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Eric H.

Eric H.

Joined on 08/11/09

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Most Favorable Review

Pretty Good

AOC G2770PQU 27" Gaming Monitor, FHD (1920x1080), TN Panel, 144Hz, 1ms, Height Adjustable, DisplayPort, HDMI, USB
AOC G2770PQU 27" Gaming Monitor, FHD (1920x1080), TN Panel, 144Hz, 1ms, Height Adjustable, DisplayPort, HDMI, USB

Pros: Big. Had to make sure and buy a desk these would fit on. High refresh, fast response. Connection options galore. Lost of extra connections like usb ports. Sturdy stand. Has a full array of imaging options. Wall mountable as well. Great color. Didn't take much tinkering for me to get the gloomy, out of the box look to come to life. Packaging and the little extras included. These are packaged very well. They also send you every cable you would need. Which was nice for me as I didn't have either a DVI or DP cable hanging around. I am running one of these as DVI and the other on DP with both achieving 144hz using the included cables.

Cons: My only real concern was about a week after I set them up, one, I think it was the DVI monitor, tore very badly on screen. Half of it was like snow/static with an unusual multicolor line separating the snow from all black. Was very weird and only one did it while both were on after a cold boot. Rebooted computer and hasn't happened since. I am reluctant to point the finger at the monitor though as I am unsure what the issue stemmed from. Could have been any number of other things. This means nothing to me but the speakers are pretty laughable, but any stereo person should expect as much from a whole 2 watts. Plan on using a headset or an external system. I will probably use a bit of both.

Overall Review: Bought two of these for a dual monitor setup on my desk with an EVGA GTX 770 SC pushing them. I'm pretty happy with them. I am under the impression I got a good deal on them as I got them both for just under 300 a piece. If the Steam FPS monitor is correct, I'm getting over 100 fps on most games provided the game supports the 144hz refresh rate. I play some older ones so its a given FPS wont be nearly that high on say Bass Fishing, lol. You do have to tinker around in windows and I went into Nvidia Control panel to manually set the refresh rate. If you don't, it will just default to 60. Oh, and I haven't been up to speed on stuff until a few months ago so I found out the hard way that you will NOT get 144hz out of HDMI. Make sure you have Display Ports and/or dual-link DVI to obtain 144hz.

Most Critical Review

Game good, install bad

NVIDIA Witcher 3: Wild Hunt GTX Game Bundle
NVIDIA Witcher 3: Wild Hunt GTX Game Bundle

Pros: Free with 980 purchase. Game looks pretty sweet. Files download pretty fast through the web as opposed to say Ubisoft where you start the download, go to bed, wake up the next morning and it might be done.

Cons: Installation process. Tons of errors, re-download this, switch that, point it here, point it there, files are missing, check-sum error.

Overall Review: I have not played this game yet, but was frustrated enough with the process to redeem the game code and get it installed in my machine that I thought I would review right away. Now, part of this is due to me coming from steam and my computer setup. My C drive is a boot only drive. So I have a separate E drive I use for games. So this gog.com you have to redeem this code looks ok, but the interface is a bit different and took me a bit navigate around to find the files. The gog galaxy program that is suppose to automate the process kept failing because I think it was looking at only my C drive which is almost full (120 gb ssd). Meanwhile, my E drive (500 gb ssd) where I have all my other games is just sitting there with more than 300 GB available doing nothing. I was unable to find a way to point gog galaxy to my E drive where I wanted the files installed. However, the web interface is easily changed to point to whatever drive you want the setup files downloaded to. But, I think it put them to my default downloaded file folder on my 3rd drive (B drive, 2tb hdd) because thats what I have Chrome configured for. I get the files from the B drive to the E drive where I want them and start the install. It runs for about 10 minutes and fails. Gives a vague reason. Run it again, fails. I finally figured out you can "check file integrity" so I run that (check box before install). Gives some vague checksum error which it does tell you basically one or more of your files are messed up/missing data. It explains it as if your internet disconnects even for a nanosecond data is lost and the file gets corrupted. Ok, I get that, makes sense. Packet loss is pretty common, but a game file is really that sensitive? I dunno. Maybe their website doesn't have FEC? Maybe my ISP doesn't? To its credit, it did list the file name so I went back and re-downloaded it. But then it kept trying to install that same corrupted file. So I deleted it. Then it didn't like the new file, but it did ask me to open a file for it. But when I opened it, it said it was wrong. So I took out the (1) at the end since windows named it as a duplicate and everything went through. Sorry for the long review, just thought you should know. Maybe this will help someone else. Long story short, partly my fault for me a bit dumb and new, partly their fault for have this convoluted process. Wish we could just get the codes on steam....*sigh*

Falls short in a Few Key Areas (for me)

Huawei + Harman Kardon MediaPad M3 8.0 Octa Core 8.4" 2560 x 1600 Android (Marshmallow) + EMUI Tablet 4 GB Memory 32 GB Flash Storage, Moonlight Silver (US Warranty)
Huawei + Harman Kardon MediaPad M3 8.0 Octa Core 8.4" 2560 x 1600 Android (Marshmallow) + EMUI Tablet 4 GB Memory 32 GB Flash Storage, Moonlight Silver (US Warranty)

Pros: Extremely responsive, loads web pages and apps much faster than my old tablet. Not a lot of bloatware. This will depend on what you use. Comes stock with Facebook and Twitter apps, neither of which I use so uninstalled. Only took me about 20 minutes or less to clear out junk partially because of how fast the tablet performs. Great hardware specs, will detail more in other. Camera has great specs. Haven't used it a lot yet. Has a good feel about it, solid. Plenty of space for me. I also have a 64 GB SD card installed so I wasn't really worried about space anyway.

Cons: The biggest con, and most of the reason for the 2 egg deduction is the sound. Specifically, when playing in my car. I've tried and tried to compensate for the bad sound with equalizer apps and playing with settings but these efforts have not had much effect. I plug the M3 into my stock car stereo via the 3.5mm jack with a cable similar to a headphone cable, not usb or bluetooth, and it just falls flat on its face. No depth at all, no bass, have to crank the system almost to max to get any kind of volume out of it (I have the volume on the tablet on max as my Tab 3 required this to be adjusted as well). Plug in my old Samsung Tab 3 (the non S version, very old) and the system screams. Play the CD, cranks just the way I would expect it to. Same songs, same cable. Plug the M3 in its just like listening to old school AM radio. So disappointing. It's so bad, I might just go back to CDs. Another con is the SD slot. It has what seems to be a security feature that requires a key-like pin that one must stick into a very small hole to get the SD tray to pop out. This key is included but I can't help but wonder what to do if I lost this key. Is a paper clip going to work? It is also a bit of a pain to get SD cards in and out because of this feature. The wifi card isn't that great. I have 100 mb/s internet on an AC2300 tp-link router with MIMO and it just barely gets over 50 mb/s. This isn't a huge complaint as everything loads fine with those speeds. Apps download and update super fast. I'm fairly satisfied. It doesn't pick up 5 ghz band as is well known by now but that doesn't really bother me. I may try out a few mods to unlock it in time. Smallest con was battery capacity. There hasn't seemed to be that much advancement in batteries the last few years. This battery's capacity is not that much more than my Tab 3. Hopefully it retains it longevity better than the Tab 3.

Overall Review: What sold me were the specs. It was between this and the Tab S2 to replace my old Tab 3 that barely holds a charge anymore and struggles to load even web pages in a timely manner. This has more RAM, better processor, higher MP camera both front and back than the Tab S2 does all for more than 100 dollars less (I paid 209 for the M3 vs the tab S2 was over 300 new at the time). I believe it also has a more recent version of Android. It was a no brainer. However, had I known the sound was this bad, I might have thought twice. Hard to believe that a Tab 3 can wallop this new M3 tablet that badly in sound quality. This tablet is a huge upgrade over my old Tab 3 though. The octa-core with the 4 GB of ram just screams. I was really impressed with its performance. I doubt I will return it but it is still up in the air for now. The sound quality is really a bummer for me. If it wasn't for the sound, would have been 4 eggs.

11/30/2017

Does its job

AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.2 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8350FRHKBOX Desktop Processor
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.2 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8350FRHKBOX Desktop Processor

Pros: Seen mine OC itself as high as 5.2, unsure how that happened. Runs very cool on my H100i, seen it idle as low as 6c with a cool ambient and under load low 30s. Since it is being cooled adequately, no issues.

Cons: Is starting to not be able to keep up with some of my more demanding games. Looking in on it with HWinfo, shows 100% load at times. Has not caused me many issues but is still a slight concern. If you have bought AMD before, you should already know the stock coolers are simply not up to cooling this chip, even if you are not going to overclock. With the large array and availability of alternate coolers out there, it is highly recommended to order one, air or water, along with this chip right away. Quality thermal paste would also be a good idea.

Overall Review: I have this chip installed on a GB 990FX ud5 board, 1050 Seasonic PSU, 16gb Corsair RAM, h100i 240 AIO, gtx 980, and an 840 evo SSD as the boot drive. Have been very happy with it for the past almost 2 years. Runs ED, Project Cars, Witcher 3, GTAV, The Crew, FC4 and several other games if not maxed out, very close to on my 3 27" AOC 144hz 1080p monitors spanned. With a few of the more demanding games I do see some FPS variance but its nothing that causes a degraded gaming experience. I'm more thinking my 4gb of video memory is starting to not be enough with 3 27" monitors. Probably time for an upgrade. If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to a pricey intel equivalent, this would be worth serious consideration. I do believe that if you are more quality minded and have the money to spend, Intel is the way to go. But value-wise, hard to beat a chip like this. Just tack on a few extra dollars for a different cooler, some quality thermal paste and you're set. I think when I purchased all of this my total for the 8350, h100i and some Arctic Silver 5 was less than 250. (Buy between Thanksgiving and Christmas)

10/14/2016

Works

RCA AH216 Stereo 6.3mm Plug to 3.5mm Jack Adapter
RCA AH216 Stereo 6.3mm Plug to 3.5mm Jack Adapter

Pros: Exactly what I needed Works as intended

Cons: Had to wait for it

Overall Review: Just wanted to plug my headset into my home theater receiver. Needed this little guy to do it.

Worthless USB Card

HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset with 7.1 Virtual Surround Sound for PC / PS4 / Mac / Mobile - Gun Metal
HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset with 7.1 Virtual Surround Sound for PC / PS4 / Mac / Mobile - Gun Metal

Pros: Feels like a solid build. Can be configured to work good. (See cons/other thoughts) Ear cups can be comfy, feel soft, fit ok.

Cons: The usb card is worthless. No bass, I mean none. Crackles, sounds like something is loose or shorting, right out of the box, not to mention the whole "7.1" thing actually makes everything sound even worse (didnt think that was possible until I tried it and yes, its possible). I dunno if I got some big ole dumbo ears or something but these things hurt my ears after a few hours.

Overall Review: I cannot speak to the quality of the mic, so there's that. I'm sure I'll use it a bit soon here but for now I could care less. The usb card has been sitting under my desk ever since all of 10 minutes of use after unpacking. Worst sound ever with that thing. I took out one of my home theater receivers, got an adapter and an extension and am jamming through that. Sounds awesome. No crackling, tons of bass, everything I wanted. This was the very first item I purchased through Newegg that I seriously considered returning because it was just that bad. The only thing that saved it was my receiver. Now Im stuck wondering how to use the mic as I dont have much experience with that. Before someone starts blaming my onboard audio, I have my HT receiver plugged into that same onboard audio. USB sounds just awful, the optical out to the receiver to the headset is just beautiful. Leads me to believe the issues are not with the headset itself, but that worthless USB card in between. Also, I'm not into bad reviews, takes a bad product for me to write a bad review. This is the very first review I have written that is two stars Newegg has been that good. I've been ordering through Newegg since about 2009.