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Josh W.

Josh W.

Joined on 07/18/02

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Most Favorable Review

Sweet...

Vigor Monsoon III LT Dual 120mm Fan CPU Cooler Socket 1366 Ready
Vigor Monsoon III LT Dual 120mm Fan CPU Cooler Socket 1366 Ready

Pros: Works like a champ, looks great, VERY quiet, and it's HUGE!!

Cons: It's HUGE!!

Overall Review: It a re-branded, repackaged Cooler Master heat sync. They added an extra fan and covered it as well. Very nice quality, the same you would expect from Cooler Master's high end stuff.

Most Critical Review

Bummer...

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: Looks cool, great price for 1000w PSU. Loved the sleeved cables.

Cons: Well she worked great for about a month. Shut down the rig and mobo was showing no lights. Checked battery backup, all was showing fine outside of the fact that there was no load on it. Unplugged a few times, checked the cable, nothing... Totally dead. And this is a work PC as well as a weekend gamer. Had Corsair PSU for over 3 years, should have known better. Stick with SSD's and RAM, OCZ...! SO disappointed.

Overall Review: Probably will sell the RMA when it gets here. I can't chance it again.

Best for the price PERIOD!

Philips Performance SHP9500 Over-Ear Open-Air Headphones - EXCLUSIVE - Black
Philips Performance SHP9500 Over-Ear Open-Air Headphones - EXCLUSIVE - Black

Pros: These headphones really keep blowing me away! Bass is balanced, sound-stage is very open while keeping control over the mids and highs. Super lightweight, and since I use them for both music and gaming, they are about as good as it gets for this price without going to higher-end Sennheiser or Beyerdynamic. I have a set of DT 770's and they are awesome, but not NEARLY as comfortable as these SHP9500's. I saw them on MassDrop about a month ago for about $100 and almost got them then.... Glad I did't as with the sale I and many others picked these up on NewEgg for $50.

Cons: None... how can you for $50...?

Great Case with Minor Issues

Fractal Design Core 1000 Black Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
Fractal Design Core 1000 Black Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: Very nice case and great quality for a sub $40 case. The layout is perfect and the chassis really light. All black paint inside and out looks super nice once the build is complete. Awesome air-flow...

Cons: Some issues: 1. Piece of paper stuck where the motherboard mounts that got painted over at the factory. However, the motherboard covers this. 2. Not wide enough for the ever popular Cooler Master Hyper 212. Only 3mm more width would just fit this amazing and favorite CPU cooler. 3. FINGER PRINTS... lol... this is just the paint they use. Not a huge deal, but annoying when moving it around.

Overall Review: Slapped a mini-ITX board in this case with an i3 - 4370. Sadly had to use the stock cooler because I didn't' have time to order a different one. Other than that, building in this case was an easy experience.

Follow Up

Manufacturer Recertified Corsair Force Series GT 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F120GBGT/RF2
Manufacturer Recertified Corsair Force Series GT 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F120GBGT/RF2

Pros: Looked great in my case and they were fast when they worked..

Cons: Yup... one of em died and the other is now blue screening like a champ...

Overall Review: Bought 2 of these to run in RAID0. They ran for a month... that was that. Should have known better than to buy refurbs trying to get as much as I could for a $3000+ x79 build. Also had a NEW OCZ 1000w power supply die... and a Swiftech AIO water cooler die on the new rig too. I have to say that this is the first time I have EVER in 15 years of building had this many duds from one retailer on a single build, yet I stay loyal... I have been buying from Newegg for over 10 years through my business for personal and this is very disappointing. Actually at this point I'm fairly enraged by all the wasted time... we are talking almost 100 man hours in build time, for troubleshooting, repairs, phone calls from vendors asking me up change my reviews if they take care of me. Not to mention the waiting on replacements and I'm just stupid enough to purchase something new so I don't have to wait and just sell the refurb I get from the manufacturer. Newegg is too big to care anymore so we are dumped off to the manufacturer. Hopefully Corsair will make a quicker turnaround for me this time on these drives since I now have their DomiGT, 650D, K70, H100 (should have stayed with that), these broken refurbs and a V2000 7.1 wireless headset. It's not like I didn't try to get the best... :\

Awesome... but...

Creative Sound Blaster Z PCIe 116dB SNR Gaming Sound Card with 600 ohm Headphone Amp and Beamforming Microphone
Creative Sound Blaster Z PCIe 116dB SNR Gaming Sound Card with 600 ohm Headphone Amp and Beamforming Microphone

Pros: I purchased this at Worst Buy because I was in a hurry. But this card is solid. You will need to take the time to configure it for your speakers. If you have bottom of the barrel 5.1 speakers, like Logitech's over priced variances, you are not going to get the full picture and might as well use your on-board sound if you have that. That is what most of those speaker systems are designed for. That being posted, this card has very clean and crisp 2.1 sound as well. I am using the Klipsch THX certified 2.1. Not the highest end speakers by any means. BUT... they are AMAZING with the right sound card. I was truly blown away once I got it right. you can turn these bad boys up real loud with almost NO destortion. If I were a real reviewer I would give you the DB at which the sound starts to crumble. But for Gaming?? Just perfect! I currently have use an Asus Rampage IV Formula with the built-in SupremeFX III and the SB-Z is noticeably better. The main difference is the theatrical quality of games. Just powerful, and clear... I suggest using the Crystalvoice feature to make sure in-game dialog is coming through clearly. Also, online communications is awesome... almost meed to adjust it because I wasn't used to the VoIP clarity over the game sounds. I mostly use a Corsair Vengence 2000 headset for that but I kinda wish I have something that nice to plug into the SB-Z card... It's just WAY better all around.

Cons: This card requires some serious tuning for each system. So don't just plug-and-play this card thinking it should "just work". It simply doesn't!! Oh... it will give you decent sound for sure, but you are better off using the on-board sound if that is why you spent $100+ on a high-end sound card. Especially you kids out there complaining about everything you buy that was expensive and doesn't work. You need to TAKE THE TIME to learn some junk... You may need to do real "research" on weather this is right for your system. Otherwise just go buy a Mac... They do JUST WORK.... (most of the time)