Pros: Free games

Cons: It's worth mentioning the way they keep track of the deal: Say your newegg order totaled $500. They will add a discount of $100 dollars to that order, so it totals $400. Then they'll process a separate $100 order where you buy the redemption code. Not really a con, but it might be for some.

Overall Review: I'm not a gamer, but I bought a qualifying graphics card, and figured why not download the games. I was actually expecting way *lower* quality games than they had listed. I got two games that together would have run me $50 in real money - pretty good deal to me. I'm actually enjoying one of them, so I guess their plan is working lol.

Pros: Very beautiful picture - great colors, good sharpness. Matte finish Very thin IPS display - great viewing angles - for an awesome price (I paid low-$100s).

Cons: Main con: a high-pitched whirring noise -- PLEASE see 'Other Thoughts' - I returned it because of this. Other cons -- None of these really bothered me; just confirming what others have pointed out: The stand *is* wobbly BUT it really doesn't bother me at all. If your desk is sturdy, the wobbling is minimal. The power button *does* flash brightly in standby, but it's not too bad to just press the button one more time to turn it off. The power adapter is a "wall wart." Again, didn't bother me but it's worth pointing out. No DVI cable included - only VGA.

Overall Review: I was all ready to give this monitor an awesome review. It's got an great picture in my opinion. I think it looks stylish, and, I mean, it's an IPS display for a really low price! I would have been perfectly happy with it, but one thing prevented that: When it was in standby mode, and when it is turned off but plugged-in, it was making a high pitched whirring noise. The sound was at the upper limit of my hearing -- high pitched enough to where it seems only young people can hear it. At times, it was faint; at other times, it seemed louder; but at all times, it was super irritating -- it was in my bedroom so I could hear the whirring noise all night. I tried fixes that supposedly work for other monitors -- adjusting the brightness, changing the refresh rate, etc. -- but none of them worked. Now it might be that I got a defective monitor. I wish I could confirm that by getting a replacement, but Newegg is currently out of stock. Or it might be that all of these monitors do this. Obviously there's no way for me to know. But I figured it was important to write this, because the first thing I did was re-check the newegg reviews, and I didn't see one person mention this. If you have this problem, now you know someone else had it too.

Pros: Good bang for your buck on performance. Works well 99% of the time (see Other thoughts)

Cons: Screen blackouts during low intensity use Drivers are bad Firmware has a defect I'm not the only one with these problems See other thoughts for details, please!

Overall Review: At first I gave this card a five star review. I saw all the comments about bad drivers and what not and explained that I didn't have any of these problems. But I had that review removed because now I've experienced them: Everything would be working fine, then the screen would randomly go black. My PC would still be running, but the screen would just go black. Only a hard reset would fix it. After some research I discovered that I'm hardly the only person to experience this. It is a problem common throughout many r7 260x graphics cards. Per newegg rules, I can't provide the hyperlink, but on Tom's Hardware there are many forum threads about this. The biggest and most helpful is titled "Sapphire R7 260x black screen!!!." Here's the gist: Lots of people experiencing these blackouts. They happen when using the card at low intensity, and they happen randomly. It has to do with either the drivers or the actual firmware. Asus (which makes a card with the r7 260x) releases an updated BIOS for their card and it fixes the problem. One Sapphire owner contacts support and receives an updated BIOS for the Sapphire card (the one I'm reviewing). He/she provides the BIOS as a download, BUT it's not available on the Sapphire website yet (as of my writing this). Supposedly, this updated BIOS fixes the problem, but I myself haven't tried it because I'm not comfortable flashing the BIOS. I'm using the other fix people discovered -- it's easier and safer in my opinion: You limit your "memory clock" setting to never exceed 750MHz. You can do this in the AMD Catalyst Control Center. This fixes the problem for me and many others -- no more blackouts. So again, the 2 solutions to blackouts: 1. HARDER: Download updated BIOS from that forum, if you trust it. Again, I haven't tried. Flash it. 2. EASIER: Limit memory clock speeds to 750MHz. Problem fixed. Possible #3: Contact Sapphire and ask for updated BIOS and detailed instructions on how to flash it. If I didn't find this fix, I definitely would have returned it. But now that it's fixed, the card remains a good value for the price. I just can't give it more than three stars. Hope this helped some of you.

Pros: Stand is sturdy and high quality it my opinion, all while taking up a small footprint. Monitor is thin. Matte screen. Logical menu and button configuration. Picture is great.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: I originally bought another monitor -- a 21.5" IPS monitor at roughly the same price. I had to return that one because of a weird sound it was making, and I bought this Acer monitor instead. I thought I would notice a huge difference between the IPS screen technology and the TN panel in this Acer, but I don't. As far as I'm concerned, this Acer holds it's own against the IPS display I bought. The only noticeable difference is that the viewing angle is not as good. However, it's not that bad either. Some reviews on here got me concerned by saying it's terrible, but I have no qualms with it at all. It's a beautiful picture. I don't think the lesson here is that TN is actually as good as IPS... not at all. I'm just saying I had bought a $130ish IPS screen, and this $130ish TN panel is comparable to it for sure. Don't get too hung up on the matter in this price range. This monitor has excellent reviews and it deserves them. I am more than happy with it and would buy again.

Pros: It works, it's quiet (at least to me); and at least at my level of Tech Knowledge, that's all I can ask for.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Feels like it's high quality if that means anything. I've bought Corsair's CX series before and have had good experiences. Would buy again.

Pros: It reads SD cards, and others.

Cons: SD card inserts upside down: It does mention that in the manual, and it won't let you accidentally insert it the other way. It's just a little weird. Blue LED light: Any time your PC is turned in and this reader is plugged into your motherboard, the blue LED light is going to be on. My computer happens to have a blue LED fan directly underneath so it blends it, but it is still kind of annoying.

Overall Review: To be honest I haven't used it all that much yet; but when I put in an SD card, it read it immediately and allowed me to write to it. On that note, don't listen to the other reviews that say it only reads and doesn't write -- it DOES write. I have only used and probably only ever will use the SD card slot, but under "My Computer" I can see that it recognizes all the other slots from the reader, so all looks in order. I guess I would buy again, that blue LED does bother me though lol.