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Jose C.

Jose C.

Joined on 05/16/11

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Most Favorable Review

Overall Great Monitor!

Hanns-G 23.6" Active Matrix TFT LCD LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D HL248DPB
Hanns-G 23.6" Active Matrix TFT LCD LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D HL248DPB

Pros: * Great Price - seems to have regular sales on it as well * Great Picture Quality * 23.6" - Also cheaper than some 19-23 inch monitors by other brands if you catch a promotion * Full HD 1920x1080 * (Very) Thin Profile - Not bulky, looks great on a desk

Cons: * Probably the only downside that I can think of in regards to this monitor are the speakers. Even with max volume the speakers aren't very loud and sound hollow (I wasn't expecting much to begin with, but it's something to consider.)

Overall Review: - If you don't already, you will more than likely want to go with external speakers of some sort. The sound quality is not all that good with small speakers emitting sound towards the rear of the panel. -Great bang for your buck. In all honesty I gave Hanns-G a shot, not having heard much about them in the past, on this monitor because of the great price and am not dissapointed! -As I mentioned, I had not heard of Hanns-G monitors much but now I have new-found respect for their company after my purchase and I hope my review can help someone on the edge of purchasing one of their monitors

Most Critical Review

Not working so well..

MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) LGA 1155 Intel Z68 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) LGA 1155 Intel Z68 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: - Good Price (If you consider the rebate) - Great Bios Settings (Click Bios) - PCI 3.0 - 6.0GB Sata

Cons: - Constant Blue screens

Overall Review: Tried installing both windows 7 and windows 8 using this motherboard. I bought the rest of my hardware new and know for a fact that they work fine. I kept getting BSOD and freezes.

10/29/2012

Price and Performance at unbeatable price!

PNY GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card VCGGT4302XPB
PNY GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card VCGGT4302XPB

Pros: - Super easy to install - NVIDIA provides great driver support/updates - Great Price

Cons: - Gets somewhat hot but remains stable even when overclocked

Overall Review: First of all, there are two things that I couldn't find much information on before I purchased this model and I hope I help someone looking for this info: 1) Overclocking headroom 2) Gaming performance I took a chance though (can't beat the 29.99 after rebate) and bought the card. First of all, you won't yield as much overclocking as you would on a high end card but I easily pushed this little card to 900 core/ 695 Memory over the stock 700/535 and it is running entirely stable. Like another reviewer said, you should definitely consider overclocking to get the most out of the card - It's easy with programs like MSI afterburner. Second, gaming performance was on par and somewhat exceeded my expectations based on related reviews of other GT 430 cards. I run my games at 1920x1080 and, sure, you might have to play around with the settings to get the best performance (and also don't expect max/ultra settings especially at higher resolutions) but to give you an example I can run Fallout 3/New Vegas at 1080p low/med settings at 55-60fps. Black Ops 1080p low settings 65-85 fps and I have yet to try it out on a few other games. Also note that if you have a monitor with a lower resolution (there's a lot out there that are only at like 1366x768, then you can expect a big improvement over running games on a 1080p monitor) Those stats may not seem like much but I'm assuming if you are looking into this card then you may not have a super high end system, or are looking for something with less bells and whistles, otherwise you should probably look into the higher GTX and Radeon models. For the price, you get a lot of performance from this card and it is very useful if you have a budget gaming system/occasionaly do some light gaming and/or do graphics intensive work.

Great!

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P3-1366-RX
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P3-1366-RX

Pros: - Great Specs - Less expensive than its New counterpart by a considerable amount - Easy OC ability (Overclocked this card past a regular GTX 460's reference specs)

Cons: - None

Overall Review: - Don't count on recertified items including all accessories. I knew I would need an additional dual molex > 6 pin pci-e adapter and for that reason bought it at the same time. Great thing too, the card arrived with no accessories. - If anyone out there is wondering, it is suggested that this card run on a minimum 450watt power supply. If you have a slightly older 400 watt PSU however, like I do, this card would probably run fine on it. It's been running perfectly on mine.

Really outstanding case!

RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB Black / Silver 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case
RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB Black / Silver 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case

Pros: - The LED lights on it make it look amazing - 4 integrated case fans, with room for one more 80mm fan - Easy motherboard access - Side view window is really nice - Plenty of space for components, plenty of drive bays - Sturdy! Just the weight of it feels nice

Cons: - Front door is not that strong, just make sure not to apply force to it when/if lifting the case - Some of the connectors on the case fans were slightly bent. Required some adjusting to connect them to the PSU. (Minor things really, could find no reason to dock an egg)

Overall Review: It truly is a great case for the price. It definitely stands out and looks amazing. The overall build quality and space within the case are great for a PC build.

Great Drive

WD WD Green WD10EADS 1TB IntelliPower 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
WD WD Green WD10EADS 1TB IntelliPower 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: - Low power consumption - Great price for the amount of storage you're getting - 7200rpm w/32mb cache - Quiet So far, this hard drive has met and exceeded my expectations. Installation of Windows 7 on it was a breeze, and still has tons of space for me to use. Pretty fast, though my needs are as demanding as most people.

Cons: - None so far

Overall Review: Its true that being re certified may put off some people, but after having used it for some time, It really seems like it is well built and reliable. Some boards support a 6Gb/s transfer rate so if you are really into performance you should consider a drive that support that speed.