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Jordan M.

Jordan M.

Joined on 07/04/11

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Amazing.

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -Automatically overclocks my CPU to 4.4GHz when needed! -Looks incredible -Bios is awesome

Cons: -Software overclock settings don't save

Most Critical Review
CORSAIR Hydro H40 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
CORSAIR Hydro H40 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Pros: -Easy to install -Quiet -Kept my 3.4 GHz Ivy Bridge processor very cool. -Looks pretty sweet in a HAF X with a Sabertooth Z77

Cons: It was silent for the first few days, but it started clicking like an aquarium pump as if there were air bubbles in it, and if there are suddenly air bubbles in it then it must be leaking coolant somehow and I'm not going to trust this thing in my new $2200 machine.

Decent refurb with some minor issues

Microsoft Surface Book 2 Intel Core i7-8650U 16GB Memory 512 GB SSD GeForce GTX 1050 13.5" Touch Screen 3000 x 2000 Detachable 2-in-1 Laptop Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit JJH-00001
Microsoft Surface Book 2 Intel Core i7-8650U 16GB Memory 512 GB SSD GeForce GTX 1050 13.5" Touch Screen 3000 x 2000 Detachable 2-in-1 Laptop Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit JJH-00001

Pros: No dents Runs well No scratches on the screen, seems new.

Cons: Pretty scuffed up Not cleaned well Base battery is pretty much dead

Overall Review: It's heavily scuffed, to the point they put a skin on it to cover everything, which would be fine had they done a good job... The skin has some scratchy edges that weren't probably trimmed so I'll be ordering a new skin for it. They didn't clean between the base and tablet and there's a lot of gunk there and the connectors were dirty. The base battery is pretty much DOA. It showed 30% wear at first, then 60% an hour or so later and it seems to passively drain even when fully powered off. Jumps from 40% battery to 0% when in use... I'll be replacing it myself asap. The charger it came with is in good condition, only minor scuffs and no breaks or wear on the cable. Definitely worth the buy so far but I'm looking at an extra $150 for new battery and skin and I'm worried about the internals. Seems like the tablet battery is okay so far and I'm hoping I don't have to replace that as it's a much more complex repair. We'll see if it holds up in the long run.

PC Power & Cooling Fatal1ty Gaming Series 1000 Watt 80+ Gold Semi-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ-FTY1000W)
PC Power & Cooling Fatal1ty Gaming Series 1000 Watt 80+ Gold Semi-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ-FTY1000W)

Pros: -Modular design is great -Very quiet

Cons: -CPU cables are not long enough, I had to run it straight up over my GPU instead of behind the mobo like the rest of the cables in my HAF X case, I had to actually use the modular cable for an extra inch to get it to reach. -Worked great for years with my GTX 680 but fails randomly with my modern, more efficent, lower power GTX 1080 FE

Overall Review: =Update= After 5 years or so it was performing beautifully, until I upgraded from a GTX 680 to a GTX 1080... Now I'm experiencing the same problem as many of the reviews on here, it just instantly shuts down in the middle of playing certain games. The shutdowns don't seem to care what kind of load I put it under, It'll feed my 1080 while running GTA 5 at max graphics for hours but fail when I play other, less intensive games at even the lowest settings for under 5 minutes. I'd read a lot of posts attributing the shutdown problem to a low quality/aged PSU but I wasn't 100% convinced until coming back and reading the reviews for this.

Crazy

ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 680 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card ZT-60102-10P
ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 680 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card ZT-60102-10P

Pros: -Plays Skyrim on Ultra very well, actually too well. -Cool and quiet -Coolest looking card I've ever seen

Cons: -None

Overall Review: Skyrim has a bug where high framerates mess with physics and cause flickering, this can be fixed by using EVGA Precision X to limit your framerate to 100fps. You can use V-sync to fix it as well but with V-sync on my framerate drops to 40 in some places(as opposed to 100+ without V-sync) and V-sync is just a silly option anyway, I've never understood how anybody can use V-sync with its input delay.