Joined on 05/15/02
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Pros: MSI has mastered the quiet cooling solution for sure. This cooler is nice and long, lots of fin space and the fans on high are nothing like the GTX 480's that it replaced. Single card, low power consumption, low heat output.
Cons: Nothing that is a true drawback to ownership. See Other thoughts.
Overall Review: In a couple games, my FPS was better with 2 480's. 3 Generations later and with the speeds this card has,I thought it would be comparable to my old 480's. It's not quite. From all of the published benchmarks, I thought that it would be close, or better. it's not quite.. but just barely not quite. These are pretty new, so I pulled the trigger and am totally satisfied. My 480's used to cook my man cave and I'm golden now with less power draw and less heat with this. Plus add another and from the published docs, I'll be about 780/Titan speeds for about $520 Which, is fantastic. I can easily get over the lower FPS in some games for the time being due to the thermal and acoustic improvements over the 480's. I hope this help someone out there because I had a hard time finding good comparison data.
Better than expected
Pros: The cord is long, the earpads are soft, the mic is clear, the price is very low.
Cons: The volume is not that loud with the dial all the way up.
Overall Review: These are perfect for a younger person to use for gaming. They are inexpensive enough to not worry about the cord being yanked out, rolled over, or the headphones being dropped a bunch. They are no frills, but I was surprised how comfortable they were. Worth the money and with the price considered, anything lacking is not a con to me. I use razer carcharias for me and weighed value of these, against those. If you have a kid that is tired or their ears hurting, or needs to use a voice program to talk to grandma or buddies on skype, then this is great.
A whole new look at games, see the entire battlefield/horizon, etc...
Pros: Excellent, vibrant colors, huge real estate, killer UI and joystick input, slim and I keep a lot of my desk instead of filling it up with a monitor. No dead pixels.
Cons: Ever so slight light bleed from one of the corners, but I did expect that given the other reviews and LCD displays in general. This is really not that much a con because in almost everything that I do I don't see it. I only see it when the lights are off and there is a really dark scene in a movie. I watch a movie once a year on the PC so.. you get the point.
Overall Review: I had a 25" and 24" ASUS setup and love their monitors. They were both TN screens so I thought I would try running one single larger monitor in place of the two and man was that the right choice. Also the difference between the colors on the other TN vs this IPS panel are night and day. Some people have mentioned that they didn't like the red accent too much. It comes off and you can paint it black, white, etc... I'm a team green guy myself and though I plan on removing it to paint it, it's really not in your face red. I would totally buy this again.
Killer performance and great looking too!
Pros: Good speeds and a perfect size kit for my needs. I can open and move large Illustrator/Photoshop files and work in between applications and have no concerns. They look really good with my motherboard
Cons: So far nothing.
Overall Review: I've been a fan of Corsair memory due to their performance and reliability and purchased that brand exclusively, but the specs and the color options on this Ballistix set made me pull the trigger. I have no regrets and would certainly go with them again.
Perfect for just about all uses, great capacity.
Pros: Large capacity and great speed. None have failed me yet.
Cons: None.. it's an SD card.
Overall Review: I have one of these in my phone, wife's phone, oldest son's phone Nvidia Shield, Raspberry Pi mini arcade and my Mini nintendo Pi. All are still alive and well after up to 2 years. My newest one is 6 months old so time will tell, but I trust data on them. I have one of these in an adapter that i put movies on and take to the WD Live in the living room, or the Roku in the bedroom when I want to watch something specific. Moving it from my main machine to the sd card is quick, then into the adapter and we're watching the movie in minute.
Got what I paid for.
Pros: Really fast processing when I need it, very wide motherboard support. CPU heavy games play well (BF1).
Cons: Price can always be lower.
Overall Review: I opted for the 7 instead of the 5 because I went with a Sandy Bridge i5 and wondered what I would have gained with a 7. Turns out that I use the extra horsepower of the 7 more than I thought I would. I backup Blurays from time to time when I buy new ones and put them onto an external HD hooked up to a media player attached to the TV in the living room. Backing up a bluray and then creating an MKV from the backup is really fast compared to the i5 I had. I'm quite happy that when i need it, it's got power to spare.
Order placed, order received.
This is a pretty straight forward seller and what I might expect ordering from Sears online. I added to cart, paid, got authorization email, then shipping email a couple of days later. Seller has not contact me to ensure that I received the item, or that everything was received in good condition. There is no after the sale contact so no extra stars for that. All in all, like I said, I bought it, I got it. I contact all of my buyers after the sale to ensure that I met their expectations and provide service after the sale. I imagine that these folks only do that if an issue arises. I hope I have no issues.