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Eric K.

Eric K.

Joined on 05/21/06

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Most Favorable Review

Still going strong

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card GV-N460OC-1GI
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card GV-N460OC-1GI

Pros: I bought this in August 2010. I would have to say that I got my money's worth. I actually caught myself complaining when the driver update had some glitches, for a whole week or so recently. Then I recalled the video card is 3 years old. I am so spoiled, thanks Gigabyte! Played all the games I have thrown at it, just started to get below high settings rec'd. Great card.

Cons: Bah! For the price I paid and the longevity and quality, I can forgive the driver hiccup of late.

Overall Review: Did I mention I have been running this for over three years? I did? Well I did it again, amazing.

12/23/2013
Most Critical Review

Terrible

WD 1TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBUZG0010BBK (Certified Refurbished)
WD 1TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBUZG0010BBK (Certified Refurbished)

Pros: None

Cons: Doesn't work. No instructions or support.

Overall Review: Just got the drive, and it won't initialize. First off, it isn't plug and play, even on Windows 10. Secondly, even in the disk management, the drive just gives me an I/O error when trying to initialize. Thanks for wasting my time. UPDATE: So after attempting to return this device, NewEgg claims I did not send it back with the certified package, despite my sending it back exactly how it came. They told me I would have to contact the manufacturer. Upon doing so, the manufacturer tells me the device isn't covered by a warranty. Basically, Newegg stole my money and gave me a device that has never worked, that I informed them of such on the day I received it. This is a scam.

Works well

G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ

Pros: Works well, decent speed.

Cons: Had to go through some hoops to determine what sticks were bad out of the batch I received. Turned out half of the 6 were no good, so I ended up having to buy another package from Newegg, wait for that to get to me (so I could at least use the working memory to keep the computer going). The second batch also had bad sticks of memory, luckily, I still had the first batch, so between the two batches I pulled out the good sticks and sent the rest back as rma. After all the hassle, the memory has worked since.

Overall Review: Lost some eggs for the hassle of getting good sticks, I know it happens, but just the same, bad sticks equal lower grade.

Great prodduct

MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Has run great for over a year, running this with an i-7 930, soundblaster, sata 3 hd, 6 gb 1600 ram and gtx 460. So far everything except Witcher 2 has run at the highest settings. I am not over-clocking anything, and I have had no issues with heat. That could be in part thanks to the awesome HAF 932 case I got, but either way, works great.

Cons: None as yet. Really wanted the Rampage 3, but this has turned out to be all I have needed for the past year. Plan to hold onto this bad boy until the next chipset is firmly rooted.

Overall Review: I never even tried the sound card that was supplied so I am unaware of its quality.