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Emery D.

Emery D.

Joined on 01/31/02

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Most Favorable Review

Best Motherboard I've owned

MSI P6N Diamond LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI P6N Diamond LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Tons of features, great design. 6 SATA cables.

Cons: Would have liked to see support for 1066 memory. Also, the PCI-E slots don't tell you which to install video to. In case you need to know its the white ones.

Overall Review: Came with northbridge fan attached, nice to have the option.

Most Critical Review

Blurry or Choppy - you pick.

SCEPTRE X23WG-1080P Black 23" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 500 cd/m2 1000:1 Built in Speakers, US Warranty
SCEPTRE X23WG-1080P Black 23" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 500 cd/m2 1000:1 Built in Speakers, US Warranty

Pros: Low Price - good quality - bright picture.

Cons: At recommended resolution picture is sharp but animations are choppy. At max 1440x900 the screen is blurry. Also 2 small dead/intermittent pixels (not enough for warranty)

Overall Review: I plan on going back to my 19" flat as soon as I can sell this one.

Much smaller and lighter than I expected

CyberPower Standby Series CP350SLG 350 VA 255 Watts 6 Outlets UPS
CyberPower Standby Series CP350SLG 350 VA 255 Watts 6 Outlets UPS

Pros: Value, size.

Cons: None yet.

Overall Review: Haven't tested it's ability to run items during a power outage yet.

It's big but I needed more...

Antec Nine Hundred Two V3 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case
Antec Nine Hundred Two V3 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case

Pros: Lots of cooling fans, easy access when building. Cool (both meanings) and quiet.

Cons: With all of the cables going from the power supply up to the drives, motherboard and the cords going from the top of the case down to the bottom of the motherboard, it can make it near impossible to get to the right side of the board where the drives plug in, USB3 cord etc. Make sure you have everything plugged in before routing wires or you will have to do it again.

Overall Review: Case fans have small m-board power connecters which is great as long as you have a board that has 4 or more extra fan connections on it (Mine had 8) but some can be hard to get to if you have a loaded case and already routed power to everything.

Good card, great price. Use the disc for your driver.

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 02G-P3-1568-KR
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 02G-P3-1568-KR

Pros: Card smaller than my 260GTX but more than twice the ram.

Cons: Almost returned it since Skyrim did not work right with it. Rechecked Nvidia.com and found I had their most current driver. Game hung for minutes in a row, and took forever to load. This was until I noticed that the driver disc had newer drivers on it.

Overall Review: Use the Drivers that come on the disc. The are newer than what you can find online and allow the card to work correctly.

Great Screen!

Acer T231H bmid Black 23" Full HD HDMI Touch Screen Monitor w/Speakers 300 cd/m2 ACM 80,000:1 (1,000:1)
Acer T231H bmid Black 23" Full HD HDMI Touch Screen Monitor w/Speakers 300 cd/m2 ACM 80,000:1 (1,000:1)

Pros: Big, good price, easy to install. Windows 7 found drivers automatically, just had to install the touch pack from MS. Every cord you might need is included, even HDMI.

Cons: Not one.

Overall Review: Some tablets have 4 touch points, this has 2 but the only advantage would be a game that requires the screen to be flat on a table.

12/29/2011