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andy l.

andy l.

Joined on 09/06/04

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Most Favorable Review

PG34WQ15R2B Very good display

ASRock PHANTOM GAMING 34" 2K (3440 x 1440) 165Hz/1ms (144Hz and higher) Wi-Fi Antenna FreeSync Curved Gaming Monitor, 2*HDMI, 1*DisplayPort, (PG34WQ15R2B)
ASRock PHANTOM GAMING 34" 2K (3440 x 1440) 165Hz/1ms (144Hz and higher) Wi-Fi Antenna FreeSync Curved Gaming Monitor, 2*HDMI, 1*DisplayPort, (PG34WQ15R2B)

Pros: Display port Freesync support Great price for what you get Looks good

Cons: Slight glare more than a usual flat display Speakers are terrible

Overall Review: ** This review for ASRock review rebate program.** This review is for PG34WQ15R2B 34" curved display Overall a great value. I did encounter problems with windows HDR enabled and 165hz setting. The color temperature would constantly flip between a warm tone and a standard/cool tone when ever the predominant color on the screen changed. Such as when scrolling a webpage. This was resolved by lowering the refresh rate.to 120hz. I can still use 165hz in games without a noticeable issue. There is more glare than a standard flat display. So far it hasn't been a deal breaker for me and is only noticeable when displaying mostly black; like a dark scene in a movie. I don't care for the red text on red background when it displays what port is in use, but again its not really an issue. Just a poor design choice.

Most Critical Review

Decent for the price

Rosewill Helium NAS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, Mesh Panel, 4x 140mm PWM Fan, Ideal for DIY NAS, media servers, or small business applications - Black
Rosewill Helium NAS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, Mesh Panel, 4x 140mm PWM Fan, Ideal for DIY NAS, media servers, or small business applications - Black

Pros: Comes with lots of quiet fans Nice front panel located on top Holds a lot of drives for DIY NAS

Cons: Not particularly user friendly. Only the side panels have captured thumbscrews No drive sleds or rails which used to be a pretty basic feature when 3.5"hdds were more common Many holes don't line up perfectly, takes some wiggling to get screws in No replaceable PCI slot plates, they have to be bent and broken off to open up. If you use the center vertical PCI mounting slot, the thumbscrew that holds the plate in the case gets in the way of screwing the PCI card in, so you have to do it with the mounting plate partially off the case Drive cages have to be removed from the case to mount drives, aren't totally square and struggle to fit drives in them

Overall Review: I feel like if this came out 10 years ago, it might've been cheaper or better designed.

Seems like this was refurbished

Jaspertronics Original ELP-LP89 / V13H010L89 Lamp & Housing with Ushio Bulb for Epson EH-TW7300, EH-TW9300, E Pro 4040, Home Cinema 4010, 5040UB, 5050UB, Pro-Cinema 6050UB - 1 Year Warranty
Jaspertronics Original ELP-LP89 / V13H010L89 Lamp & Housing with Ushio Bulb for Epson EH-TW7300, EH-TW9300, E Pro 4040, Home Cinema 4010, 5040UB, 5050UB, Pro-Cinema 6050UB - 1 Year Warranty

Pros: appears to work

Cons: was a little difficult to get lined up properly to screw in

Overall Review: After installing the new lamp and going into the Info section of my projector, it shows 280 hours of usage. The old lamp that was replaced had over 1300 hours, and I had not reset the counter.

Does as advertised

CITYORK 8 Slots LCD Display Battery Charger For 1.5V AA AAA Rechargeable Lithium Battery 1.5V AAA AA Li-Ion Battery Charger
CITYORK 8 Slots LCD Display Battery Charger For 1.5V AA AAA Rechargeable Lithium Battery 1.5V AAA AA Li-Ion Battery Charger

Pros: Successfully charged my li-ion batteries quickly Screen automatically turns off when batteries are removed

Cons: Looks & feels cheaply made (some light bleeds through the housing when the screen is on) Cannot adjust screen brightness AA batteries have loose fitment; AAA fit better

Overall Review: It does what it is designed to do, but I'd prefer to see it a bit cheaper for what it is. You can only charge 1.5v Li-Ion batteries.

Seems great, but had lots of USB problems

GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD5H LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD5H LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Pretty good Bios for overclocking

Cons: I've had two different model gigabyte boards and both have strange USB issues. This specific one often had problems with recognizing devices. My wireless keyboard had very poor range and if I used more than 4 USB ports at a time it would complain there wasn't enough resources. I've replaced this board with an MSI and my problems are solved. Gigabyte support as with most board mfgs was a pain to work with which led to me simply buying another board.

2800mhz memory that doesn't run at 2800mhz

CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 2800 (PC3 22400) Desktop Memory Model CMY16GX3M2A2800C12R
CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 2800 (PC3 22400) Desktop Memory Model CMY16GX3M2A2800C12R

Pros: The memory works at slower than advertised speed small heatsinks (con?)

Cons: won't run at 2800mhz compared to my g.skill memory that's already installed, it has very small heatsinks and comes with a "memory cooler" the memory cooler really does nothing to help OC the memory to the standard they're listed at corsair support policy is basically "return it"; nobody else is selling ddr3 2800mhz 16gb sticks at reasonable prices, so options are very limited.

Overall Review: I went out of my way to find some 2800mhz RAM that matched my g.skill trident 2800 RAM since the tridents really aren't available anywhere now. My options were pretty much corsair or some no-name brand I never heard of. Unfortunately, this RAM will only work at 2666mhz on my gigabyte u-5h. My g.skill RAM was already running fine at 2800mhz so I actually lost some performance adding this RAM. memtest86 passes fail consistently and it won't completely boot up when running at 2800mhz.