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Chet P.

Chet P.

Joined on 04/17/12

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Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Pros: -Good OS -Best compatibility with programs and games -nice looking

Cons: -Price -Price -Price -Price -Price

Overall Review: Almost $200 for an OS. You can get other OSes such as Ubuntu for free, with this you are really just paying for the convenience of having Windows

Most Critical Review

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Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac 1 User for System Builders
Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac 1 User for System Builders

Pros: It is shiny.

Cons: It is pretty much pointless.

Overall Review: I got this for free with windows 7, I don't understand why the name has "system builders" in it, because you cant build your own actual apple computer.

Loving it so far

MSI GS65 Stealth THIN-054 15.6" 144 Hz FHD GTX 1070 8 GB VRAM i7-8750H 16 GB Memory 256 GB NVMe SSD Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Gaming Laptop
MSI GS65 Stealth THIN-054 15.6" 144 Hz FHD GTX 1070 8 GB VRAM i7-8750H 16 GB Memory 256 GB NVMe SSD Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Gaming Laptop

Pros: - Light - Thin - Great specs - Very fast - Screen looks great

Cons: - Kind of a pain to take apart (the motherboard is upside down, so you need to take the full thing out to add/replace an SSD - The build quality could be a bit better, the surface of the laptop and the screen have a lot of give to them, but the bottom/sides feel pretty solid. - Speaker position is bad, but I never use my laptop speakers so it doesn't bother me at all.

Overall Review: I installed a new SSD (1tb evo 970), reinstalled Windows, and repasted the CPU + GPU with Kryonaut paste, and everything has been running great so far.

Acer Aspire V17 Nitro Black Edition - 17.3" IPS - Intel Core i7-4720HQ - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M - 16 GB DDR3L - 1TB HDD 256 GB SSD - Windows 8.1 64-Bit - Gaming Laptop (VN7-791G-792A )
Acer Aspire V17 Nitro Black Edition - 17.3" IPS - Intel Core i7-4720HQ - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M - 16 GB DDR3L - 1TB HDD 256 GB SSD - Windows 8.1 64-Bit - Gaming Laptop (VN7-791G-792A )

Pros: -Looks nice, not gaudy like most gaming laptops -Cheap for the specs

Cons: -HORRIBLE touchpad, it barely worked, until it stopped working -Touchpad stopped working after ~2 weeks. It stopped working consistently, then the mouse just completely stopped moving, then clicking stopped working. I tried every possible fix I could find, nothing worked. -I've had so many issues with just getting it to turn on, and getting stuck in the login screen. -Crashes every time I boot into the Shift + Restart menu, which caused a lot of problems for me

Overall Review: There seems to be many issues with this laptop. I'm going to RMA this and see if I can get one that actually works.

SATA

BYTECC SATA-118C 1.5 ft. Serial ATA-150/300 Cable w/ Locking Latch
BYTECC SATA-118C 1.5 ft. Serial ATA-150/300 Cable w/ Locking Latch

Pros: -It's a cable, it does what it is supposed to do.

Cons: I dont see why cons are required in a review.

ASRock z77 extreme4

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -Nice looking -All the stuff you need on it

Cons: -Kind of weird standoff holes

Overall Review: I would definitely recommend this MB.