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Brian B.

Brian B.

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Most Favorable Review

Wow!

Klipsch RP-160M Reference Premiere Monitor Speakers with 6.5" Cerametallic Cone Woofer - Pair (Cherry)
Klipsch RP-160M Reference Premiere Monitor Speakers with 6.5" Cerametallic Cone Woofer - Pair (Cherry)

Pros: 10 Month Update - It's been 10 months now and I can't say anything remotely wrong with these speakers... Now that I've put probably a good 1,000 hours into them, I can say this with some confidence in my experience with the RP-160m's..... First and foremost - I got these for $249 back in February 2022 - as of the holiday 2022 season, they hit the all time low of $199.... that's absolutely a steal and a half.... If ANYONE recommends decent speakers in this price range, I'm without a doubt going to recommend these. They're just unbeatable at this price range. Period... I ended up moving them around in my house - from the bedroom, to now as my primary speakers for my gaming rig. lol - yeah, it's pretty sweet.... Along with moving them, I decided early on to change the color and ended up wrapping them in Black Walnut color for like $6 with a Vinyl Wrap I found online (Hint hint, the biggst online retailer ;) ) - any who, I love the new look and they are in amazing shape as the first day... no distortion when I turn these bad boys up... I bought a used Yammy receiver, plugged into my PC with a optical cord, and I have a 10 inch klipsch sub (R-10SW) and I've got the PC speaker system of a life time. (Pic attached)... I hope this helps you all out - as I'm not an audiophile, I just like good stuff on a great deal, lol.... and these are one of the best purchases that you can do to your home on the cheap.... enjoy! - Powerful & Clean Sounding - The bass drivers are actually quite impressive. - VERY GOOD DEAL - Can be used for any type of speaker you need at home; bedroom, parties, primary speakers, big rooms, small rooms, etc... these will be more than good enough for 99% of us. - Using these to hear Mark Knopfler, David Gilmore & Rory Gallagher absolutely shred on a guitar just makes me want to curl up into a ball, cry and yell for mommy. It's that good.

Cons: - I am not too much of a fan of the Cherry color, but I don't mind it so much with the fabulous deal Newegg had on them. - The magnetic grill is a little on the cheaper side. My much smaller and less expensive Klipsch R-41M magnetic grills actually feel a bit more sturdy. Probably because they're half the size? Lol

Overall Review: - Absolutely would recommend this product if they're ever back in stock again. These are practically the RP600ms with a cosmetic look difference. For the price I paid, I am blown away at how good these bookshelf speakers are. Bookshelf speakers, lol. They're huge for a bookshelf speaker. Oh yes - forgot to mention. As these speakers were inbound to my house, the price dropped even further and Newegg honored the new deal price with no hesitation. Great speakers and I'm looking forward to using these for the next 15 to 20 years. Viva Klipsch.

Most Critical Review

Dead on arrival

GIGABYTE B550M DS3H AM4 AMD B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard with Dual M.2, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 1, PCIe 4.0
GIGABYTE B550M DS3H AM4 AMD B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard with Dual M.2, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 1, PCIe 4.0

Pros: none

Cons: dead on arrival

Overall Review: It looks decent Wouldn't know how it is - as it was dead on arrival :(

Works just fine

MSI PRO PRO B550-VC AM4 AMD B550 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI PRO PRO B550-VC AM4 AMD B550 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: -Easy to upgrade firmware -No issues from first boot -Read my DDR4 3200 sticks with no issue -Running a 5800X3D with no problems -Looks clean

Cons: -I'm not a fan of the ugly and very outdated looking BIOS, it works fine, don't get me wrong, but it's very dated and lacks a bit of options as the Z boards would offer. But for the most part, this is fine.

Overall Review: Bought this for my son to start gaming on. Yup! His first gaming build and this mobo worked straight out of the box. Flashed the bios immediately and it gave me no issues. Running his 5800X3D perfectly with a nice fan curve going. The 240 AIO I have running has been working fine too. No issues with it. Specs - AMD 5800X3D MSI PRO B550-VC 8GB x 2 DDR4 3200 LPX Vengeance MSI 2070 Super I will say - this board does not have Wi-FI, but it does have a USB C port, which is nice. I bought a $12 wifi usb add-on if I need it, but the ethernet is wired up and working just fine. Overall - I'm happy with this motherboard. My son loves the rig, and I can't complain. As always, MSI continues to produce sound products.

Defective? Or Just plain bad?

Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240 AIO CPU Liquid Cooler, White LED Pump, FEP Tubing, Dual 120mm Air Balance MF, Dual Dissipation Technology LGA 1700 Compatible
Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240 AIO CPU Liquid Cooler, White LED Pump, FEP Tubing, Dual 120mm Air Balance MF, Dual Dissipation Technology LGA 1700 Compatible

Pros: Looks nice Easy to install Decent quality - You can arch the tubes up and down and they're not going to snap. Just don't do it with anger, then of course they will.

Cons: My 212 EVO air cooler spanks this aio. Temperatures are inconsistent Pump and fans are very loud

Overall Review: Coming from a 212 Evo, I was hoping this cooler would drop my temps a bit, but I was wrong. Spent 8 to 10 hours today to tweak this on my z390e mobo. Install went okay, no issues really. The problem was that the cooler just didn't really perform correctly once running games. I literally only tested BFV, but multiple times over. I set the fans in multiple variables - push then pull, top of the case, front of the case, didn't matter. I'm not sure what's going on, but the pump and the fans were signficantly louder than what I've expected these to be. I wouldn't recommend the at all. It looks good, it's easy to install. But it can't even cool my 9600k @5ghz - After about 20 minutes, it crept up to almost 78c. My 212 evo stayed consistent of about 68 to 70. Going to hook that bad boy back up.

Love this monitor!

Acer S243HLbmii Black 24" Full HD LED Backlight LCD monitor 250 cd/m2 ACM 8,000,000:1 w/Speakers
Acer S243HLbmii Black 24" Full HD LED Backlight LCD monitor 250 cd/m2 ACM 8,000,000:1 w/Speakers

Pros: Beautiful Screen Large and full of colors and textures SLIM! Literally like a finger wide Light weight and affordable for this type of range 2 MS response time and you can definitely use that Awesome for full 1920x1080 P

Cons: For some reason they do not have an option on the menu for speaker setup, supposedly you plug in the input and that`s that! But mine did not work for some reason, ah well. Cant mount this as the stand is wired through to the monitor.

Overall Review: I love this thing, it`s been great for gaming and other applications. 2 HDMI ports which is fantastic, they even throw a HDMI cord for you to have. I give this 4.5 out 5 but 4 is too low, so a 5! BUY THIS MONITOR Also pick your self up a mx518 mouse while your at :)

Best Mouse Ever

Logitech MX 518 Aluminum 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Gaming Mouse
Logitech MX 518 Aluminum 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Gaming Mouse

Pros: Excellent Comfortability Smooth for all types of gaming, "Sniping, assault, RPGs, etc" beautifully crafted, looks sexy IMO, light weight and has a sensitivity controller, which I do not use too much

Cons: Not the latest out, but I do not wish to transfer to another mouse. This has been out for like 3 years or so.

Overall Review: You cannot go wrong with this mouse. Exceptionally engineered perfectly. It is so comfortable, I will never get tired of it.