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Mathias K.

Mathias K.

Joined on 05/11/08

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Most Favorable Review

Pleasantly Surprised

AMD A6-6400K - A6 Series Richland Dual-Core 3.9 GHz Socket FM2 65W AMD Radeon HD Desktop Processor - Black Edition - AD640KOKHLBOX
AMD A6-6400K - A6 Series Richland Dual-Core 3.9 GHz Socket FM2 65W AMD Radeon HD Desktop Processor - Black Edition - AD640KOKHLBOX

Pros: Surprisingly powerful and runs great. No issues using it for whatever I have tried so far. With the exception of really intense gaming.

Cons: Power hog lol

Overall Review: The APU series has a huge market for budget builders. I personally think these can come a lot farther with better graphics than Intel for cheaper!

Most Critical Review

Nevermind

TRITTON AX360 Coaxial & Fiber Optic Connector Circumaural True 5.1 Digital Audio Gaming Headset
TRITTON AX360 Coaxial & Fiber Optic Connector Circumaural True 5.1 Digital Audio Gaming Headset

Pros: The price, the built in mic, the audio quality.

Cons: Cheaply built. Period. Mic is now shorting out, the DIN plug for the headset has pins bending and breaking. One already fell off. And the wires are falling out of the inline volume control.

Overall Review: I have owned these for about 3 or 4 months now. Everything was great at first. But now everything is falling apart. Newegg won't cover it and it is possible that I will have to pay Tritton to fix their own garbage. AND I have to pay shipping both ways regardless. They sound great and are priced great. I have only used these a handful of times. And it is not like I was hooking and un hooking them all of the time. I went to an MLG event, I got to play with A40's. They deserve the price tag. They are infinitely better in every way. AND Astro will replace them just short of you smashing them into pieces in front of them. One of the Halo 3 pros at the event smashed his and they just handed him another set. Not to mention you can use them with anything. Reconsider if you are planning on buying these. Either get X4's or spend the money on Astros. Everyone kept telling me not to get these. I should of listened.

Awesome card for $200.

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 02G-P4-2962-KR 2GB SC GAMING, Only 6.8 inches, Perfect for mITX Build Graphics Card
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 02G-P4-2962-KR 2GB SC GAMING, Only 6.8 inches, Perfect for mITX Build Graphics Card

Pros: Small and fits in mITX case. Silent. Kicks things the sub don't shine on.

Cons: I sort of expected it to be a bit better. See other thoughts.

Overall Review: Completely stock, this is the 3D Mark results... Ice Storm : 70216 Cloud Gate : 8650 Skydiver : 12101 Fire Strike : 5265 Now what I mean by I expected it to be "better". This GPU provided much more constant steady framerates as opposed to my 660ti which is also stock and posts higher scores but the framerates fluctuate more. So I think it's just more efficient, but not necessarily "weaker" than my 660ti. I am also kind of thinking the G3258 is actually bottlenecking it. But that is also on stock clocks. One day I will get to playing with those. But if you combine these 2 for a cheap Steam Machine, amazing playability of many many games. With all that said, I AM an Nvidia lover. I don't hate AMD, I just haven't had good experience with any of their stuff. Easiest way to explain it is Nvidia has more finesse to it as opposed to AMD's brute force. But this smokes a 750ti, and for $50 more it will have a long lifetime. So I do suggest this card.

For the Wife's Steam Machine

COOLER MASTER Elite 110 RC-110-KKN2 Midnight Black Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case
COOLER MASTER Elite 110 RC-110-KKN2 Midnight Black Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case

Pros: Really well built and designed. The logo as the power button is awesome. USB 3.0 on the case. Completely SILENT.

Cons: I can't truly give any cons. If you pick this type of case, you know what you're in for. I DO however wish it was smaller than it really is.

Overall Review: Tight as heck to work in. Use a modular power supply. If you can go with a closed loop liquid CPU cooler, do it. If not, consider purchasing a slim CPU cooler. Stock ones fit, but not by much. If you use a mechanical drive with this, place it on the left side of the top of the cage. Then it doesn't block the PSU or the GPU. And if you have a boot SSD, put that on the left at the top. That doesn't block the GPU either. Use the bushings for both to keep down on vibrations. This case is dead silent. And the temps have been great. Even when pushed. My build is on all air. The built in USB 3.0 can be used either for standard USB or 3.0. DO NOT plug both in. If someone chose this case as a small HTPC or Plex server, it would be perfect. So far so good, and my Daughter loves using it for Minecraft.

Best cheap power supply IMO

CORSAIR CX-M series CX430M 430W 80 PLUS BRONZE Active PFC ATX12V & EPS12V Modular Power Supply
CORSAIR CX-M series CX430M 430W 80 PLUS BRONZE Active PFC ATX12V & EPS12V Modular Power Supply

Pros: It's Modular.

Cons: None

Overall Review: For the price you can't beat it. This was for the Wife's mini build. But I use the non modular ones for everything I build at work. Knock on wood, I have never gotten a bad one, and not a single one has gone bad. You really can't beat it for the price and quality.

Actually impressed

Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR120GB-7
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR120GB-7

Pros: Very fast. I know any SSD is fast than a mechanical, but I would like to say this is just as fast as my 840 EVO.

Cons: None yet.

Overall Review: Looking to upgrade to an SSD to boot from but don't wanna spend a bunch? Get this.