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William P.

William P.

Joined on 12/23/08

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Most Favorable Review

Works

HP DisplayPort to DVI-D Adapter F7W96AA - DVI-D (F) to DisplayPort (M) in Black
HP DisplayPort to DVI-D Adapter F7W96AA - DVI-D (F) to DisplayPort (M) in Black

Pros: Plug it in, instantly works.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Well, nowhere on this product page, as far as I can tell, does it state that this is a refurbished item. I'm not going to dock an egg for it because the item still looks new and works flawlessly, but it is more than a little misleading to not state that his item is not brand new.

Most Critical Review

Looks good.

EVGA DG-76 Matte Black Mid-Tower, 2 Sides of Tempered Glass, RGB LED and Control Board,  Gaming Case 160-B0-2230-KR
EVGA DG-76 Matte Black Mid-Tower, 2 Sides of Tempered Glass, RGB LED and Control Board, Gaming Case 160-B0-2230-KR

Pros: I got this case for a great price. It ended up being the same overall cost to get this one free shipping than getting a less feature full case and paying shipping. All the cables were long enough to reach the leads on the motherboard. Everything tucks away nice, behind and underneath. Built in, removable 3.5" and 2.5" Caddies on back. Standoffs already in place to install motherboard, and it came with additional screws, multiple sizes. All the doors and panels are attached with thumb screws. Comes with 3 fans.

Cons: One of the USB 3.0 Ports on the top of the case was DOA. Reseated the cable a few times, no bent pins, just doesn't work. The port right next to it does. Both of the top audio ports do not work. They are closest to the dead USB port. It it were anything other than a heavy case I would RMA it. As it is, I feel trapped into keeping it because it would be extremely frustrating to break it all down and send it back.

Overall Review: I would have preferred a more simple case with less features. I can say that I do really like this case. I wish this case would have came with either 1) some extra washers and rubber grommets to extend the front case door distance about a 1/4" further than where it is to let just a smidge more air in. I'm fine with going to a hardware store and doing it myself, but I feel like it is bad design, and the fans have to work just a little harder than they would otherwise. I would prefer a case without RGB of any kind. When powered on, the "EVGA" badging can be seen shining through the glass side door and front. It does look classy. I don't have a vertical mount PCIe extension cable or I would have tried that out, although I do find it a little odd for EVGA to include something like vertical mount graphic card mounts but then have 80% opaque glass in front of it. Kinda defeats the purpose of showing the card off.

Good.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 GAMING 8G (rev. 2.0) Graphics Card, PCIe 3.0, 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5, GV-RX580GAMING-8GD REV2.0 Video Card
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 GAMING 8G (rev. 2.0) Graphics Card, PCIe 3.0, 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5, GV-RX580GAMING-8GD REV2.0 Video Card

Pros: The OG. 8GB GDDR. Quiet. No RGB. Good placeholder until RTX cards become more affordable.

Cons: No Ray Tracing.

Overall Review: Good low midrange entry level card for people looking to have a working PC now and upgrade their graphics card at a later date.

Good Stuff.

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Intel XMP 2.0 Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-16GVKC
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Intel XMP 2.0 Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-16GVKC

Pros: No RBG? No RGB. Enabled XMP and the motherboard knew what it was and what timings to use.

Cons: I could only afford 2 sticks.

Overall Review: If you are looking for PC4-28800 cl 16 in black with no RGB you should get this kit. I have an X570 and a 3600, and the RAM kit works fine, so don't be alarmed by the "Intel XMP Ready" sticker on the side.

I like.

Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Its big.

Cons: none.

Overall Review: Windows vista copy/paste files so sloooooooooow. Doesn't matter how fast your drive is.

Nice

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Processor - HDZ940XCGIBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Processor - HDZ940XCGIBOX

Pros: Very quick.

Cons: Only uses ddr2 800? I don't know I cant think of one.

Overall Review: Upgraded from an athlon xp 2400+ to this. I love this cpu. Runs all my regular programs with no lag or loading.