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Curtis B.

Curtis B.

Joined on 01/06/12

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Most Favorable Review

Great, but wrong clock speed

AMD A4-4000 - A-Series APU Richland Dual-Core 3.2 GHz Socket FM2 65W Desktop Processor - AD4000OKHLBOX
AMD A4-4000 - A-Series APU Richland Dual-Core 3.2 GHz Socket FM2 65W Desktop Processor - AD4000OKHLBOX

Pros: stupid cheap price easiest amd fan heat sink mount i've had and this is my 10th amd build.

Cons: clock speed registered at 2.99 ghz, which isn't that big of a deal, but I paid for a 3.2 and wanted to slightly overclock it to 3.5. Problem is, I don't want to overclock it by .5 for a HTPC without an adequate amount of cooling, and I just think that amd/newegg should make correct labeling.

Overall Review: I feel that 1 egg docked off is fair, I almost wanted to give it 1 egg just so I would be contacted back so that the problem get taken care of, but it's not a bad processor.

Asus chromebook

ASUS C300MA-EDU Chromebook Intel Celeron Dual-Core N2830 (2.16GHz) 4GB Memory 32GB eMMC SSD 13.3" Chrome OS
ASUS C300MA-EDU Chromebook Intel Celeron Dual-Core N2830 (2.16GHz) 4GB Memory 32GB eMMC SSD 13.3" Chrome OS

Pros: Perfect laptop size Light Thin Attractive Great battery life Low cost; Great for everything you want to do on a tablet or phone, just better because you have attached keyboard

Cons: Keyboard leaves dust/gunk imprint on screen from when it's closed Camera is so so Asus tried to do a "chromebook" version of Apple's power brick by making it an actual brick. In doing so, it lacks the accessibility of hard-to-plug-in areas. Plastic, so it retains fingerprints/smudges across the whole laptop

Overall Review: All and all, I'm very happy with my chromebook; one of the best 350 i've ever spent. It lacks simple things that an extra 300 to 600 dollars in design would fix, but that is why they are cheap.

10/30/2014

Mine are not Blue

G.SKILL FTB-3500C5-D Fans
G.SKILL FTB-3500C5-D Fans

Pros: They were cheap in cost They cool ram/motherboard Like sexy

Cons: I was expecting them to be blue, because everyone else had said they were blue and even on the box it shows blue fans, but mine are white leds.

Overall Review: I just wish they were blue and I'm too lazy to do anything about it. But know, they could be white.

Best air Cooler you can find.

Cooler Master GeminII S524 - CPU Cooler with Aluminum Fins and 5 Heatpipes
Cooler Master GeminII S524 - CPU Cooler with Aluminum Fins and 5 Heatpipes

Pros: -120 and 140mm fan can fit. -Cools ram along with north bridge and other motherboard components if you angle it that way. -able to see the fan, so a led fan gives awesome look/style/color your going for.

Cons: -I think since it comes with the option for a 140mm fan and it's suppose to cool more than a stock cooler it should just come with a 140mm not a 120mm. -Not docking an egg for that

Overall Review: I will say that this cooler beats any others realistically for the money, design, price etc. I used it for two years with my 8120 8core clocked at 4ghz with temps at 22c. max load maybe pushing 38ish. I just bought a corsair h80 water cooler just because i wanted to give it a shot and the Gemini cools better. On top of that it also cools ram and motherboard and loos nice as well. I'm not saying I dislike my water cooler it works well also, I just think for air, and price, gemini wins over all.

10/24/2013

Awesome Case

Rosewill - Black & Silver, 0.8mm SGCC Steel Slim Micro ATX Computer Case with ATX12V Flex 300W Power Supply - R379-M
Rosewill - Black & Silver, 0.8mm SGCC Steel Slim Micro ATX Computer Case with ATX12V Flex 300W Power Supply - R379-M

Pros: very easy to install motherboard into, easy to install drives, easy to install everything really but I build computer frequently, for some I read that silly things gave them difficulty.

Cons: Fits a micro atx board, but not with all screws, for the gigabye that It was bundled with, not all screw slots were filled with annoys me a little, but not worth docking an egg off for.

Overall Review: I think 1 more 80mm fan should be added to the opposite side(bottom side) for a mini push pull config.

Great Board

GIGABYTE GA-F2A55M-DS2 FM2 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
GIGABYTE GA-F2A55M-DS2 FM2 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: Awesome 3d Bios. Love it! Strong board Cheap price Easy and awesome set up

Cons: Could use an HDMI on board for HTPC (what i used it for), but i knew that before i purchased it. Maybe a 4 pin power connector instead of 8. Scared me at first, but you can just plug in your 4 for it to work depending on what else you are powering. Maybe 1 more fan connector.

Overall Review: I used this for a HTPC paired with an a4 apu 6 gigs of ram turned out to be an awesome little 250 computer, just throw in an HDMI. I mean, i even use Gigabyte's 990 fx for my 8 core and even that doesn't have a HDMI. I understand why it doesn't, but for some it could be useful.