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Jameson J.

Jameson J.

Joined on 07/31/09

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Most Favorable Review

Great Case, No Optical Bay

NEW NZXT H440 STEEL Mid Tower Case. Next Generation 5.25-less Design. Include 4 x 2nd Gen FNv2 Fans, High-End WC support, USB3.0, Matte BLK/Orange
NEW NZXT H440 STEEL Mid Tower Case. Next Generation 5.25-less Design. Include 4 x 2nd Gen FNv2 Fans, High-End WC support, USB3.0, Matte BLK/Orange

Pros: Wonderfully designed case. Some key items: Cable management is awesome, although I had a couple of cables that couldn't reach from the PSU to the top of the case. PSU enclosure - I liked this more than I though I would. PSU mounting bracket is pretty snazzy. Great for my liquid cooler. I have a corsair cooler that uses a 140mm radiator. Not always easy to find a case that it fits in (even those w/ 140mm fan's don't always work i the fan is placed too far from teh CPU) Fan Depot - Kind of the same as cable management, but the fan outlet depot is really nice. Good airflow and a large bank of fans.

Cons: No eggs taken, as I knew this was the case - but be aware there is no bay for a 5.25" optical drive.

Overall Review: A great case, that looks stunning, has great features and has a high build quality. Materials used are great (the case is a nice soft matte and has a quality feel to it). If you don't need a optical drive, then I highly recommend this case.

Most Critical Review

Died after 7 months.

StarTech.com USB 3.0 Dual 3.5-Inch SATA III Hard Drive RAID Enclosure with Fast Charge USB Hub and UASP (S352BU33HR)
StarTech.com USB 3.0 Dual 3.5-Inch SATA III Hard Drive RAID Enclosure with Fast Charge USB Hub and UASP (S352BU33HR)

Pros: It worked for a while

Cons: No longer powers on, was rarely really used as it was for archiving. Hope the RAID doesn't make it impossible to recover.

Overall Review: Really sad that this failed, I've usually liked startech, but I'm not too sure how I feel now

Works for What I bought it For - Make Sure You Read the Specs!

Hauppauge ImpactVCB Video Capture Card RCA connectors plus one S-Video/ PCI - OEM
Hauppauge ImpactVCB Video Capture Card RCA connectors plus one S-Video/ PCI - OEM

Pros: Easy to setup in Ubuntu 14.04.2.

Cons: Not an issue for me, but be aware -THERE IS NO AUDIO INPUTS on this card.

Overall Review: I purchased this to put into an older PC (AMD Phenom X4 955 CPU, 8GB RAM and some fairly cheap discrete AMD GPU [I can't remember the model]). My use case is hooking up a VCR and digitizing old home movies for my parents. The VCR is using RCA outputs. I am using an RCA-to-3.5mm cable to get audio to my mic port on my motherboard for audio input. I do not believe the card itself is capable of encoding the video. That said, using VLC to record/encode into MP4 the is working great (I beleive software encoded), but YMMV. The source video is 1980's home VHS recordings, so I do not require anything close to HD

Great Pack

ASUS Republic of Gamers Nomad Backpack 17 inch G-Series Notebooks Model 90XB0160-BBP000
ASUS Republic of Gamers Nomad Backpack 17 inch G-Series Notebooks Model 90XB0160-BBP000

Pros: High quality, sturdy pack. Others have mentioned lack of storage space, not something I personally have really noticed. But I do use for a work pack to hold my laptop 15", 66 piece driver set, serial cables, adapters, 2 Raspberry Pi's and a bunch of random stuff. There still seems to be plenty of room in there.

Cons: Segmented storage reduces the ability to carry many large items.

Overall Review: I can see if you want to utilize as a travel or school pack (read large books) this probably isn't the best pack. The pack has a large storage area (more than it seems, actually) but the segmentation reduces the amount of large items it can hold. The segmentation is great for organization, or smaller items, such as cables, adapters and other thingies* *This was a different word that newegg flags (Really?!!!). Weird that a word that fits perfectly can't be used. It starts with a "P" and means "miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity."

Get's the job done

NZXT RL-KRG10-R1 Sleeve Kraken G10 GPU Bracket
NZXT RL-KRG10-R1 Sleeve Kraken G10 GPU Bracket

Pros: Fit my GTX760 "Mini ITX" by MSI GPU without issue.

Cons: No eggs removed, but on my CPU board (made for mini ITX) about half of the bracket hags off the end of the card (the part that holds the fan). I almost took my dremmel to it to cut it off and just use the actual pump harness, but that would have looked bad. If they could make one w/o the fan addition, and just a smaller pump bracket, I might purchase a second for my other GPU (I have 2 identical boards in SLI)

Overall Review: As mentioned in the instructions, this isn't really meant for the novice. I used this as my first jump into liquid cooling my GPU (plenty of experience with my CPU). Easier than expected. Just requires taking your time to understand the proper orientation of the bracket and getting the pump secured. I installed on a MSI GTX760 "Mini ITX" board (in a full ATX case BTW). I had concerns as my card is not as long as most, but it fit just fine. The fan hangs off the card, but it actually helps with overall airflow in the case.

10/21/2014

Bought a Second

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: Great card, good price for a GTX 760 Short card makes for easy fit into almost any case -even in my mid-tower it is nice. Larger cards make dealing with HDD and pci/aux power connectors a pain. Temps are OK at load (bit higher than I've read other cards, but well within safe limit). Also, power Aux power is on the top of the card, which is nice for tight cases (most other cards have them on the vertical back end - in my case this interferes with the HDD power/SATA connectors). In my mid-tower,m it also keeps them clear of my SATA ports

Cons: 2 cards eat up all my PCI space - Not really a con, but 2 of these in SLI (and pretty much any card) leaves only 1 PCI slot possibly available , and it would be tight. I couldn't fite 3-way SLI with one of these (not that I was planning on it).

Overall Review: Great card, so much so that when I saw the opportunity I purchased a second for SLI. The small form factor (MINI-ITX) means that I can easily move these cards of to smaller PC's in the coming years when they age out of my main rig and utilize a MINI- ITX case for an HTPC Specs: Intel i-7 4770K Haswell Asus Z87-Pro MSI Nvidia GTX 760 x2 in SLI 256GB Intel SSD, 8GB DDR3-1600 (Kingston, can't remember what to be upgraded) 850w ThermaTake Corsair H80i liquid cooler NZXT H440 mid-tower