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Jamie M.

Jamie M.

Joined on 10/05/09

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Excellent Value

Logitech Z506 75 watts RMS 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers
Logitech Z506 75 watts RMS 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers

Pros: Adequate volume, clear sound and cables are long enough for a large computer station. Independently adjustable woofer volume.

Cons: none.

Overall Review: If you have a quality motherboard with good filtered sound, this system provides wonderful amplification. Any system will sound bad if you have a cheap sound processor on your motherboard (garbage in = garbage out but amplified).

Good for the money (on sale)

Acer G7 Series G257HU smidpx 25" WQHD 2560 x 1440 2K 4ms (GTG) DVI HDMI DisplayPort Built-in Speakers LED Backlight IPS Monitor
Acer G7 Series G257HU smidpx 25" WQHD 2560 x 1440 2K 4ms (GTG) DVI HDMI DisplayPort Built-in Speakers LED Backlight IPS Monitor

Pros: View-able from any angle, crisp picture.

Cons: The image does not go all the way to the "zero bevel". It stops about 1/4 of an inch from the edges.

Overall Review: I'm not sure if it has something to do with the monitor, display port capabilities, the DP cables or the new Video card, but when running 2 or 3 monitors using DP from a signal graphics card, one of the monitors would occasionally flicker or even lose video. I would have to turn it off and then back on. Running a single monitor on DP works fine, so I connected one with DP, one with HDMI and one with DVI. This worked great. BTW: Mine came with all 3 cables, so I really didn't need to buy the DP cables separately (too late, already did).

I love it

Rii 2.4G Mini Wireless Keyboard Air Mouse IR Remote Audio for PC Android TV Box HTPC/IPTV XBOX360 PS3
Rii 2.4G Mini Wireless Keyboard Air Mouse IR Remote Audio for PC Android TV Box HTPC/IPTV XBOX360 PS3

Pros: Nice size, high quality and works with my Intel NUC (with LinuxMint installed). I also tried it with my LG TV (better than using the "magic" one included except the home key isn't mapped), PC and QNAP NAS - worked great on all three.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Its well worth the money I paid.

11/18/2013

Love this case

Rosewill Gaming Computer Case - ATX Mid Tower - Top HDD Dock, Side Window Panel, 5 Preinstalled Fans - BLACKHAWK
Rosewill Gaming Computer Case - ATX Mid Tower - Top HDD Dock, Side Window Panel, 5 Preinstalled Fans - BLACKHAWK

Pros: A Good Quality case with ample room and flexible hard drive installation. Convenient Sata Dock on top to hot plug a bare drive. Abundant cable routing areas and a large access behind the CPU that aligns with a fan mount on the side panel. I installed a slim fan behind the CPU and the North/South bridge temps dropped drastically. I also added an Antec 920 water cooler and turned all fans to face inward (except for the radiator fans, which point outward). This is the coolest (temp wise) and cleanest case I've ever owned (look ma, no dust inside). I would recommend this case for its price, quality and flexibility.

Cons: Only includes simple screens on the fan areas. It would be nice if they provided washable filters to fit. I made my own out of a furnace filter (blue) which worked nicely and made the fans have a soft glow, but it would have been better if these were already provided or at least an optional purchase.

Overall Review: NOTE: The Antec 920 (purchased separately) is a thick radiator and also uses 2 fans, so the only reasonable place to mount it (where it did not interfere with other fans or my GTX560) was at the top rear fan mount just above the card rack. This worked perfectly and is also near the CPU. I could have mounted it in the bottom, but wanted this space for my power supply cables. Also could have mounted it beneath the hard drives if I removed one of the cages but I'm running a Raid OS drive, a media drive and backup drive (also backs up the raid) so I needed the hard drive space.