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Christopher K.

Christopher K.

Joined on 08/30/11

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Good for 80mm fans

APEVIA CF4SL-UGN Green LED lights UV Green LED Case Fan
APEVIA CF4SL-UGN Green LED lights UV Green LED Case Fan

Pros: If you are looking for bright LED fans for your case these can probably do the trick. Especially for those smaller cases. Quiet and OK airflow for the fan size.

Cons: None

Overall Review: The airflow is limited to what 80mm can do while remaining quiet. If you have room for them, you may be better served by 120mm or 140mm fans as you're likely to get better performance out of those in terms of cooling.

Most Critical Review

Garbage

Link Depot DVI-AVGA-ADPT DVI To VGA Adapter
Link Depot DVI-AVGA-ADPT DVI To VGA Adapter

Pros: It is cheap and if you got it to work great.

Cons: It's much longer than pictured and it isnt compatible with all DVI ports. I purchased this in order to you dual monitors with my Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 and it wouldn't fit in the second port. You get what you pay for.

Great Card but not worth it

HIS Radeon R9 295x2 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card H295LF8G4M
HIS Radeon R9 295x2 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card H295LF8G4M

Pros: The card does what it says and it is fast. Runs cool due to the liquid cooling fans and 4k gaming (oh wait)

Cons: There is nothing that calls for anything remotely close to processing power this card has.

Overall Review: If you're anything like me. Look at the card go "Ooh fancy" turn around and buy two $250 cards and perhaps rig your own water cooler to them (if that's your thing.) Been using a single R9 270x and was able to play my games in their upscaled garbage 4k resolution just fine without spending a half a month's pay for it. Great job by AMD, but this card is about as useful as a gold plated Monopoly game.

Quiet and decent air flow

XIGMATEK FCB (Fluid Circulative Bearing) Cooling System XOF-F12525 120mm Lime Green Case Fan 2-Pack
XIGMATEK FCB (Fluid Circulative Bearing) Cooling System XOF-F12525 120mm Lime Green Case Fan 2-Pack

Pros: These fans have pretty decent airflow for the price and speed of the fans. Even plugged into my fan controllers on high, these fans run fairly quiet. They also look cool.

Cons: For the price you're paying there are none.

Overall Review: The design of the fan makes where they can be installed a bit limited unless you're wanting to go out and buy machine screws and knuts. Fortunately I had a couple of these lying around to mount one as a secondary radiator fan.

Nice

Acer H6 Series H226HQLbid Black 21.5" HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor, IPS Panel 250 cd/m2 ACM 100,000,000:1 (1000:1)
Acer H6 Series H226HQLbid Black 21.5" HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor, IPS Panel 250 cd/m2 ACM 100,000,000:1 (1000:1)

Pros: This monitor is slick looking and is easy on the eye. It's small and light and no dead pixels out of the box. Compared to my old LCD 1680x1050 I can really see the difference in color. Shinier, is the best way to put it. The glossy screen goes from edge to edge except for the bottom. DVI and HDMI, as well as and audio out port which I'm guessing is due to the lack of speakers.

Cons: It may just be a setting, but using the HDMI cable caused my PC's output to get scaled down for some reason, even with it set to 1080p. In my opinion, this is just impractical even if changing the setting is easy. Hence the egg loss.

Overall Review: There are no mounting holes in the back. This is not a con in my opinion as it's a computer monitor, not a television. But if your looking for something that can mount on a stand, this monitor is not the one.

1st 'Gaming' Mouse

Logitech G602 910-003820 11 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB RF Wireless Optical 2500 dpi Gaming Mouse
Logitech G602 910-003820 11 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB RF Wireless Optical 2500 dpi Gaming Mouse

Pros: I was using a normal Dell mouse, that my dad got with his laptop for about 5 years until I picked this one up. I've never gotten a gaming mouse before but this thing just feels smoother and better. I usually can't stand wireless but at work they have us using similar Logitech mice and since I've had no issue with that one I figured I'd give this a try and so far I'm not disappointed in the least. Smooth, and the shape makes the grip seem natural and comfortable. It works right out of the box and it even comes with, an extension cable for those who have no front usb.

Cons: The G9 and G6 buttons could have been placed better, as it can be difficult to push them without moving your thumb. Not really an issue for me as I don't use them, but could be a con for some.

Overall Review: I really wish rechargeable was standard. It still uses the prehistoric AAs at this point which is a little disappointing, but not enough to consider it a con.