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darryl m.

darryl m.

Joined on 04/20/08

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Most Favorable Review

Cooler than custom!

NZXT RL-KRG10-B1 Sleeve Kraken G10 GPU Bracket
NZXT RL-KRG10-B1 Sleeve Kraken G10 GPU Bracket

Pros: Used this to strap a Corsair H105 to my R9 290 (a bit of modding had to be done to the h105 housing). Coupled with a modified vrm heatsink solution has my card running under 40*C while gaming at stock speeds.

Cons: non, as long as you know you'll need to come up with a heatsink solution for your vrms

Overall Review: H105 is overkill, honestly any asetek cooler will give you great results.

Most Critical Review

Gamers BEWARE *updated input lag*

AOC u2868Pqu Black 28” 1 ms 4K Ultra HD LED Backlight LCD Monitor, 1.07Billion color, 300 cd/m2, built-in speakers, HDMI/MHL, 4x USB, Height&Pivot adjustable
AOC u2868Pqu Black 28” 1 ms 4K Ultra HD LED Backlight LCD Monitor, 1.07Billion color, 300 cd/m2, built-in speakers, HDMI/MHL, 4x USB, Height&Pivot adjustable

Pros: Beautiful build quality. The adjustable stand is one that all monitor manufacturer's should be judged by. Matte screen so minimally reflective. Comes with every cable imaginable for connections. USB 3.0 hub on monitor and fast charging port for portable devices. Easy to assemble and setup. At least looking at the monitor is nice.

Cons: 1st thing, upon turning on the monitor you're typically greeted with a capacitor blowing sound of a *POP* from the built in speakers regardless of the input type. Secondly, a terribly annoying flickering at the bottom of the screen, again regardless of input cable, and a nasty vertical line appeared after about 12 hours right down the center of the screen. 3RD and MOST important, there is a noticeable and measurable 50ms input lag, this makes gaming nigh impossible. Even on the desktop when navigating it's noticeable. It's even MORE apparent if you're running multiple monitors ans switch between them. It's not "slight" input lag, it's MASSIVE input lag.

Overall Review: So basically the image is great but it's a pain to actually use since you feel like your computer is constantly playing catch up. Now I know that some people will wonder if it was my gpu that couldn't keep up but I tried several different one's to rule out that possibility. I tried with my R9 295x2 and R9 390x, then again with a friends Nvidia gpu, and all experienced that terrible lag. Thinking that maybe if I tried the Dual Link DVI cable I could at least try 1440p or even 1080p, but as soon as you use any other connection than the DP it goes from a 60hz monitor to a 30hz monitor. Needless to say after a couple days of dealing with this the best course of action was to box it up and ship it back, time to try again when I save up a bit more money. That's what I recommend most people do, I'm not going to excuse any issues on something this expensive to save face and not look like I made a mistake, and if you're a gamer of any variety, THIS monitor is a mistake for you. I just wanted to let you all know my experience with it.

Case is good...except I got the non windowed version for some reason

SilverStone SST-RVX01BR-W Black / Red Plastic outer shell, steel body ATX, Micro-ATX Computer Case Compatible with PS2 (ATX) Power Supply
SilverStone SST-RVX01BR-W Black / Red Plastic outer shell, steel body ATX, Micro-ATX Computer Case Compatible with PS2 (ATX) Power Supply

Pros: Airflow is insane and great option for up to midrange air cooled systems. Built for Ryzen 5 2400G system with no dGPU but wanted a smaller case to fit ATX board I already had and didn't want the same 'ol S340 or Define C. Glad I did

Cons: No room behind motherboard tray, but the layout makes for easy cable management if you know what you're doing. limited expansion room for radiators (don't recommend installing on the base of the case) This particular listing is for the non-windowed version apparently despite the images used and product ID.

Overall Review: Case gets 4 eggs description being wrong gets 2 Overall a 3, not worth sending back, but now I'm trying to find if I can buy a windowed panel before I saw a hole in and make one myself :)

Great $ for the performance and it unlocked :D

XFX Radeon RX 480 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card RX-480M4BFA6
XFX Radeon RX 480 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card RX-480M4BFA6

Pros: Excellent performance for a $199 graphics card. Came very close to my R9 390 OC and used a lot less power and has the ability to use VSR at >60hz. With my Nixeus VUE24A I am able to use VSR to game at 1440p and stay over 60hz while using Freesync, something my R9 390 can't do. New drivers have the power issues resolved and it's done wonders. New Wattman utility works great with the RX 480

Cons: Difficult time holding Boost clock without tweaking, but possible.

Overall Review: I was glad to see mine unlocked to the 8GB model, but what I'm not happy about was that Newegg originally listed this one as having a backplate, then later revised the listing before mine arrived....not cool

Still solid in 2015

XFX Core Edition Radeon HD 7850 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card FX-785A-ZNL4
XFX Core Edition Radeon HD 7850 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card FX-785A-ZNL4

Pros: Being used in a HTPC/Living room gaming PC. Since it's being used in the living room while sitting on the couch I play most games at medium settings and the 1b of vram never presents any problems Rebranded as the R7 265 if you're curious about more recent benchmarks XFX's lifetime warranty so I never have to worry bout the card :D

Cons: small fan....bland, not much overclocking headroom due to lackluster cooling

Solid for the money

CORSAIR CX series CX750 750W 80 PLUS BRONZE Haswell Ready ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply
CORSAIR CX series CX750 750W 80 PLUS BRONZE Haswell Ready ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply

Pros: Very solid PSU that will get you plenty of power and reliability so you don't have to worry about your house burning down o.O I've loaded this up once with an i7 3770k oc'd to 4.6ghz and 2 R9 280s with no problem :)

Cons: It's not modular, but that's not always a problem. It''s very "boring" looking

Overall Review: It's a no fuss plenty of power for most builds PSU.