Joined on 03/07/09
Very good Gskill. Keep it up.
Pros: -Extremely fast, extremely stable, high capacity -Plenty of overhead to work with if you feel the need -Aesthetically beautiful
Cons: -A little warm. May want to invest in a RAM cooler if you're worried about case temps -Must set to an XMP profile to get 1600 as opposed to default 1333.
Overall Review: None of the cons are even worth a fraction of an egg. Show up in Windows experience index with a score of 7.8 while my 3770k comes in at 7.7 LOL. No problems what-so-ever from first boot to today. Easily some of the best RAM for this price point.
Best value for speed/capacity SSD out there.
Pros: SSD Samsung Quality Extremely Fast Unbeatable Value, seriously.
Cons: Can have inconsistent speeds when it comes to writing / transferring large files (greater than 3gb). Most users won't ever notice, but if you deal with very large files (audio/video editing work etc.) you may notice the inconsistency. Even when the cache runs out, it's still an extremely fast drive. Just put this in the con to have something here as it is a bit of a con when other drives are available (albeit more expensive ones) that don't have this issue.
Overall Review: The value of this SSD is outstanding. For the amount you pay, you will not find another drive that performs quite like the 840 evo. I've been using SSDs for a while, and when I replaced my old SSDs (OCZ Agility 3 240 GB) with these 840 evos, the difference in performance was similar to when I switched from HDD to SSD. I'm absolutely blown away. I still have the OCZ drives for storage purposes which is a testament to how long they've lasted without any issue. I can only hope these Samsung drives hold up the same because it's almost feeling too good to be true.
Beautiful
Pros: -Very beefy performance
Cons: None.
Overall Review: I run 2 of these in SLI with a 3 monitor setup. It's nice to have a system where you can install games and set them to ultra without having to worry for a second if your system can handle it. There are better much more expenisve cards out there but at this price point, these cards are very much worth their cost. I upgraded from a GTX 470. EVGA z77 FTW, i7 3770k, 32GB Ripjaws RAM, 2 of these cards, 2 OCZ Agility 3 240GB SSDs. No conflicts, no problems, great cards.
Does its job well
Pros: -Solid, smooth, responsive knobs each with their own LED ring -Midi interface functionality -Extremely customizable functions -Plastic yet heavy duty. You can easily travel with this to gigs and not worry too much about it. -Enough space for masking tape between knob rows for super easy labeling -LCD readout is a very nice bonus
Cons: The buttons are extra clicky. Not much of a con really just something to be aware of.
Overall Review: I've been using this in a home studio since December 2012 and it's functioned on a flawless level. It does exactly what it's intended to do with a little extra. I only wish it had a couple XLR or 1/4" inputs so that it could function as a little mixer as well. I use this along side my FW-1884 and so far no conflicts.
Fantastic.
Pros: -I have not had to power-cycle this thing once since first setting it up a few months ago. -Fast, strong, and extremely stable connection. -Dual-band is lovely -Looks somewhat ridiculous (in a good way) -The printer sharing and VPN are great features and have so far worked for me without issue
Cons: Rather warm but not so much that it concerns me. Never hot.
Overall Review: Bought this (RT-N65R which is the same exact model only it's sold at a certain popular physical store) to replace my D-link DGL-4500 Extreme that was completely dropping connection multiple times a day which always REQUIRED a power-cycle. With this router I have seen much more consistent connection speeds and ping over both wireless and wired connections and have not had a single router-related drop of connection since the purchase.
Perfect. Legitimately Perfect.
Pros: -Great clocks out of the box -Easy install -Overclocks like butter if that's what you're into -Stays relatively cool compared to my previous i7 920
Cons: Just typing here because i can't submit this review without something being in the con box
Overall Review: If you're going Ivy, get this. You will not regret the extra money spent. Working very well so far when matched up with an EVGA Z77 FTW board, 32GB Ripjaws RAM, 2x GTX 660ti 3GB, and a couple 240GB OCZ Agility 3s Don't use the stock cooler. I mean, it works but if you plan to put some decent load on this chip, go for the Coolermaster Hyper 212evo or get wet.