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Tim S.

Tim S.

Joined on 06/11/15

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Most Favorable Review

Best Price/Performace CPU

Intel Pentium G4400 - Pentium Skylake Dual-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 1151 54W Intel HD Graphics 510 Desktop Processor - BX80662G4400
Intel Pentium G4400 - Pentium Skylake Dual-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 1151 54W Intel HD Graphics 510 Desktop Processor - BX80662G4400

Pros: For under $70 this cpu has incredible single core throughput. It can run Rocket League and Overwatch on ultra. And do FEA problems pretty quickly

Cons: Can get bogged down if running multiple programs

Overall Review: You pay for what you get, an incredible skylake budget build cpu

Most Critical Review

Good keyboard

Logitech MK550 Wireless Wave Keyboard and Mouse Combo - Includes Keyboard and Mouse, Long Battery Life, Ergonomic Wave Design, Black
Logitech MK550 Wireless Wave Keyboard and Mouse Combo - Includes Keyboard and Mouse, Long Battery Life, Ergonomic Wave Design, Black

Pros: comfortable good looking wireless relatively consistent

Cons: once or twice a week it will have a bad day and stop working for 1-2 minutes randomly throughout the day very loud keys are somewhat harder than expected to press not so good price/performace

Overall Review: Would not purchase again because of the value

Best case I've ever owned

Phanteks Eclipse P400 PH-EC416PTG_BR Black/Red Tempered Glass/Steel RGB ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Phanteks Eclipse P400 PH-EC416PTG_BR Black/Red Tempered Glass/Steel RGB ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: - Looks drop dead gorgeous - LED light goes through the entire range of colors, so you can match it in every build. Some people have been mistaken with this since I will admit the controls to change the lights are slightly unintuitive, so if you read the manual and still can't change the LED's it means there's a problem with the case. - Cable management was VERY spacious and intuitive, rubber grommets are robust and quite frankly they should've broken the way I treated them (yet they are undamaged O.O) - comes with two 140mm fans for great air flow right out of the box - PSU has lots of room for extra cables if you're like me and don't have a modular PSU, yet still remains completely hidden - Ridiculous amounts of room inside to make a custom water cooled loop if you want, despite having only a decent external footprint - Comes with a MAGNETIC LED strip (no more barely sticky, unreliable, peel off backing) that has high quality diodes - This is one of those cases that has gotten a reaction out of even the most uninterested in computer aesthetics - The tempered glass panel is top notch

Cons: - Not sure if it's my motherboard (Gigabyte B350 Gaming 3) or the case but the front USB 3.0 ports don't seem to like my keyboard, which is really fine since you shouldn't be plugging peripherals into there anyway - Unfortunately, it doesn't support any fans less than 120mm, but I guess that's kind of expected since it's meant for handling a lot of heat.

Overall Review: - For this price range (<$100) I don't believe it can be beat

Board doesn't POST and says there's a CPU error

MSI B350M Gaming PRO AM4 AMD B350 USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI B350M Gaming PRO AM4 AMD B350 USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: none

Cons: -Board "EZ" Debug LED's say there's a CPU error, but it works perfectly fine on my friend's Gigabyte board. Will not display anything

Overall Review: - That being said Newegg was extremely helpful and easy with the return, it is well reviewed so maybe I just got a 1/1000 dud. If you're willing to take a chance with it, you shouldn't have any issues with customer service.

Fantastic Price/Performace

Team Group L7 EVO 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253L7120GTC101
Team Group L7 EVO 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253L7120GTC101

Pros: Super cheap Reliable Very decent speeds for any SSD, not just budget ones

Cons: None

Good Price/Performace

EVGA 430 W1 100-W1-0430-KR 80+ WHITE 430W Power Supply
EVGA 430 W1 100-W1-0430-KR 80+ WHITE 430W Power Supply

Pros: Stable power output over the last 6 months low noise

Cons: None really

Overall Review: got it as part of a combo, tbh you should just get the 500W supply for an extra $5 but if you really gotta save $5 on your build this will do just fine.