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Brian F.

Brian F.

Joined on 08/13/04

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Most Favorable Review

Great Router

NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Wi-Fi Router, Gigabit Router, Open Source Support, Circle with Smart Parental Controls, Compatible with Amazon Alexa (R7000)
NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Wi-Fi Router, Gigabit Router, Open Source Support, Circle with Smart Parental Controls, Compatible with Amazon Alexa (R7000)

Pros: Easiest setup I've had with a router. Immediately worked upon installation. Setup both bands and linked it to a FIOS router. Plug and play ease. Recognized a 4TB usb drive I connected to the USB3 immediately and allows access to all connected devices to the drive. Actually really enjoyed setting this one up. Nice heft to it without being too big. It is a bit bigger than my FIOS router. Extended my wireless range but quite bit! Have 5 Ghz available in the entire house. Guest network, media server are bonus items!

Cons: Not many to be honest. Could have used a couple more LAN ports (4) but that is an easy fix.

Overall Review: Well designed and well thought out device. Enjoyed the ease of use. All my devices have connected to this with no problems. No dropped signals (yet). My FIOS would drop the cell phones quite often.

Most Critical Review

So/So

eDimensional AudioFX Pro 5+1 USB Connector Circumaural Force Feedback Gaming Headset
eDimensional AudioFX Pro 5+1 USB Connector Circumaural Force Feedback Gaming Headset

Pros: Excellent sound, force feedback is very impressive. Comfortable and fit the head nicely.

Cons: Many connection issues. Have to have it plugged in prior opening windows. The drivers and driver support are minimal and do little to address issues of dropping and of occasional static.

Overall Review: Have had to reinstall drivers three times now. In hindsight, would buy another brand.

Update to my first review after 4 wks

MSI Z87I GAMING AC LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
MSI Z87I GAMING AC LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Fast!! Quiet Runs excellent after 4 weeks Automatic BIOS update on first connection Runs low temps @ stock settings Choice of installing software - NO BLOATWARE 5 Bars on 5ghz wireless on second floor! Plays COD/Team Fortress II/COD/etc at full settings

Cons: Very few. Already stated the one four pin fan connection for case (actually has two to include CPU fan). Fixed with a cheap converter with no issues.

Overall Review: Disregard the negative reviews about bloat ware. The disk is very well designed and gives you the option to install all or pick what you want to install. The loss of two eggs for the placement of connectors I believe is excessive. This board is well designed (my first ITX and I'm very impressed). They fit everything in with the video card, RAM and stock CPU cooler in mind. I played Day of Defeat and Team Fortress II before I had my case fans running with amazingly no issues (40c - 50c temps on CPU). I'm going to buy another one when I can find a small enough case with two slots for the video card! I7 4770K MSI GTX 760 (made for this board) G.Skill Sniper 8Gb 250 SSD 1TB Seagate HD

CORSAIR CX series CX750 750W 80 PLUS BRONZE Haswell Ready ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply
CORSAIR CX series CX750 750W 80 PLUS BRONZE Haswell Ready ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply

Pros: Quiet! Good cord management. A lot of cords! But they are all wrapped.

Cons: Missing any 3 pin connectors for fans. Find this strange as they are standard on cases. Had to order converters after receiving this power supply. They do include 2 four pin power connectors.

MSI G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 GAMING ITX 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card, N760 2GD5/OC ITX
MSI G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 GAMING ITX 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card, N760 2GD5/OC ITX

Pros: Fits nicely and performs outstanding. Fits with the ITX board and inside the case with no problems. Image quality is great. Very quiet.

Cons: None really - noted the card reaches 80c when under stress loads but have not noticed a drop in performance.

BitFenix Prodigy BFC-PRO-300-RRXKR-RP Fire Red Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case
BitFenix Prodigy BFC-PRO-300-RRXKR-RP Fire Red Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case

Pros: Good design. Well thought out. Easy installation of components. Looks great!

Cons: Like many, I found a broken plastic attachment where the case leg is secured by a screw into the base. It looks like they use power drivers in the factory and just over tightened this one. I took one egg for this as it did weaken the case a bit. However, it is completely usable without it and I don't fear the case breaking or falling due to the loss of this single screw hold. They just need better attention to detail as the case is great otherwise.