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Paige G.

Paige G.

Joined on 11/23/12

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Most Favorable Review

Freaking love this case

Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Gaming PC Computer Case, Supports: E-ATX & XL-ATX, 4 Dual-Speed Fans, 10 Expansion Slots
Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Gaming PC Computer Case, Supports: E-ATX & XL-ATX, 4 Dual-Speed Fans, 10 Expansion Slots

Pros: Seriously though, this case is beautiful. Lots of space, I don't have any overheating or cable management issues, and there's leftover space if I want to continue expending on my hardware. Lots of fans and ventilation units. Love the system they have for the hard drives - allows for easy addition/removal/maintenance of HDDs

Cons: None

Most Critical Review

Horrible, not worth the money.

Samsung S27D590C Black 27" Curved LED Monitor 4ms (GTG) HDMI LED-Lit VA Panel 350 cd/m2 Dual Stereo Speakers w/ Game Mode function
Samsung S27D590C Black 27" Curved LED Monitor 4ms (GTG) HDMI LED-Lit VA Panel 350 cd/m2 Dual Stereo Speakers w/ Game Mode function

Pros: Nice big display, bright as all get out. No screen tearing, and it works decent in games. Newegg got the monitor to me in a decent amount of time.

Cons: HORRIBLE defect that I now have to pay for. It's going to cost me $30 to send this thing back because there are two lines going across it horizontally that you can see pretty much all the time, especially when the screen is dark. Yes, I have tried different cables (three separate HDMI cables) Yes, I have all my device drivers updated. No, the issue does not transfer to my old monitor when I plug it in, yes the issue persists when the monitor is turned on and not plugged into the computer at all (just an idle black screen). Looks like something got messed up when it was made and I was lucky enough to get it. Yay. I would have loved to get a replacement, but I don't want to pay for ANOTHER return if this is a common occurrence. I will likely buy two new monitors for the price of this one.

Overall Review: So SO glad I had to pay to get the thing here, and now I have to pay another $30 to send it back. Just getting to look at the stupid thing is going to cost me nearly $50. Absolutely ridiculous.

Good product, worth the money I spent

ASUS 27" AH-IPS LCD Monitor AH-IPS 5ms (GTG) D-Sub, HDMI, DisplayPort VX279Q
ASUS 27" AH-IPS LCD Monitor AH-IPS 5ms (GTG) D-Sub, HDMI, DisplayPort VX279Q

Pros: Great colors Clear picture Nice looking monitor very small bevel I've had two of these things for maybe a year now and they're going strong. Nice picture and everything, haven't even thought about replacing them or anything.

Cons: Literally my only issue with these monitors are the touch buttons. Cool at first but they're either freakishly sensitive or don't respond to touch at all (they pick and choose when they like to work) and it's hard to navigate the menu. It's a very small issue, definitely not worth ruling this monitor out over. Oh, one more thing - be careful with them. The matte finish actually scratches pretty easily and it can be a pretty harsh reality check. My mic bumped one of the monitors and now there's a 3 inch scratch on the middle/top of the screen. Makes me wanna cry.

Overall Review: Would recommend. Be careful for scratching and touch button bumps but beyond that they're really good monitors.

Still going strong

Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURX 1TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURX 1TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Good hard drive, still working great after install 8-9 months ago. Read/Write speeds are good

Cons: None

Great processor

Intel Core i7-3770 - Core i7 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor - BX80637I73770
Intel Core i7-3770 - Core i7 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor - BX80637I73770

Pros: I watch my resource usage through CoreTemp and I'm not sure that I've ever been able to even push this CPU to what could be considered as it's limits. Never had overheating issues, even with using the stock fan.

Cons: None that I've noticed

Good Power Supply

PC Power & Cooling ZX Series 850 Watt  80+ Gold Fully-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply  (OCZ-ZX850W)
PC Power & Cooling ZX Series 850 Watt 80+ Gold Fully-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ-ZX850W)

Pros: Modular power hookups are freaking amazing. It makes cable management a breeze. Easily handles a mid-high performance machine Doesn't have any heating issues

Cons: The fan is a little loud, but I wear headphones so it doesn't matter much. The only time there is a problem is when I'm trying to record with my studio mic and it pics up the fan if I'm too close to the machine, but that's why you're supposed to be in a separate room anyways.