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Heidi M.

Heidi M.

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Most Favorable Review

For AMD FX Users

Enermax ETS-T40-BK Black 120mm Twister CPU Cooler with TB Apollish Blue LED PWM Fan
Enermax ETS-T40-BK Black 120mm Twister CPU Cooler with TB Apollish Blue LED PWM Fan

Pros: Idle temps kept at about 40'C instead of with the stock fan when it was idling at sometimes 80'C on a FX-8320. Looks great, blue LEDs are bright and add a cool look to my NZXT Source 210 window case. Black finish is even and great looking, tower is sturdy. Fan is whisper quiet below 1000 rpm.

Cons: Fan does not have the switch speed control like the White Clusters fan does which is a little dissapointing. I am not 100% sure but there are several LEDs that arent li that im pretty sure have functions like brightness settings, and sequenced effects but i dont know how to make them work. DID NOT FIT THE SOURCE 210 WINDOW CASE, I thought i had a centemeter of clearance, but i do not. That is ok, though the side panel can not completely close shut i can get most of the panel brackets to line up correctly and get it "closed".

Overall Review: READ IF YOU ARE AMD FX 8 SERIES USER* I have an AMD FX8320 with a small overclock of about .3GHz.. With the stock cooler I was getting over 80'c on load in games like TombRaider and idled at about 60-70'C. With this cooler, on 800 RPM it was about 44'C idle and in games i never saw it above 46'C. On full 1800 RPM it is about the same maybe a couple degrees cooler. This cooler will keep FX 8 series CPUs at a safe temperature with a small amount of room for overclocking. Over all, I do not recomend for an FX 8 series overclocker.

Most Critical Review

I can't believe it.

MSI 970A-G46 AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
MSI 970A-G46 AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: I swear I already reviewed this the other day giving it 4 eggs but now I feel no justification for that. So none.

Cons: -Horrible board -Lasted 1 week after installation -Speechless

Overall Review: I have owned this board for about 2 months. I was in the process of getting other parts over that time and I just started assembling my computer a week or so ago. It was all going fine with this board. Until about 10 minutes ago. I forgot to install the drivers off of the disc, so I decided to turn it back on and install them. The video WOULD NOT DISPLAY. I tryed both DVI ports on my video card. The monitor still didnt register a signal. I was afraid my video card took a dump or I somehow shocked it, even though the case was closed when I turned it on. So I replaced the video card I had installed with an older model I had laying around just to see if it was the video card. As I was installing it, the locking pin on the PCI lane snapped off. Are you kidding me. And even worse, with the video card I just put in, it did the same thing. No display. I bought a warranty on the board and I will look into that even though I the page they sent to register wont even respond as I checked. But even then, I am mad. I wasn't overclocking ANYTHING. Nothing. I got the RAM up to stock speeds of 1600mhz. I don't even know what to say. I am using: This board... Coolermaster 500w PSU Nvidia Quadro FX 4600 ADATA 8Gbs XPG 1600Mhz FX 8320 Western Digital 320GB HDD

Juice

RAVPower Deluxe 14000mAh Power Bank External Battery Charger for Tablets, Smartphones, and Other Mobile Devices (Black)
RAVPower Deluxe 14000mAh Power Bank External Battery Charger for Tablets, Smartphones, and Other Mobile Devices (Black)

Pros: When it arrived, I was a little disappointed with the quality of materials of the product... the silver band around the device that I thought would be aluminum was actually plastic. The whole unit is plastic, and Although I would have appreciated better plastic, it was well rounded off and I don't think it will break anytime soon. The capacity is massive.... It took more than an 8 hour night to fully charge, so expect 10 hours or more to charge the pack. The 2 amp input was very fast, charging my some 6000 mAh LG G pad tablet from 50% to 100% in under 2 and a half hours while in use. So as for an iPhone, expect it to last for days and charge very quick. I was able to charge several peoples devices at my school throughout the day, (a few Iphones, android phones) at different percentages and still have over half of my battery pack left to be spent. The unit includes a nice string bag, which can hold some of the extra stuff like the included cables and adaptors for 4th gen ipod and iphone (which didnt fit the plugs) and other stuff.

Cons: Not much

11/26/2014

Great

ASUS DirectCU II Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9280-DC2T-3GD5
ASUS DirectCU II Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9280-DC2T-3GD5

Pros: Plays every top end game full settings with no noticeable lag. Wow what a deal. But now I say save 20$ and get an R9 280X. I should have. Such a deal. Btw this beats the GTX 760 believe me go watch youtube comparisons I could not believe how great this thing is and considering its cheaper, newer, and yet more powerful in all titles compared to the GTX line. I should have saved a little more I could have gotten a 280X or even a 290. None the less, sexy card. Overclocked to 1110 mhz easy. Ive played Sniper elite 3 and the newest tombraider and dirt 3 all are amazing on maxed settings

Cons: I had problems setting it up. It would not display to my monitor through DVI or HDMI at first, I almost thought it was DOA but I tried VGA on a old monitor, it displayed, and I was able to download the drivers and then afterwards DVI and HDMI worked fine. I hope this helps I know people have had problems with this

Overall Review: Heat sink wobbles a tiny bit, when you get it, don't handle it too much.

Great!

RAIDMAX Cobra RX-700AC-B Continuous 700 watts ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Non-Modular Power Supply
RAIDMAX Cobra RX-700AC-B Continuous 700 watts ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Non-Modular Power Supply

Pros: Quiet! Cheap! All cables nicely wrapped up! Cool looking in case, not to big, does SLI or Crossfire. Handles the wattage of a Fx 8320 just fine Cables are long enough for my Source 210 window case to fit snugly and not be tooo long. Perfect sturdy box nice construction by no means cheap. 80plus bronze.

Cons: None!

Overall Review: Buy it is not cheaply made even for low price not even a little. I bought this over the one Raidmax 700W with the blue LED fane because it kinda seemed cheap and this one just came out fresh the day my old Coolermaster 500W blew up. Modular would have been nice but at least it can fly.

Great!

Asus USB-N53 300Mbps Black Diamond Dual Band Wireless USB Adapter
Asus USB-N53 300Mbps Black Diamond Dual Band Wireless USB Adapter

Pros: Really nice. Does it's job verrry nicely. My old D Link wireless card got very low to low signal where I have my computer arranged, I now get flawless signal reading very good. I am pleased

Cons: Couldn't have been cheaper.

Overall Review: I have personally tried first hand the 50$ wireless USB card one, paired with the highest end router Asus has to offer... You would not believe the signal. Like taking your entire homes Ethernet cable and plugging it straight in the computer...