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Roger S.

Roger S.

Joined on 10/02/09

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Most Favorable Review

Thor is fitting

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: -Plenty of fans that run pretty quietly -Its very large and has room for all your computer components and airflow -Design is sleek, modern, but not over the top. Brush metallic control panel. -Drastically Large -Good clips to hold hard drives in place -Nice cable management for me -Great lighting -Bang for your buck

Cons: Slight annoyances -The Thor name lighting is not working (don't know which plug I may be missing). Contacted Rosewill, no response. -The fins up top have a really cheap feeling slider button -Somewhat annoying case doors, takes a little jiggling to slide them in right. -Heavy

Overall Review: I love the look of this beast and the fins up top are pretty cool looking. The most comparable one is the brand that markets master high airflow, but this is a nicer alternative to me because I don't need windows on my case nor cheesy logo branding and indents. Newegg pictures do no justice and i thought it was ugly at first, but I researched it a bit online and it actually looks very impressive. It's large and intimidating, but I love it. One of the few cases that looks good when it's turned off. Would be drooling over it if they made it into brushed aluminum metal case. Its hard to not give it 4+ eggs because of its price.

Most Critical Review

Decent Gaming Mouse

Pixxo Monster Series 3200dpi ML-G235 DPI & WEIGHTS Adjustable Gaming Laser Mouse
Pixxo Monster Series 3200dpi ML-G235 DPI & WEIGHTS Adjustable Gaming Laser Mouse

Pros: *looks nice *feels comfy *interesting lights

Cons: *strange sensitivity problem on battlefield bad company, the right mouse button does not allow me to aim properly and causes the screen to either move to the right or flash to the bottom.

Overall Review: The combat the problem I had above, I just use the side "third button?" to aim, which works great anyways. I wish I could keep the led glow on one color because it switches from purple to green and red, etc and would've preferred red to match my other equipment. I bought this at a great price, so i can't complain too much.

Good for desktop

Premiertek HT-H5DN High-Gain Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates
Premiertek HT-H5DN High-Gain Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: -consistent

Cons: none

Overall Review: Simple and works well. I don't have the fastest internet ever(20mbps), but it keeps it close to that speed. Haven't had a drop in signal or driver problems like my laptop. Its good for the money.

Fairly Impressed

ASRock Fatal1ty P67 PROFESSIONAL (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Fatal1ty P67 PROFESSIONAL (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -No issues once running -Maintains a steady temperature -Looks pretty! -power button on mb is convenient when testing

Cons: -Had a problem with getting the RAM to sit in, somewhat of a pain clip design. Had to take it a professional computer repairer to make sure I wasn't going to smash the RAM into the wrong place. -Not very novice builder friendly (manual is junk and explanation of the BIOS settings for OC is worthless -I'm disappointed because I thought this MB would make OC easy) -Needs more fan controls -fatality branding is extremely excessive

Overall Review: This is my first gaming computer build and everything is very different from MB a couple years ago. The Ram clips were annoying, being a noob that I am I'm used to being able to push down on both slides and locking the ram in. Very annoying to say the least. The Sata plug ins have to be in specific ones and I had a hard time getting to it because of my video card was over them (but the GPU is required to be over a certain pci express slot). I mean this is a gaming branded MB, so I thought they would something like that figured out. I also have a case with a lot of fans, but there are not enough plugs in for that. It does have plenty of inputs for all your accessories though and once working it is great. I think the F-stream tuning for OC is a great idea, but I haven't used it yet and the new BIOS is so much easier to use. My largest complaint is that the fatality branding is too excessive, you will see his face when your computer starts and in the BIOS. It's pretty annoying.

Max settings

Palit NE5X570HF10DA GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) Sonic Platinum 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Palit NE5X570HF10DA GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) Sonic Platinum 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: -Max settings on all the recent games I love -Great factory overclock -Price was nice -Quiet dual fans

Cons: -Not familiar with brand -LARGE

Overall Review: This was used in my very first PC build and i told myself I will go all out or bust. So the gtx570 is the one best performing cards for the money. This single card can max out all my games without a problem or without blowing up on me. Actually being able to play shogun 2 on ultra settings brings tears to my eyes. I have not noticed any drop in frames or stuttering in the picture. I do not look at the actual FPS because that will annoy me, but everything appears very smooth. This card made gaming exciting again and puts my consoles to shame. Even though I have not heard of this brand, I think you give them a shot. Will SLI later when I get the money!

Rosewill does the job

Rosewill BRONZE Series, RBR1000-MS, 1000W Semi-Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS BRONZE, Blue LED Dual-Ball-Bearing Fan, ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V, SLI & CrossFire Ready, Black
Rosewill BRONZE Series, RBR1000-MS, 1000W Semi-Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS BRONZE, Blue LED Dual-Ball-Bearing Fan, ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V, SLI & CrossFire Ready, Black

Pros: -Simple works great -Comes with organized accessories -Uses only the cables that you need -fairly quiet -1000 watts for a good price

Cons: -blue light doesn't match the rest of my pc, but that is my mistake

Overall Review: Used this on my first computer build ever and it runs very well and I'm glad that it hasn't started smoking or shorting out on me! It was on a very excellent price and should handle my demanding graphic cards in SLI mode. From what I heard, you never go too low on the power supply, it's good to always have that extra juice.