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Jeremy e.

Jeremy e.

Joined on 06/11/07

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Most Favorable Review

It's more like... a 3 1/2 egg

Fortnite SKULL TROOPER-V Gaming Chair, RESPAWN by OFM Reclining Ergonomic Chair (TROOPER-01)
Fortnite SKULL TROOPER-V Gaming Chair, RESPAWN by OFM Reclining Ergonomic Chair (TROOPER-01)

Pros: Much better than my 20 year old former chair. Cushions seem good, build quality ok. Love the armrests you can move out of the way. Seems to fit me just fine, and I'm not a small guy - 270 pounds don't seem to affect it at all. Finish is good, no perceivable rips, tears, or imperfections.

Cons: Assembly went great until I was putting on the back - which only attaches to the arms. One of the sockets the bolts go into stripped, because it's a PITA to get them all in even when all the bolts are loose. I fixed it by putting in a screw that was a little bigger than the original bolt. It should hold just fine (as long as it's one), but I shouldn't have to do that. Everything other than the backrest went together smoothly.

Overall Review: It's a decent chair. I wish I could've gotten it without the fortnite branding, because I don't play fortnite and I'm a 40-ish professional that needs to telework - but I'll live. Overall I'm cheap, and this was a good value on sale.

Most Critical Review

Love it

Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 570 4GB GDDR5 PCI-E Dual HDMI / DVI-D / Dual DP OC w/ Backplate (UEFI), 100412P4GOCL
Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 570 4GB GDDR5 PCI-E Dual HDMI / DVI-D / Dual DP OC w/ Backplate (UEFI), 100412P4GOCL

Pros: Easy, linux loves it, runs all the games in my Steam library.

Cons: My boot got a lot slower. But I'm not 100% that it's the card's fault, so no eggs taken away for this. The driver issue is mind-blowingly stupid.

Overall Review: Beware, if you are running Windows 8.1, you need to download a specific driver from a specific date. The driver I'm using is win7-64bit-radeon-software-adrenalin-edition-17.12.1-dec11.exe. I had to download it from some non-official site which always worries me. They intentionally hobbled the updated drivers so they won't run on anything but Windows 10. Absolutely disappointing, and taking two eggs for that. HOWEVER, linux runs fantastic on it. The AMD opensource driver is a perfect fit, and I can run all the Steam linux games I have on it.

This little thing is great - quiet and quick

4k Mini PC, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N100(up to 3.4GHz) Mini Tower Computer, 16GB DDR4 RAM 512GB SSD Mini Computer Windows 11 Support 4K HD/WiFi 5/BT4.2/Gigabit Ethernet for Home/Office
4k Mini PC, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N100(up to 3.4GHz) Mini Tower Computer, 16GB DDR4 RAM 512GB SSD Mini Computer Windows 11 Support 4K HD/WiFi 5/BT4.2/Gigabit Ethernet for Home/Office

Pros: - Small form factor, room to add another SSD drive (dual boot!) - Easily and readily runs Linux (OpenSuse Tumbleweed) - For a mobileish processor, it's snappy - Surprisingly serviceable integrated Intel GPU - Nice upgrade in memory from earlier unit - BIOS is surprisingly advanced and full of options

Cons: - I shouldn't complain, but more USB ports would be nice. Essential, really. - One USB-C port would've been nice

Overall Review: Knocked an egg off only because the top you need to take off to get to the harddrives is really flimsy. I see a day really close in the future where I'll be having to find a way to fix it, because I pop it off every once in a while for heat dissipation. It does struggle a bit with gaming - which is no surprise - and it does get a little hot. I also do not use the WiFI on the unit, so I have no opinion on that. It does seem to see a good range though.

Super quiet, and does wonders over the stock AMD cooler

Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition CPU Air Cooler, SF120R RGB Fan, 4 CD 2.0 Heatpipes, Anodized Gun-Metal Black, RGB Lighting for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151 LGA 1700 Compatible
Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition CPU Air Cooler, SF120R RGB Fan, 4 CD 2.0 Heatpipes, Anodized Gun-Metal Black, RGB Lighting for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151 LGA 1700 Compatible

Pros: It made a giant difference between my stock AMD cooler (which is garbage). Like, it seems like a 20 degree Celsius difference just at idle between the two. I think there was something wrong with the stock cooler, but this is still clearly much better. The CPU no longer overheats when I run video converters. It's nicely made was well, solid. The fan is also super quiet.

Cons: Not a con for me because I had a big enough case, but this thing is tall. It was a lot taller than I realized. Also, either I have the lights connected to the wrong part of my motherboard, or they are just out. It doesn't matter too much to me, but it would've been nice to have the LEDs on.

Overall Review: Great choice to cool off your CPU, if you have a big case.

Awesome - just remember to set your motherboard for hotswap

5.25" Dual Bay Mobile Rack for both 2.5" and 3.25" SATA HDD, Plus 2 USB 3.0 Ports
5.25" Dual Bay Mobile Rack for both 2.5" and 3.25" SATA HDD, Plus 2 USB 3.0 Ports

Pros: Mostly metal construction, doesn't seem flimsy at all. Drives go all the way in with decent doors. USB works great. Power switch is a really nice touch. Looks nice.

Cons: Not a con to this - but I didn't know (until researching) that you needed to enable hotswap on the SATA inputs on your motherboard. Once I figured that out, and enabled hotswap for the SATA sockets it was connected to, it worked like a dream.

Overall Review: This, or something like this, is going to go into every build of mine for now on.

Small, very slightly smaller than my older ATX case

Rosewill HIVE Series, HIVE-550S, 550W Fully Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Single +12V Rail, SLI & CrossFire Ready, Black
Rosewill HIVE Series, HIVE-550S, 550W Fully Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Single +12V Rail, SLI & CrossFire Ready, Black

Pros: I didn't get to use it for very long, computer was put out of commission for other reasons a few months after purchase. But, the modular cableing was great. Delivered all the power promised, no hiccups at all.

Cons: None really. I guess, if I had to pick one, the last screw hole didn't fit because it's slightly smaller than what I expect a full size PSU to be. But, it didn't seem to matter. It wasn't rattling around or anything. So, con is I didn't get to use a screw.

Overall Review: Would recommend. Early on Rosewill was hit and miss. The quality has gone up considerably, and this is quality.