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Joseph M.

Joseph M.

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Most Favorable Review

The perfect power house

ABS Majesty series MJ1100-M Continuous 1100W@50°C ATX12V/EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified, Single 12V Rail, Modular Flat Cable Design, Active-PFC  "Compatible with Core i7, i5" Power Supply
ABS Majesty series MJ1100-M Continuous 1100W@50°C ATX12V/EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified, Single 12V Rail, Modular Flat Cable Design, Active-PFC "Compatible with Core i7, i5" Power Supply

Pros: 1100Watts. Plenty of Molex, PCIe and Sata connectors Modular Large Quiet fan 80+ Gold 80+ Amps at 12v! Can power some serious video cards. (gtx460 2win)

Cons: Semi-Modular Design 3 PCIe Cables are already on the psu and non detachable. My video card only needed 2 so now i have 1 pesky cable tucked away. The housing of the power supply is a little longer than a standard PSU. This was only a problem with me cause i have an acrylic case, and everything in my computer is color matched. i had bought an acrylic universal powersupply cover to continue my color theme, and this PSU was just about 2cm longer than normal.

Overall Review: This powersupply is great, ive had an ABS BZ series 700w before this psu and that one was great, so i decided to stick with the same brand. Powering: Gigabyte GAZ68XP-UD5-B3 1155 Motherboard Core i7-2600K 1155 CPU PowerColor Radeon HD 6970 2GB Video Card Mushkin Ridgeback Redline 8GB (2x4GB) 1866MHz DDR3 1TB Barracuda 7200RPM Sata 6GB/s HDD SATA DVD Burner Complete Water Cooling Danger Den CPX-Pro Pump AlphaCool 5.25" Single Bay Res Koolance High-Flow 2x120mm Radiator UV Green PrimoFlex LRT Tubing Swiftech Apogee XT Extreme WaterBlock EK Radeon 6970 Full Cover GPU WaterBlock Sunbeam 9Bay Acrylic Case Clear Mid-ATX

Most Critical Review

Okay for free

RAZER Wired Laser Spectre StarCraft II Gaming Mouse
RAZER Wired Laser Spectre StarCraft II Gaming Mouse

Pros: Customize-able lighting 5600dpi 5buttons laser apple compatible

Cons: i found clicking this mouse required a little more force than most mice ive used. a little bit of a disadvantage when in an FPS

Overall Review: i got this mouse for free when i bought my Razer mamba. i use it on my macbook pro when i travel. its a great mouse for free but i dont think i would have went out and bought it on my own

11/13/2011

Do not buy anything norton!

Symantec Norton 360 Premier 2013 - 3 PCs
Symantec Norton 360 Premier 2013 - 3 PCs

Pros: None at all.

Cons: I work in a computer repair shop, and from personal experience from owning norton and dealing with it at work. I will never in my life buy a Symantec product again. EXPENSIVE (My free A/V works better) Ever try to remove norton? Well you cant, well not fully at least. Theres always leftovers from norton, and those leftovers usually cause a whole lot of damage. (printer problems, internet problems, windows problems) I have ran norton up against a few free scaners (BitDefender & Kaspersky's free scan), on an extremely infected computer. Norton said "your computer is clean" which is a lie because the computer was barely usable. Now running those free scans on the same computer, BitDefender came back with 65 Trojans, and Kaspersky found some Malware and Pups. This alone is a prime example. Norton just doesnt work, its a SCAM and a WASTE of money. They make you buy all these stupid little add-on programs that do pretty much nothing but usually error out and not fix anything, and when you call norton for help, they blame your computer, or just tell you to buy another one of their stupid products. Ive been in this business for years, and i have seen ZERO improvement with norton over the years. Norton is also very expensive compared to other A/V out there.. Why? i think because the average person doesnt know any better.

Overall Review: Do yourself a favor, and get a FREE antivirus program, or something that will actually work. like AVG Internet Security, ESET NOD32, BitDefender, Kaspersky, or anything that ISNT mcafee or norton. The free scanners are EXACTLY the same as the paid for anti-virus programs, they all find viruses from the same exact database. What the main difference is, or where your money is actually going when you buy an A/V, is into phone support and those extra useless programs like the Check-Up, RegCleaners, and cloud Backup. I can name 5 programs of each type i mentioned above which are 100x better than what norton offers and are 100% free. Be smart when getting an antivirus, ASK AROUND!! (ask your friends, co-workers. and especially go to a COMPUTER STORE. Not staples, not best buy. A real computer store, speak to someone with a degree, certifications and experience.

Great Server tower

XCLIO Windtunnel Fully Black Finish 1.0 mm SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case
XCLIO Windtunnel Fully Black Finish 1.0 mm SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: Plenty of room for large motherboards, houses my intel EEB (12"x13") Server motherboard without any issue. the two side fans are quiet and move lots of air. plenty of hard drive trays. i love that everything is tool less makes it for quick and easy setup.

Cons: No top fan support. No watercooling support. Full Tower. Way to big imho thats about it

Overall Review: there was more than enough space in this tower for air to move around. pretty good case for a servcer

Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model 997008
Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model 997008

Pros: Fast Dual Channel Great Price Great Quality Looks nice in any system 7.9 rating on widows 7

Cons: Red paint seems to chip easily

Overall Review: used in: Gigabyte z68 ud5 Mobo i5 2500k hd 6970 liquid cooling

11/13/2011

awesome mouse

RAZER Mamba Wireless Rechargeable Gaming Mouse
RAZER Mamba Wireless Rechargeable Gaming Mouse

Pros: Responsive Sensitive Fast Wired/wireless makes it great when the batteries are low while in a game

Cons: Software is a bit buggy, i find that the mouse performs better on a serious gaming machine. left and right click require very little pressure, i seem to find myself right clicking a lot by accident when i rest my finger on the button

Overall Review: over all this mouse is amazing, i replaced my older mamba with this one and i am happy my only suggestion with this mouse is i highly recommend only getting it if you have the hardware to back it up. the software seems to lag the mouse if you have a slower computer, i plugged this mouse into a plain old dual core with 4gb memory and the pointer was lagging and playing games was a struggle, this mouse on my sandybridge gaming machine works flawless. do the research before buying this mouse!

11/13/2011