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Mark R.

Mark R.

Joined on 11/06/05

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Most Favorable Review

Love it

XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9-290A-EDFD
XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9-290A-EDFD

Pros: Powerful, quite, looks awesome

Cons: There is only one minor issue I have. The fan speed is a little slow to ramp up when the card starts to heat up. Granted, you do have the ability to control it directly, but it is a set and forget setting, instead of an active tracking. Basically, this means, if I am expecting to be grinding some 4k ultraHD gaming, I go into the CCC and set the fan speed to 100% before starting up. It isn't exactly a con, but I would prefer the fan ramped up the speed sooner.

Overall Review: As mentioned earlier, I would prefer the fan speed ramped up sooner. As it is, the fan speed is kept low to keep it quiet, and that is all peachy and wonderful if silence it your top priority. I prefer to keep the GPU running cool, so this is not such a good thing. What I would really like to see is a set of different, active, fan-speed curves that were user selectable....in addition to the current manual control.

Most Critical Review

Very annoying

Viewsonic 32" CDE3201-LED Professional Display Full HD 1920x1080p
Viewsonic 32" CDE3201-LED Professional Display Full HD 1920x1080p

Pros: The monitor looks great. Nice clean controls, and very easy to operate, and hook up.

Cons: I paid for a working monitor, and it arrived with non-functioning audio.

Overall Review: I have tried everything short of dismantling the monitor and repairing it myself. Highly annoyed.

Works great!

Accell B086B-003B-2 UltraAV DisplayPort 1.1 to HDMI 1.4 Active Adapter, Poly Bag
Accell B086B-003B-2 UltraAV DisplayPort 1.1 to HDMI 1.4 Active Adapter, Poly Bag

Pros: Does exactly what it is supposed to.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Like I said earlier, it does exactly what it is supposed to. No drivers to install. You just plug it in and it works instantly.

Yes, it's fast

Transcend MTS800 M.2 2280 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) TS512GMTS800
Transcend MTS800 M.2 2280 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) TS512GMTS800

Pros: It's a big SSD

Cons: It's not the fastest SSD on the market??? I have no legitimate complaints.

Overall Review: Basically, if you are upgrading from a standard harddrive, you will think this thing is mind-numbingly fast. It will do a 10 second boot up. I do recommend installing a standard harddrive with it, and changing all your temp file locations to the normal HD. It will make your SSD last longer. In addition, I recommend using firefox, because it allows you to permanently relocate all temp folders to the non-SSD drive, and chrome will not. I used to use chrome for everything, and since I installed the SSD, I have switched to using firefox for everything.

Works great!

CORSAIR Hydro Series H110 Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 280mm (CW-9060014-WW)
CORSAIR Hydro Series H110 Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 280mm (CW-9060014-WW)

Pros: Keeps the CPU chilly, and is fairly quiet.

Cons: It was difficult to install

Overall Review: Mounting the radiator was difficult. Other than that, it is a great unit. And let's face it, the only thing that really matters is how well it works, and this things works great.

Excellent

C2G 40724 Pro DVI-D to VGA Adapter Converter, Black
C2G 40724 Pro DVI-D to VGA Adapter Converter, Black

Pros: Sturdy, works very well.

Cons: None

Overall Review: It does exactly what it is supposed to do and does it very well.