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Ryan S.

Ryan S.

Joined on 02/13/08

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Most Favorable Review

Cables could have been better, otherwise excellent.

SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

Pros: Great internals 80 Gold rating Extremely quiet Modular

Cons: Very expensive Cabling was shorter than expected for being a "gamer" series Cabling was not wrapped...they are cheap cables honestly One of the SATA power ports plastic shrouding broke off on the top (not where the connecting pins are so it still works).

Overall Review: I'm not sending an entire power supply off for one freaking SATA port breaking off at a whim. I just wish at $110 the cables would have been of better quality. Even my old OCZ 550 has way better cabling @ $50 price point.

Most Critical Review

Quality and handling could have been better

WD Red Plus 1TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s, CMR, 64MB Cache, 3.5 Inch - WD10EFRX
WD Red Plus 1TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s, CMR, 64MB Cache, 3.5 Inch - WD10EFRX

Pros: Supports TLER Good for Raid Newer HDD design Price

Cons: I bought two of these for a Raid0 setup. One was flawless out of the box...up and running. The second? Not so much. The SATA power port was mangled. Oddly, the packaging was flawless...not a single dent. This can only mean one thing: someone wasn't checking the HDD's as they were being placed in their OEM boxes nor as they were being placed in the Newegg shipping box.

Overall Review: CS was very good help considering. Sent me a return shipping label (UPS ground...I was hoping for overnight or advanced replacement) and Overnight shipping for the new one once the old makes it past the review process. However, this still sucks because I received the HDD's as 2 for a purpose...RAID0. You can't RAID unless you have both. It will be over a week now for me waiting to complete this build because someone at WD AND Newegg didn't check the product before sending it out.

Broke after a year, BUT GREAT TECH SUPPORT & PRICE!!!!

PC Power & Cooling ModXStream Pro Series 500 Watt 80+ Semi-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ500MXSP)
PC Power & Cooling ModXStream Pro Series 500 Watt 80+ Semi-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ500MXSP)

Pros: Modular, quiet, plenty of power and cable options.

Cons: Wish the motherboard power connectors were modular too. Wish the unit hadn't died a little bit after a year. The unit started to make this weird fan noise (where is sounded like a cable was hitting the fan [except it wasn't]).

Overall Review: RMA process was great thanks to Daniel! Wish they covered shipping on the advanced RMA process, but I can't complain too much. At least he spoke English and was from California. He stayed on the phone with me the entire time and walked me through every step and even waited for the emails to come through.

Pretty Good for the money...ghosting included!

ASUS VE248H 24" Full HD 1920 x 1080 D-Sub, DVI, HDMI Built-in Speakers Asus Eye Care with Ultra Low-Blue Light & Flicker-Free LED Backlight Monitor
ASUS VE248H 24" Full HD 1920 x 1080 D-Sub, DVI, HDMI Built-in Speakers Asus Eye Care with Ultra Low-Blue Light & Flicker-Free LED Backlight Monitor

Pros: BIG!!!! Lots of various connections. Speakers work pretty decent considering it's a monitor. Much better contrast than my 2008 (late) Macbook Unibody. No dead pixels. Plenty of tweaking options.

Cons: Light leakage on the left side for about 1 inch. This isn't a big deal though because it seriously is not visible from a direct view...when viewing it from 120 degrees or more, then it is visible...but I never do that...so no biggie. This unit does have ghosting....really kinda surprised considering the response time. Just glad this is a desktop monitor and not my movie television. I will say that the ghosting is only visible when scrolling on webpages (the black letters against the white background ... drift??? or have an aftereffect...it's hard to describe until you see it. I don't think its a big deal though...oddly I never saw it when gaming (from the laptop or from my Xbox 360 via HDMI). It seriously was only when scrolling text. Weird.

Overall Review: Overall it's a great monitor for the money. Does it telescope? No. Does it accurately show colors to the full RGB spectrum? No. Does it have a crazy speaker system? No. These all don't matter though. Need to remember what you paid for it. I only paid $199 shipped, so I am ecstatic overall. The pros very much outweigh the cons (when you are being realistic and remembering that you only paid $200 for a 24" monitor).