Joined on 02/20/04
DDR4 Powerhouse and Style
Pros: Aluminum heat spreaders dissipate any heat very effectively. Coating and color look amazing Very stable at 3200 speeds using proper timings. Motherboard did not pick up the maximum speed for these but a simple BIOS change fixed the issue. (Note: Did a test with the default timings, and there was really no difference in speed) Never had a failure with Corsair ram. FYI new DOOM with nVidia 970 and these chips looks amazing.
Cons: none
Overall Review: Corsair is making so many nice products that the my entire rig is basically Corsair due to their great quality and detail to workmanship. Tried to OC these chips for giggles with limited success. Increasing voltage slightly did help, but did not notice a speed difference so decided to step them back to the rated timings for stability. ASUS SABERTOOTH Z170 S LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80662I76700K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530 Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Military Green Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Corsair Gaming K95 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - RGB Lighting - Cherry MX Brown Switches Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 Extreme Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm Corsair Gaming M65 RGB Laser Gaming Mouse - Black
Low Qual Video
Pros: Composite and SVideo inputs, FM Radio, Digital TV, External antennas for FM and TV, Copying VHS tapes over to the PC works well once you figure it out. Works on Windows 7 64bit. TV and DVR works great. FM tuner works great.
Cons: Composite video is very grainy and slow interlaced. If you're trying to copy VHS over to your system. Not shielded well from outside interference. Keep away from Routers, Cordless phones, cell phonse or anything else putting out a signal, otherwise you'll see the interference on the display. Have to turn off the prerecording if you want to use the composite inputs to plug an older condole into it aka Wii. Still the picture quality is very weak. No HD Radio.
Overall Review: Still need a fast PC if you want to convert the videos in to AVI, Divx, MP4, or somethign other than mpeg2 (DVD format). Upgrade the software often. The latest upgrades fixed some issues I was having. No AM radio, but does anyone listen to that still?
good for party lighting and accent color
Pros: Super low wattage. Does vary depending on color and brightness. My main need for wifi bulbs it needs to work without Internet which you can set with this one. App not needed after connecting using Home Assistant. Good colors White setting are fairly bright after you get it connected.
Cons: App is a bit clunky for novice to work. Have to disconnect data on phone then need to connect Wi-Fi to bulbs manually before entering the app. This is common on many Wi-Fi enabled devices. Was difficult to pair in HA.
Overall Review: Anyone looking to use without Internet look for Home Assistant , Magic Home Pro. Can work without HA. Block the app from going to home base in your router. Or, use something like PI Hole, or ADGuard DNS.
Works great
Pros: Fast and reliable. Been running them for a while compared to Corsair Dominator series they are quite small. I'm sure this is just because they have no lights. Which I'm actually glad. The lights get annoying. Look good for a while but lighting takes to power. So less power hungry. over clocked just fine using various XPM modes on mother board.
Cons: Nothing to speak of.
Overall Review: The white color helps if putting in lights in your case or using an LCD screen clear window. Didn't see any difference in speec with my high end ram.
speedy start times
Pros: Very small and lots of storage. Tried this on two computers/backwards compatible with Gen 3, but really shines in The gen4 realm. Put steam games on that are played the most. Start up times for larger games like Battlefield drastically reduced.
Cons: Wish it had a great spreader so I used one I had laying around.
Overall Review: Definitely recommend this especially for the cost. Lower energy usage over mechanical, speed etc. Corsair had always been solid company for electronics they specialize in.
Decent Nas drive for the money
Pros: Cost to storage ratio
Cons: A bit clicky
Overall Review: Replacing a dead drive in terra master server working as expected.
Always a pleasure working with Newegg over other sites.
I do a lot of comparison shopping and always come back here. I never have to worry about knock off products or repackaged products when buy from NewEgg. I think i've had 1 issue in like 10 years of working with them
Nice low-end mouse
the DPI is set a little wonky up front for general use. feels a bit cheap. Wish it has a pinky finger rest feels weird that it doesn't have one when the thumb is fully supported. wish scroll wheel was able to release the clicking and roll it for browsing. (too used to the Logitech Prometheus I guess) No strain relief on cord connection into mouse will be an issue down the road I'm sure. Sharp edges look good but not comfortable for long game play.
Great deal
Impressive work machine for the cost plus windows 10. These are windows 7 machines with new Windows 10 pro images. Lot of room for expansions. Worked straight out of box. Took about 3 hours to get all the updates installed. No 3rd party fluff to remove other than normal windows 10 fluff. Best antivirus built-in (new windows based anti virus anti malware). Gigabit LAN, nvida quattro for pro 3d rendering, added a gaming card I had laying around for gaming no problem.