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Michael T.

Michael T.

Joined on 02/18/14

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Most Favorable Review

Freezer!!!

ARCTIC COOLING Liquid Freezer 120 ACFRE00016A 120mm Liquid CPU Cooler
ARCTIC COOLING Liquid Freezer 120 ACFRE00016A 120mm Liquid CPU Cooler

Pros: Amazing Performance

Cons: Difficult Installation

Overall Review: What a difference this cooler made! I was running a Cooler Master Gemini before: idle temp 31C, load temp 58C. Now with the Arctic Liquid Freezer idle temp is 18C, load temp is 46C! I can't stress enough how well this cooler performs. Installation was a PITA due to the extra radiator thickness, but at least it came with top-shelf thermal paste. This product is really a high quality unit. Performance is roughly equal to the H100i and H105. Now my CPU has gone from barely cool at stock frequency (3.9GHz) to unbelievably cool while overclocked (4.5GHz). I would absolutely purchase this again--in fact, I plan to purchase another for next year's build.

Most Critical Review

DO NOT BUY!!!

HIS IceQ OC Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card H280QC3G2M
HIS IceQ OC Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card H280QC3G2M

Pros: None

Cons: This card arrived with the cooler inoperative. Newegg would not replace it because I sent in a mail-in rebate. The mail-in rebate was declined because newegg did not include the plastic wrap with bar code in the packaging. HiS would not replace the card despite a 30-day no questions replacement guarantee because Newegg would not accept the product for RMA. I was finally told to mail the product to a third party for inspection at my own cost, and if it was found to be faulty it would be repaired. Now I am $235 into a card that I payed $189 for, and it still doesn't work!!!!

Beware, Does Not Last!!!

G.SKILL RIPJAWS MX780 USB Wired RGB Laser Gaming Mouse
G.SKILL RIPJAWS MX780 USB Wired RGB Laser Gaming Mouse

Pros: Lighting Control Easy DPI Change Adjustable Size

Cons: Wheel went dead after a year

Overall Review: Wheel went dead after a year. Went to manufacturers website and found a firmware update, after performing the update the mouse went completely dead. I would not recommend this mouse!

Good Memory

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-8GVKB
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-8GVKB

Pros: Great Heatsinks

Cons: None

Overall Review: Great memory: runs at advertised speeds, extremely stable, high quality. I plan to use this in all my builds from now on.

Slower than molasses!

Kingston 16GB DTMicro USB 3.1/3.0 Type-A Metal Ultra-Compact Flash Drive (DTMC3/16GB)
Kingston 16GB DTMicro USB 3.1/3.0 Type-A Metal Ultra-Compact Flash Drive (DTMC3/16GB)

Pros: Works

Cons: Slower than USB 3.0

Overall Review: Bottom line: this is slower than any of my USB 3.0 drives, and slower than one of my USB 2.0 drives!!! It functions, but I bought it for the advertised USB 3.1 speed, and it definitely does NOT reach those advertised speeds. Kingston has always had problems with their flash drives reaching full speed. Buy a SanDisk and stay away from Kingston.

WORTHLESS! OVERHEATS CHIPSET DURING ANY GAMING

MSI Gaming 970 Gaming AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 and SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI Gaming 970 Gaming AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 and SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Great audio

Cons: Chipset overheats

Overall Review: Do not buy this product if you plan to overclock or game hardcore. This motherboard cannot handle the current and will overheat.