joseph h.
Joined on 06/29/12
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Excellent Processor

Pros: *Running at 3.4Ghz its still fast enough to handle any game on the market now, with the chip I have easily reaching 4.2Ghz at a mild 1.26v (high compared to some chips, I know)
Cons: *The stock Intel cooler is a piece of garbage, so you automatically have to equate that into its cost. *Only 4 threads may become an issue as AMD uses 8 core processors and game consoles are also 8 core. But not much utilizes true 8 threads yet and with ample room for overclocking it should be good for quite some time. *"The silicon lottery" is a hit or miss. The chip I received ran extremely hot (4.2 @ 1.26v was impossible to run p95 as I would hit 105 degrees at about 75 watts with a CM hyper 212 evo) a delidding was necessary and after replacing the Intel TIM with cool labs ultra, I can now run p95 @4.2Ghz getting to 85 watts with temps never exceeding 68 degrees. *The chip I have hits its voltage ceiling at 4.2 Ghz meaning after 4.2Ghz its starts requiring large voltage increases to run faster i.e. @ 4.4 it wants 1.4v to run stable. This is high compared to some chips I've seen, able to run close to 5Ghz at 1.4v.
Overall Review: As I already stated I was forced to delid the chip I have because of ridiculous temps, however for me personally it was right up my alley and I actually enjoyed it, however I doubt there is going to be very many people that feel the same way I did as it is an inherently dangerous process that will void your warranty. Although I have more cons than pros the fact that this processor is extremely fast out of box and has served me trouble free for 2 years is enough for 4 eggs
subscribable bloatware

Pros: none
Cons: what a waste of plastic, paper and package printing.
Overall Review: it was free and I still threw it in the garbage, If I get a virus I cant get rid of its probably time for a fresh install of windows anyway. The only reason Im writing this review is because Newegg gave me no option to remove it from my cart, so id have to be the one to throw it away.
Fantastic for us claw/finger grippers

Pros: *Flat making it comfortable for finger/claw grippers *Extremely accessible LARGE buttons unlike the g500 *Added SHIFT button at the end of your thumb that will change the dpi to another setting while the button is pressed and held. *Extension under the thumb pad
Cons: Non so far, only had it a few days though. The G500 I upgraded from suffered from poor switches. Hopefully Logitech has used better ones in these mice.
Overall Review: Upgrading to this from a g500 that was experiencing the dreaded double click. This is like going from an 86 buick lesabre, to a 2014 optioned out stingray. The small extension under the thumb makes me dragging my thumb on the mouse pad a thing of the past. The buttons are large and very easy to get to. The SHIFT mouse button makes having to cycle through profiles to use for zooming a sniper rifle no longer necessary. The mouse is also a bit flatter than the g500 making it great for my fingers. Love it.
Excellent Cable Management and High Airflow Case

Pros: Great for hiding cables to maximize air flow, paired this with a Silverstone 750w PSU with flat ribbon cables and the only cables taking up internal space are the 4 graphics card cables powering my 2 7950's, which tuck neatly up but the disk drive bay. 6 fan ports make keeping all components exceptionally cool, both my gfx cards stay at or under 68 degrees celsius in crisis/farcry with a 68 degree fahrenheit ambient room temp.
Cons: Water cooling gromets are set up for custom kits instead of all in one kits, however Cooler Master does support the mounting of some of their kits inside the case. The inside and back of the case are ugly gray and there is no internal cable gromets to protect cables, but that is what the 922 is for, so no loss in eggs for that.
Overall Review: Great case, absolutely love it. Even got the 10 visa card for the mail in rebate coupled with a 10 dollar off promo makes this case cost a whopping 49.99, well worth it at that price tag, don't think id want to pay more than 59.99 though as like I said its not really a "finished" case (922)
Great ROI Harddrive

Pros: Obviously faster than a 7200 rpm drive. Not as expensive as a ssd. (.30 a gig as opposed to 1.00) Making it much easier to feel like your getting your money's worth.
Cons: Loud, not nearly as fast as a ssd.
Overall Review: Got mine for 149.99 which is a fantastic deal for a 500gb VelociRaptor, but its quickly becoming outdated tech. The noise that it makes is not enough for me to give it 4 eggs but it is ALOT louder than a 7200 rpm drive.
great mobo

Pros: I never plan on running dual vid cards and if you dont either than this board is fantastic. The msata is great for running an msata drive with a velociraptor for great speeds and far less cost/storage space vs. ssd. With an i5 3570k and a gigabyte 7950 wf3, there is no game i cant run at and above 60 fps. The bios, while lacking in cpu OC settings does provide settings for ram OCing
Cons: Because of the fact this is Gigabytes near cheapest board it lacks the overclocking settings in the bios that some of the higher end boards have, ie cpu voltage settings. However clocking the 3570k to 4/4.2 at stock voltages using the turbo boost settings is stable.
Overall Review: System specs- Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H Intel Core i5 3570k @4.0Ghz Gigabyte GV-R795WF3-3D G.SKILL Ripjaws X series 16GB (4GB x 4)
