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Brandon H.

Brandon H.

Joined on 07/18/05

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Most Favorable Review

Awesome RAM

CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M2A1600C9
CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M2A1600C9

Pros: Corsair makes top of the line RAM, and I have never personally had one that doesn't perform as advertised, or better. As another reader mentioned the timings on this ARE 9-9-9-24, not 9-9-9-27 as advertised on newegg. Hopefully they will correct this error

Cons: Don't look as cool as the Dominators, although most people wont care much.

Overall Review: If price is not too much of an issue, I will ALWAYS buy corsair RAM. Sure, you pay a premium, but there is a reason why.

12/11/2010
Most Critical Review

Horrible graphics

Playstation3 Game
Playstation3 Game

Pros: Zombie mode is great, its all I ever play on this game now. The campaign mode is pretty good. I like the hidden things they throw into the game like a new zombie level when you finish campaign and the hidden songs in both the zombie levels.

Cons: The graphics are horrid when compared to MW2. Treyarch has always been horrible with this, as well as online multiplayer. The currency is pretty much pointless as you lose it when you prestige so you might as well just buy everything. Multiplayer takes almost no skill, which might be a pro if you suck at fps games.

Overall Review: Lets hope Infinity Ward gets the rights to the next few COD games. Treyarch is probably better at everything offline like campaign and zombies, aside from graphics, but you buy a game for a good multiplayer.

12/29/2010

Great thermal paste!

Arctic Silver CMQ2-25G Céramique 2 Tri-Linear Ceramic Thermal Compound
Arctic Silver CMQ2-25G Céramique 2 Tri-Linear Ceramic Thermal Compound

Pros: 25g for under $10? This is a crazy good deal. I am getting results similar to AS 5, maybe even better. I like that it doesn't conduct electricity. I usually wouldn't care about that, but recently I had to re-seat the heatsink on my laptop. Because the contact area is so small on mobile processors, its almost impossible to avoid compound seeping over the sides. This thermal paste gave me confidence that it wouldn't harm my computer and it did a great job. This is enough compound to last me at least a decade, and I build several computers a year.

Cons: Makes a mess, but what thermal compound doesn't? As with most compounds, you might get a mini explosion of paste when you open this at high altitudes (I am around 5000ft). Because there is 25g of the stuff, it wasn't that big of a deal.

Overall Review: As stated on newegg, it does take about a full day to set in once applied. My temps dropped about 5c just over that time period.

MSI is one of the best brands

MSI GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card N580GTX-M2D15D5
MSI GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card N580GTX-M2D15D5

Pros: Read below

Cons: Read below

Overall Review: I own this card as well as many other MSI products, and I can say that they are one of the top brands available. I rated this 5 eggs to compensate for the other reviewer on here that took off an egg because he doesn't want to spend $2 on an HDMI adapter to suit his needs. Its not MSI's fault that you failed to do enough product research before buying a product. I must also note that the other brand you recommended instead (XFX), is one of the worst brands you can buy, but unfortunately has a good color scheme which fools losers like yourself into buying their products because they look pretty. If anyone else slightly more knowledgeable cares, MSI uses the best capacitors among any of the other consumer brands, and would be a great brand to choose among the competition.

Great graphics card

MSI GeForce GTS 250 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card N250GTS TwinFrozr 1G OC
MSI GeForce GTS 250 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card N250GTS TwinFrozr 1G OC

Pros: Stays cool and looks cool. What more can you ask for?

Cons: Fans are extremely quiet when booted into windows, but while in bios or booting up the fans run at 100%, which is LOUD! So loud that I'm guessing the fans never go over 20% while gaming. It sounds like I just jammed a few hair dryers and a leaf blower inside my case, but when windows boots up it gets ominously quiet...

Overall Review: I really need to take a poop...

2nd 690 I've Bought

Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Big case, decent cooling, easy installation*, plenty of places for extra fans. Case can look fairly modest compared to many of the cases on here, or you can fill it with cold cathodes and make it glow nice.

Cons: Cutout for the processor heatsink on the back is too small and I have yet to have a mobo where it lines up correctly with the holes. In order to put in a cd drive, which everyone must do, you must rip off the whole front cover until either it snaps in half or the clips come loose. This is a serious design flaw in many aspects, and the only difficult part of an installation.

Overall Review: Wish it was painted black inside like the new models, but I guess you cant see inside anyway.