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Matthew W.

Matthew W.

Joined on 03/29/08

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Most Favorable Review

Not bad. Never got my 30$ rebate in the mail though..

ECS A885GM-A2 (V1.1) AM3 AMD 880G ATX AMD Motherboard
ECS A885GM-A2 (V1.1) AM3 AMD 880G ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: It works great for what it is. A temporary motherboard until i can afford a newer one. I haven't had any deal breaking issues with it.

Cons: The audio has issues where it will disconnect and reconnect specifically when the realtek software is installed. When not installed it will randomly lower the volume as if it was compensating for you talking on the mic so you wouldn't have background noise. (it never did this on my older motherboard in windows 7.) Never got my 30$ Rebate....

Overall Review: For now its a decent motherboard. But like i said idk whats going on but i never got my rebate. and the audio issue.

Most Critical Review

got a C-model

LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04
LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04

Pros: none that i can see didnt even remove it from packaging

Cons: C model...

Broken / Hacked what else can go wrong??

ASUS RT-N56U Wireless Router Dual Band N600 Multimedia Ultra Slim Gigabit 802.11a/b/g/n support USB Storage, Print and Media Server
ASUS RT-N56U Wireless Router Dual Band N600 Multimedia Ultra Slim Gigabit 802.11a/b/g/n support USB Storage, Print and Media Server

Pros: Does what it says Many user friendly options strong signal

Cons: Broke as soon as the warranty expired My network was hacked. files on my external harddrive wiped and some fake note from the NSA left. Not to mention the ransom letter from the perpetrator.

Overall Review: The router worked fine up until a couple of months ago. It was hacked and tons of files were deleted from my hard drive that i connected to it. Then just as soon as the warranty from ASUS dries up the thing decides to not put a strong wifi signal out and the GUI/Web interface keeps crashing. not loading etc. WORST ROUTER EVER.

Excellent Box

CM Storm Stryker - White Full Tower Gaming Computer Case with Handle and External 2.5" Drive Dock
CM Storm Stryker - White Full Tower Gaming Computer Case with Handle and External 2.5" Drive Dock

Pros: 1. Lots of hard drive + drive bays and dedicated solid state drive bays 2. huge inside and great cable management features 3. usb 3.0 4. looks great and is built very well 5. carrying handle is strong so far 6. PLENTY of room for my gfx card to sit and not be up against the hard drive bays or anything else in the box.

Cons: No cons really. or none that are the manufacturers fault (most likely) My motherboard was fried during the install of the system. Which gave me an excuse to update to a usb 3.0 gigabyte motherboard i picked up at another retailer which newegg wont let me post the name of lol

Overall Review: Excellent case I would recommend to anyone.

12/21/2012

Great Card - My first ATI/AMD Video Card

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 11188-22-20G
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 11188-22-20G

Pros: Very fast and fluid. Doesn't overheat Stable, haven't felt the need to OC it. Diablo 3, Battlefield 3, Skyrim all max settings fine.

Cons: Not really their fault... But performance in Windows 8 is TERRIBLE. Stick with windows 7 until they update the drivers.

Overall Review: Maybe a dip in performance in Skyrim, AKA fps but i have tons of graphics mods on. Must faster than my Aged and faithful BFG GTS 250 OC 512mb. As my first ATI/AMD card i would give it 5 eggs. Just need to get a better motherboard to compliment the 6 core amd processor i already have.