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Shawn A.

Shawn A.

Joined on 06/07/11

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Most Favorable Review

What a nice graphics card.

EVGA 02G-P4-2683-KR GeForce GTX 680 Superclocked,  Signature 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 02G-P4-2683-KR GeForce GTX 680 Superclocked, Signature 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: -Plays everything on max settings with high FPS. -Very efficient, it's amazing how much performance this card can give while sucking such little power you can run two of these on a quality 650 watt power supply provided you are using a solid brand like corsair,seasonic...etc. -Card stays very cool at idle and under load. -Very quiet. -The overclock on this card helps full some extra FPS in games which helps.

Cons: -Very expensive but so worth it if you have the money. -Not realy the cards fault but the driver's are keeping back some of the performance of the GTX 680 series....watch what this card will be able to do in the next couple of months..

Overall Review: I upgraded from a GTX 580 while alot will say that this upgrade is not worth it I will say I have not yet been dissapointed with this upgrade or card. This card has given me everything I wished the GTX 580 could give me as the gtx 680 is so much more power efficient,quiet and of course having the ability to muscle out extra FPS in demanding games I have never been so happy with a graphics card purchase the only thing is the driver's at this point are holding back lot's of it's performance (performance is still great though) and as the driver's mature you will see even more amazing things out of this card as well as the performance will start to pull farther away from the GTX 670 (right now the two cards have similiar performance). If you have the money I highly reccomend this card at this point any GTX 680 is hard to get but EVGA is overall the best company to deal with as far as customer service goes and pain free RMA if it ever comes to that. Thanks EVGA for the great product.

Most Critical Review

The new gold HX series has issues

CORSAIR HX series HX650 650 W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
CORSAIR HX series HX650 650 W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Corsair as a company because of there customer service and for the way they back there products up when you need to RMA.

Cons: The new Gold series HX650 has a design flaw where it makes realy annoying squeeky bird like noises when the fan spins up under load the first one I bought did this and the RMA replacement did the same thing...seems to be a widespread issue after seeing many on the corsair forums experiencing the same thing and after looking through the reviews on this newegg site....it looks like newegg combined the reviews of the old bronze edition hx650 (stellar unit) and the new Gold edition HX650 (Problem unit) into the same review which will confuse someone who does not know any better....keep in mind the older reviews are for the older bronze unit and the more recent will be for the gold edition unit.

Overall Review: In my opinion the Gold series HX series has a design flaw that still has not been worked out I would reccomend staying away from this new series and instead pick up a Seasonic,Antec,XFX..etc or even the previous bronze edition hx650 as that model was realy nice,reliable and quiet it seems the issues started when corsair had CWT build the HX650 instead of seasonic.

Very nice card

EVGA 04G-P4-3688-KR GeForce GTX 680 Classified 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 04G-P4-3688-KR GeForce GTX 680 Classified 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: -Custom built Card. -4gb memory. -Better binned chip for higher OC than most 680's -Lower fan noise and better cooler than typical 680's. -Most will boost higher than advertised clock. (mine boost to 1267 out of the box without me touching any manual overclock). -Evga is in my opinion the best company to buy video cards from with unrivaled customer service.

Cons: -Does not come with EVBOT anymore. -Very large card in both width and length. May require modification of computer case to fit even in larger cases. -Gtx 780 was just released and GTX 770 will in a matter of day's meaning this great card will get overlooked.

Overall Review: This is a great card I have worked with many different models of the GTX 670 and 680 and I have found these to come with better binned chips that have more headroom than most I also realy like the cooler/fan setup on these cards offering better cooling and more quiet fan than standard 670's/680's. I was so impressed with this card that I bought another to run in SLI even though the GTX 780 was released as two of these will handle anything you throw at them plus has 4gb of memory which will help with future proofing as games are already reaching the 3gb mark at 1080p. If this card will fit in your case I would still recommend it even with the new series just releasing as it is not a typical GTX 680 and it is getting easier to find a good deal on this card most of these will surpass the new GTX 770 in performance and get close enough to a GTX 780 while being much cheaper. Great card.

Great mix of old and new

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate Nintendo 3DS Game
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate Nintendo 3DS Game

Pros: Great Graphics and sound. Awesome whip cracking action and combo's Realy enjoyed the storyline of this "reboot"

Cons: If there was anything I did not like about this game it would be that it was a little on the short side and I am quite sure it is short because they tried to cram to much into the tiny 3ds card....this game would have done such a better job on a console like the ps3,xbox 360 and PC.

Overall Review: As a long time fan of the castlevania series since the original back in 1987 I have appreciated a lot of the changes in the castlevania games over the years with exceptions being the n64,ps2 and wii versions as I hated them. I think the lords of shadow series is a very brave move from mercury steam and I think they did a great job and commend them for there effort's as the rebooted story line has done a great job of putting everything together and making it fresh. I feel everyone should atleast give it a try before they cast judgement.

Best Power Supply Out There

SeaSonic Platinum SS-860XP2 860W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
SeaSonic Platinum SS-860XP2 860W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

Pros: Build Quality,Clean Power what a power supply is supposed to be.

Cons: Maybe Price? but seriously you get what you pay for most of the time with this stuff.

Overall Review: I used to be a diehard Corsair power supply fan always using and reccomending the HX series until recently when Corsair did a "reboot" with the HX line And turned them into a Gold rated supply while at the same time changeing there builder from seasonic to channel well...didnt know this at first until I bought one and had the lot's of noise sounding like "birds chirping" coming from it...thought it was a dud until I got a replacement that did the same thing after this I decided to stop dealing with repackager's and go straight to the source of the best power supplies available which is seasonic and am realy glad that I did.

Great Case for at any Price.NZXT Made Things Right

NZXT Tempest 210 CA-TP210-01 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
NZXT Tempest 210 CA-TP210-01 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: This review is a continuation from my review below about the missing case fan. UPDATE 8-31-2012 I wanted to update my review and change the rating from a 2 out of 5 to a 5 out of 5 because I ended up finaly getting through to NZXT and they were very polite while talking to them on the phone and they informed me that there was a bug in there ticket system which prevented them from recieveing the ticket's/emails and they apologised today I recieved a tracking # for a replacment fan so all is gong well. As far as functionability and quality especialy for the price this case is on the top of the hill and I highly reccomend it also has a no nonsense serious look about it for the mature type witch is refreshing to see on the market...it's realy amazing what you can get for the price anymore. Thankyou for making things right NZXT.

Cons: Only cons were the issues I had initialy with the communication but I was told this is because there system had a bug in it and has since been corrected. Thankyou NZXT

Overall Review: For some reason in the computer case market it is very hard to find a no nonsense looking case that does not look like an alien space ship or one that looks like it was made for a child...this case has such a refreshing look with a lasting appeal as well as being built realy well with plenty of room and has excellent air flow...has room for two 140mm fans blowing out from the top,One 140mm fan blowing out from the rear,Two 120mm fans blowing in from the front,One 120mm case blowing in from the bottom and two 120mm fans blowing in from the side.