not the 5870 for this price...

Perfect for my bedroom TV

SAMSUNG 22" 720p LCD HDTV - LN22A451
SAMSUNG 22" 720p LCD HDTV - LN22A451

Pros: Crisp, clear picture, sturdy base. Doubles as a computer monitor - again crisp, clear picture. Just about perfect.

Cons: None really.

Overall Review: If you're looking for a smaller HDTV, this is a great choice.