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Adam N.

Adam N.

Joined on 10/17/11

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Great Buy

Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset

Pros: Probably the most comfortable headset I've owned,d very nice looking, good length cable, decent audio quality for the price, detachable microphone is great for transport.

Cons: The volume piece on the inline controls feels a little cheap.

Overall Review: Over all a good buy so far, my only real concern is that the attachment point for the microphone might wear out, though nothing to justify docking an egg.

ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise Blue LED CPU Cooler
ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise Blue LED CPU Cooler

Pros: Excellent cooling, keeps my i5-4670 idling around 25*c, and under load around 40*c. Looks great, and compatible with lots of chips.

Cons: The fins on the radiator are /extremely/ sharp. If you bump them with your hand they will cut you. Installation is rather clumsy as a result of this. This is my only complaint, however.

ASRock ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty Z87 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Gaming Motherboard
ASRock ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty Z87 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Gaming Motherboard

Pros: Tons of features for the price, the utilities are actually quite nice, and the board's easy to configure. Everything's pretty easy to get at except the molex connector for running multiple GPUs, but this isn't a huge deal as the Haswell chips don't support two full speed PCI-e lanes anyway. The HDMI pass through is a neat feature, and there's plenty of ports available.

Cons: This board creaks a /lot/ when you install it, it had me worried but everything seemed okay. As stated, the molex connector on the bottom of the board is in an awkward position. The primary reason I'm docking an egg is because I've had some odd USB issues, specifically upon cold booting, all devices will be detected and function, however strangely the LED lights on my mouse, keyboard, and joystick don't come on as they should. If the system is restarted, the lights work properly, and unplugging and replugging in the devices fixes it as well. It's more of an annoyance than a real problem, however, and hopefully a BIOS update or something will fix it.

Intel Core i5-4670 - Core i5 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics Desktop Processor - BX80646I54670
Intel Core i5-4670 - Core i5 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics Desktop Processor - BX80646I54670

Pros: Great chip for the price, more than enough processing power to tackle most tasks with ease, I rarely see the chip over 50% utilization even when under heavy load.

Cons: The Haswell chips as a whole only support one full speed PCI-e lane, no hyper-threading but this isn't such a big deal.