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Sky J.

Sky J.

Joined on 10/20/12

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Most Favorable Review

Amazing mouse.

Corsair M65 Vengeance USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse
Corsair M65 Vengeance USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse

Pros: Huge range of DPI settings. "Sniper Button" can be configured to have a higher or lower DPI, for whatever you use it for. Buttons to switch stuff are perfectly easy to get to. Extremely ergonomic and comfortable. Software is amazing.

Cons: Nothing to take eggs for, but: Middle mouse button is hard to depress (You have to tilt it to the right), and there's not a discernible "click". Mouse takes a tiny bit to get used to the shape. The only one that I considered taking an egg off for is the sensor- It feels "floaty" and inaccurate when you first start using the mouse. I'd recommend turning down your DPI and up your cursor speed in Windows if that's an issue for you.

Overall Review: Best mouse I've ever touched, easily. Click buttons are nice and easy to press, but firm and clicky at the same time.

Most Critical Review

Great at the start, bad after about a month of use.

Hanns-G 26" LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D HL269DPB
Hanns-G 26" LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D HL269DPB

Pros: Was a very nice monitor when I first had it. Read my last review.

Cons: After the month of use, it now flickers very badly and has no options for changing the refresh rate. Almost unusable for gaming. Not to be "that guy", but I'd definitely recommend going with a different brand if you're gaming, photo or video editing, or anything where you want a crisp, clean image of what you're looking at.

Overall Review: It was nice when I first got it, and if you're just doing text editing or something then I'm sure it will be fine for you. Maybe I just got a lemon, but I've heard of this happening a lot with HANNS-G monitors.

12/14/2012

Faulty PSU, poor quality

Thermaltake SMART M Series SP-850M 850 W Intel ATX 12V 2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Semi-Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Thermaltake SMART M Series SP-850M 850 W Intel ATX 12V 2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Semi-Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: It keeps my PC running when it works.

Cons: Fan is extremely noisy. Clicks very loudly at any time it's on. Power supply will shut off randomly, and will shut off if there's any vibration of the power supply or case.

Overall Review: I got this as an RMA for my PREVIOUS ThermalTake power supply which failed on me. I'm unable to go without this PC for two months (Which is the time it took for them to get me my RMA power supply last time) because of schooling/work that need to be done on it, so I can't send it in to get a new one. This is two ThermalTake power supplies in a row that have failed on me- I'd recommend staying away.

11/10/2013

Great CPU and liquid cooler

AMD FX-8150 - FX-Series Zambezi 8-Core 3.6GHz (3.9GHz/4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor with Liquid Cooling Kit - FD8150FRGUWOX
AMD FX-8150 - FX-Series Zambezi 8-Core 3.6GHz (3.9GHz/4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor with Liquid Cooling Kit - FD8150FRGUWOX

Pros: Very fast CPU. Amazing water cooler. Runs every game I throw at it without a problem. Read Other thoughts for benchmarks.

Cons: I was a first time builder, and was building this system with a very experienced friend, yet we still had a lot of trouble figuring out the cooler. Nothing to remove an egg for, once you get it set up it's well worth it.

Overall Review: Got this running with a Radeon HD 7870 and 8gb of RAM, and I have the radiator in exhaust. Here are some benchmarks. All are at 1920x1080 resolution. Metro 2033 (DX11, Very High) Average framerate = 50FPS. Lowest I've dropped is 30fps, still great because Metro is a very unoptimized game. Far Cry 3: (DX11, Ultra, No AA) Average framerate = 50fps. Lowest, again, is 30fps. With 4x MSAA I average around 40fps. A benchmark just for fun; Minecraft maxed out, I get about 300-400fps on average and never drop below 200fps. Also- Far Cry 3 will get 6 cores running at 30% load each. When I rendered 1080p 60fps video, all 8 cores ran at 80%, and turning the Chill Control V fan setting to 'Extreme' I never went above 35c temps. On Silent, never above 45c. All in all, amazing cooler and CPU.

Best keyboard I've ever used.

Corsair Vengeance K90  Black/Metal USB Wired Gaming Performance, MMO Mechanical Keyboard
Corsair Vengeance K90 Black/Metal USB Wired Gaming Performance, MMO Mechanical Keyboard

Pros: Amazing feel Extremely comfortable Detachable, sturdy wrist rests More macro keys than you'll ever need Backlighting with adjustable brightness Very nice, light key presses, and clicky if you bottom them out. Silent while gaming, clicky while typing.

Cons: None that I can think of. People say the fact that the G keys, F keys, and the delete cluster are rubber domes is a con. I disagree, as I don't use those keys enough to notice anyway.

Overall Review: Best keyboard I've ever used, well worth the money. My advice? BUY IT. I'm already typing a ton more accurately and a ton faster.

11/28/2012

Update to previous review.

RAZER RZ03-00260100-R3U1 Arctosa Keyboard
RAZER RZ03-00260100-R3U1 Arctosa Keyboard

Pros: See last review. Gains 1 egg for how good it was before dying.

Cons: Stopped working just over a week of use. A key was the first thing to stop working well- then enter, and all my keys would randomly stop working, so it would take at least 3 key presses to activate any key. I got a faulty one, I RMA'd it, but I would still recommend the keyboard to other people if you don't want to spend the extra money on a mechanical one.

Overall Review: Wish it would have lasted longer, but any company will have a bad product once in a while. Personally, I'm going to get a mechanical keyboard.

11/27/2012