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Coy H.

Coy H.

Joined on 06/27/02

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Most Favorable Review

Outstanding Router

ASUS RT-AX86U AX5700 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router, WiFi 6 802.11ax, Mobile Game Mode, Lifetime Free Internet Security, Mesh WiFi support, 2.5G Port, Gaming Port, Adaptive QoS, Port Forwarding
ASUS RT-AX86U AX5700 Dual Band WiFi 6 Gaming Router, WiFi 6 802.11ax, Mobile Game Mode, Lifetime Free Internet Security, Mesh WiFi support, 2.5G Port, Gaming Port, Adaptive QoS, Port Forwarding

Pros: - Easy setup - AX/Wifi 6 - WPA3 - VPN Server - IPS - DDNS - IPv6 - Regular Firmware Updates

Cons: - None

Overall Review: I'm a network engineer and I am a big fan of Asus routers, this is my 3rd and replaces my RT-AC68r. I started years ago with a RT-N66, which I handed down to my parents and still recieves firmware updates. That is the biggest feature that keeps me using Asus, regular updates that fix security vulnerabilities (and sometimes adds features). I think Asus routers are the best consumer grade routers on the market for that reason alone. So many features bulit in. A neat feature this model has is Alexa and IFTT support (wish they'd add Google Assistant support). I also really like having the openVPN server, this model adds IPSEC but I haven't tried it yet. Would be nice if they added IPSEC site-to-site support. IPS features are nice. I also use AiCloud for NAS. Guest network that blocks intranet access and can set bandwidth limiter is also really nice feature.

Most Critical Review

Cheap and it shows

Logitech LS21 7 Watts RMS (FTC) 2.1 Stereo Speaker System - Black
Logitech LS21 7 Watts RMS (FTC) 2.1 Stereo Speaker System - Black

Pros: -Cheap -Headphone pass through jack on the volume controller

Cons: -Almost no point in having the sub, bass is barely there. -Short cables from the speakers to the sub

Overall Review: I bought these for some cheap speakers at the office, They are technically an upgrade from the dell soundbar on my monitor and laptop internal speakers. I would not recommend these to anyone. I wish I had spent a little more and got some better speakers. If I put the sub under my desk I cannot tell the difference between it being turned all the way up and all the way down. I had to place it on my desktop to hear anything out of it at all, luckily it's quite small so it fits on my desk behind the monitor without problem.

Great Design

MSI Nightblade Z97-016BUS (936-B07911-016) Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium (LGA1150) Intel Socket LGA1150 Intel Z97 2 x HDMI Barebone
MSI Nightblade Z97-016BUS (936-B07911-016) Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium (LGA1150) Intel Socket LGA1150 Intel Z97 2 x HDMI Barebone

Pros: Small Size big power Fits Full size GPU Very Quiet Easy to overclock Built-in WiFi and Bluetooth Built-in carry handle Great fit and finish

Cons: Nothing that I thought was serious enough to knock a point off the overall rating. It's really minor but one of the holes for the thumbscrews is not tapped straight so one of them sits slightly crooked. Could use an extra fan header Discs get stuck in the optical drive sometimes and I have to tip the case over on it's side to get them to eject.

Overall Review: Overall I love this system, its small, powerful and quiet. My Build: CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 16GB Hard Drive - Crucial MX100 CT512MX100SSD1 Video Card - MSI GTX 980 GAMING 4G I'm looking into a closed loop liquid cooling solution for the CPU as the intel stock cooler doesn't handle boinc work units well and that makes to case fan kick up and get noisy.

12/16/2014

Good Drive

Crucial MX100 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT512MX100SSD1
Crucial MX100 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT512MX100SSD1

Pros: Pretty fast. Boots fast and so far system performance has been great.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Benchmarks a bit lower than I expected but well above any disk based drive.

12/16/2014

Impressive Performance and Value

MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G

Pros: Powerful and Quiet. Easily fits in my MSI Nightblade mini-ITX system. Awesome performance with everything I've thrown at it. Even running boinc projects the fans never run more than about 50% power and the cpu never gets hot.

Cons: None

Overall Review: It's setup for easy overclocking but I haven't seen a need so right now I'm just running it stock.

12/16/2014

Impressive

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL10D-16GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL10D-16GBXL

Pros: Fast and stable. Performs well with everything I throw at it.

Cons: My system didn't autodetect at 1866 but it was a simple bios setting to manually change it. Not sure if that's the motherboards fault or the memorys. Just something to keep in mind to check when you install.

12/16/2014