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Austin H.

Austin H.

Joined on 05/24/13

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Most Favorable Review

Meets expectations as an AMD owner

CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 (CW-9060007-WW) High Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler. 120mm
CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 (CW-9060007-WW) High Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler. 120mm

Pros: Never needs filling small, doesnt take much space keeps the CPU very cool

Cons: Small, not a very big radiator to dissipate heat (But it still does well enough for sure) Feel like the reg price I paid was a bit high for what it is considering 3-fan long water cooling systems go on sale from arctic cooling for around that price that have the whole LED lighting thing going on and this has none of that

Overall Review: Overall its good, dont regret anything. Easy to own, no maintenance. Keeps my FX6300 cool in games while overclocked at 4.5 GHz. Again, it should be a bit less for what it is. Or it should have an LED to light the corsair symbol on the pump at least. Recommended especially if on any kind of sale.

Most Critical Review

Mediocre

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 02G-P4-2966-KR 2GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 02G-P4-2966-KR 2GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card

Pros: never gets to hot with ACX 2.0 decent price point.. decent. High clock speed

Cons: 128 Bit bus... what was nVidia THINKING? 2 GB of vRam.

Overall Review: I had this card for two weeks before returning it. Like my title says, the first word that came to mind was mediocre. Now im not someone whos used to thousand dollar computers, this is actually my first high end computer build so i dont say that it doesnt meet expectations because im used to some thing like a 980, i'm not. This just doesnt perform as well as it should. The two causes of this is both the lack of needed vRam (more and more games need more than 2 GB to play on high settings, yes even at 1080p) and the 128 bit bus. This small of a bus severely limits the performance of the card. Actually, if you know your stuff you know that with this small of a bus, there is no point in getting or producing a 4 GB variant. The bus just cant deliver. I can not stress enough, spend the extra $100 on a baseline Evga 970 or a Evga 970 SC and you will truly be happy for years to come.

Fantastic

EVGA GeForce GTX 950 02G-P4-2956-RX 2GB SC+ GAMING, Silent Cooling Gaming Graphics Card - Certified Refurbished
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 02G-P4-2956-RX 2GB SC+ GAMING, Silent Cooling Gaming Graphics Card - Certified Refurbished

Pros: Great looks Good performance per dollar

Cons: Couldnt complain if I wanted to.

Overall Review: I got this at 149.99 and it was definitely worth it. I was wary because it was a refurb, but when EVGA does something they do it very, very right. I guess that extends to their refurbishing of products. It plays GTA V on high, Fallout 4 on medium/high and others at very playable frame rates. Compared to the new GTX 1080, just buy this if on sale again. It's worth it with a clock speed of only 100 mhz less and MORE CUDE cores. Yeah, more than the newer 1050. Im not sure why either. Pair it with an i3 or above or else you're holding this thing back.

10/25/2016

Its great for the price

SanDisk X300 2.5" 512GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SD7SB7S-512G-1122
SanDisk X300 2.5" 512GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SD7SB7S-512G-1122

Pros: Price Build quality, feels solid compared to most

Cons: Its not an 850 Evo?

Overall Review: Not as fast as say Samsung, but it is faster than most still. I got it when it was $179 the day before they jacked it to $199. For my price its good, for the $200 you may as well spend the extra $20 for a 500 Gb Samsung. If you dont have the $20 though, this is a pretty good buy. 5 year warranty is better than most in the price range.

Good stuff

Silicon Power SSD Slim S60 Upgrade Kit 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SP120GBSS3S60S27
Silicon Power SSD Slim S60 Upgrade Kit 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SP120GBSS3S60S27

Pros: Speed HDD enclosure The NTI software included

Cons: A bit pricey for what it is I think

Overall Review: It was super easy to clone my HDD with the included NTI software and just pop the SSD in and go. Also got to make the old HDD into an external hard drive. I do feel that almost $100 is to much though. Maybe $85 might be a good price. Its just that it's not samsung or anything like the price might suggest. Still very fast though compared to my old slow HDD.

Good monitor

PHILIPS 24" Maximum: 1920 x 1080 @ 144 Hz (Dual-link DVI) Optimum: 1920 x 1080 @ 120 Hz (Dual-link DVI/ DP) Standard: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz (VGA, HDMI, Dual-link DVI, DP) TN FHD 144Hz Gaming LCD Monitor 1ms(GTG) D-Sub, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort
PHILIPS 24" Maximum: 1920 x 1080 @ 144 Hz (Dual-link DVI) Optimum: 1920 x 1080 @ 120 Hz (Dual-link DVI/ DP) Standard: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz (VGA, HDMI, Dual-link DVI, DP) TN FHD 144Hz Gaming LCD Monitor 1ms(GTG) D-Sub, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort

Pros: 144 Hz refresh rate VERY SOLID STAND Good design Good size

Cons: TN panel THE WORST COLOR IV'E SEEN ON A MONITOR

Overall Review: A great monitor overall, especially for the $245 I got it for all in (tax, env. fees, etc). Very solidly built. 144 hz is a big upside. AWFUL colors. I mean horrendous. Mind you, you can correct this through windows color calibration tool for the most part. It's also very bright, i'd say more so than any of my others ive owned. Overall, I wouldnt pay the original asking price of $330 (without tax) but it is a great deal for the $200 I paid (without tax).