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Matthew F.

Matthew F.

Joined on 10/29/02

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Solid design, no issues of any kind during installation

Cons: Not a con per se, but the "assistant" fans are annoying at standard speeds (4500+ RPM). However, the ASUS Thermal Radar software can let you set it to lower speeds and keep them there

Overall Review: I strongly recommend you clear CMOS and then update the BIOS before first POST

Most Critical Review

Verification Process is a Failure

Adobe Acrobat XI Professional for Windows - Student & Teacher Edition
Adobe Acrobat XI Professional for Windows - Student & Teacher Edition

Pros: Digital delivery and a much lower price for students and teachers.

Cons: The way the process works is you go to a website (listed in the details section) and submit a bunch of information to verify you are indeed a current student/teacher somewhere. Unfortunately, the only way to contact the place is through a web form. 2 weeks and 3 form submissions later there's been no word from them and now I'm having to go the route of contact Adobe directly. If that doesn't work, I'll be returning the software to Newegg.

Overall Review: Nothing against Newegg or Adobe. I would stay away from this product and buy directly from your school to avoid the hassle.

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100352OCSR
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100352OCSR

Pros: No issues during installation, no coil whine, fairly quiet (in a not so quiet case/environment) even at load, very functional OC software from Sapphire

Cons: One of the fans rattled at a certain speed range, but I resolved it by tightening all the screws attaching it to the plastic casing (I hope I resolved it anyways)

Overall Review: Purchased July 2012. November of 2014 I discovered 1 fan not working so I replaced them both (no way to get just one fan because of cabling) with a pair of exact likeness fans. Today the card died with graphical artifacts and system freezes. So figure almost 4 years with this card and no issues beyond the rattle in the beginning, the fan dying, and now the card itself dying. Still quite happy with it, although I wish I could have gotten more life out of it. Still, it was in a heavy use environment and handled everything thrown at it.

Great Power Supply

KINGWIN Lazer Platinum Series LZP-550 550 W ATX 12V v2.2 / EPS 12V v2.91 / SSI EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
KINGWIN Lazer Platinum Series LZP-550 550 W ATX 12V v2.2 / EPS 12V v2.91 / SSI EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: The fan can be set to stay on all the time and the design is modular.

Cons: The cables aren't exactly perfect to my desires, but I think the solution to this is to make your own (which is well beyond my tech skills).

Overall Review: I've had this for 1 1/2 years now (in fact, recommending it to a friend of mine) and I couldn't be happier. I'm running a SSD, 2 Western Digital Black HD's, an high end motherboard (ASUS Sabertooth), 5 fans, an i7-3770K (not OC'ed), a Radeon HD 7950 (factory OC'ed) and 16gb of low voltage Samsung memory (also not OC'ed). Absolutely no issues that I'd attribute to the power supply. In actuality, I have no issues of any kind (knock on wood). I was hesitant when I first got this power supply, because I've always been an Antec fan and was also looking at Corsair.. but definitely no regrets on this purchase.

Works Now

Rosewill RCAB-11009 Black USB2.0 Active Extension Cable Supports Windows 7, Gold Plated, Black
Rosewill RCAB-11009 Black USB2.0 Active Extension Cable Supports Windows 7, Gold Plated, Black

Pros: Solid design, great length, moderately priced.

Cons: Had to RMA the first one. That's why it's 4 out of 5 instead of 5.

Overall Review: Followup to an earlier 1 egg review where the received cable didn't work. RMA'ed it through Newegg. The replacement was immediately, and properly, detected by my system and handled moving an 800mb test file from a flash drive without any issues.

10/10/2012