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Eduardo B.

Eduardo B.

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C2G 27372 Workstation Repair Tool Kit
C2G 27372 Workstation Repair Tool Kit

Pros: Has what you need for standard computer repair jobs and then some. Comes in a small decent carrying case that appears to be well made. Half of the tools are of good enough quality to last you a while given that PC repairs don't require too much wear and tear on the tools. Has extra space in the case to add some of your own extra gear to the mix. Doesn't come with the Cables To Go logo anywhere on the case not sure if it's supposed to be that way but it's a good thing, no branding just the way I like it. Comes with a shoulder strap that can be put on or set aside for when necessary, also has a case handle along with case stand "legs" on the bottom they keep the case upright if you set it down while carrying.

Cons: The Case is a wee bit smaller than I originally thought therefore adding my additional hardware to the mix took some reorganizing. The tools came somewhat out of place and mixed, but I'm assuming it was because of the shipping, almost makes you think they slapped it around a couple of times to make sure it mixed well. Aside from that there are a few tools that might use an improvement in quality but given most of the average computer repair jobs, they don't require too much heavy-duty qualities as much as the finesse of the one using them.

Overall Review: For what it's worth, the case is great for most people but not all. I added some of my own gear and replaced it with the one already in the kit with higher grade stuff. I primarily got this case because of it's design template something I been looking for that I haven't seen in other kits. There is another model that is one less before this its 12 dollars cheaper on competitor websites but the shipping stocks are not domestic plus the price is steeper, given the circumstances if you are looking for something like this, this is pretty much the only choice, no other place offered it with the exact price as here and with the same speed we come to expect from NewEgg. On another note I was able to fit my own soldering iron (Weller SP40L), since I've read the one that comes with the kit is useless thought it "looks" of higher quality than most 99 cent solders irons I've seen. All in all I had mixed feelings about the price I paid but to be honest I mostly wanted the case.

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AMD Battlefield Bad Company 2 Gift Coupon
AMD Battlefield Bad Company 2 Gift Coupon

Pros: -10% Off for Battlefield Bad Company 2 - I got it free with the purchase of an AMD Phenom II Quad Core Black Edition, Deneb.

Cons: - I already own the game - It's only 10% Off - Not too useful for me

Overall Review: Initially I thought it was an actual gift coupon to get the game for free or something, but even though I read the specifications about my 'gift' I didn't figure as much that it would be just that. Doesn't matter though I didn't buy the CPU for this promotion, it was just part of it when I bought the CPU. Either way I wouldn't recommend it for those seeking to buy Bad Company 2, for that you could probably get Bad Company 2 at discounted pricing and have enough money to buy the expansion pack for BC2 named VIETNAM @ >20 bucks. It would of been better if they included Vietnam for free as the value of this is actually more quote un-quote than that of the expansion pack itself!

Does as DVD-R does

Verbatim 4.7GB 16X DVD-R 50 Packs Spindle Disc with Advanced Azo Recording Dye Model 95101
Verbatim 4.7GB 16X DVD-R 50 Packs Spindle Disc with Advanced Azo Recording Dye Model 95101

Pros: Good price, even more so on special. AZO version is better than the non AZO version, the discs tend to last longer. But don't expect them to be scratch proof or resistant either.

Cons: Non for me

Overall Review: I try to get the AZO version when possible, because I like to keep backup discs of originals, and I want those copies to last a while. I noticed a general increase in price in DVD's mostly in the 8.5 GB sized DVD's. Haven't looked into why, but I really dislike that. Fortunately I rarely need the 8.5 GB sized DVDs. In any case I recommend spending the extra on the AZO DVD's if you want them to degrade at a much much slower pace. I haven't had any coasters or issues with these at all, as of yet. As a tip, if you're making a copy or burning from an ISO, try burning at half speed to reduce the possibility of errors. Sometimes it does help, and you can't blame it all on the DVD's

Does as 750 Watt PSU Should

Thermaltake Toughpower TPD-0750M - SLI / CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi Modular Cables Black Active PFC Power Supply Intel Haswell Ready (PS-TPD-0750MPCGUS-1)
Thermaltake Toughpower TPD-0750M - SLI / CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi Modular Cables Black Active PFC Power Supply Intel Haswell Ready (PS-TPD-0750MPCGUS-1)

Pros: 15% off + already low price + rebate, whats not to love? At the end it's like 80 somethin' bucks? That's pretty cheap, specially for a 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU. It feels pretty sturdy and the cables are thin profile so you can accommodate them around the case as you see fit.

Cons: The stickers on the power supply make the power supply look a little cheaply. Sorry Thermaltake, I know to lower the cost you gotta cut some corners but maybe designing the sticker graphics a little better would be nice. Just my opinion. Wont knock off an egg for that, as I don't spend time looking at the PSU anyways.

Overall Review: I've only owned one other Thermaltake Power supply, and that was years ago. I think it was a 430 watt one. It lasted forever. I even sold it to a neighbor and it still kept going like the energizer bunny. I can't comment any further on the quality expectations of the brand now, as It's been a while. But for the price range and I needed to a replacement on a tight tight budget with good reviews, and with good efficiency, this fit the bill just right. I gave my friend my EVGA 750 Watt G2, yeah I know right? He was having trouble so I made a grand sacrifice. In any case This one ain't as pretty as the EVGA PSU I gave to my friend but if it does the job and last's as long as it should I will keep Thermaltake on my list of preferred PSU makers. As always if anything goes horribly wrong, with either the rebate or their product or their customer service, I will update my review accordingly. But so far, as of installation, it's been running for several hours now with zero problems, fan spinning happily and just about inaudible.

About as I expected and then some.

Cooler Master HAF 922 - High Air Flow Mid Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior
Cooler Master HAF 922 - High Air Flow Mid Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior

Pros: Got it with certain % off + an extra off that newegg knocked off already. Plus the rebate. The price couldn't be sweeter. The case is wide and about as high as I need it to be. The top fan is HUGE and the front fan is pretty big too. the rear one is pretty standard 120mm I think? I've never had a case with fans that big, so not sure how much replacing those would cost if they were to fail, unless Cooler Master actually covers replacing the fans. The expansion slot screws all come with black covers, which is awesome, as well as twist-able screws. You know like the ones typically found on the rear end of your case for easy opening. I find that extremely helpful and highly convenient. all cases should do that! It should be the new standard!

Cons: For what I paid for it, I shouldn't be complaining, but compared to my other cooler master case that is an older model by several years (the square-ish more simpler sturdier ones) I feel this one is light and was expecting it to be made out of more steel just like my old one, specially for the price range, which was pretty much around the same range as I had paid for my old case, which I sacrificed for the good of helping out a friend with his build and some issues... So I went wit this one because of the price and it's functionality. The USB 3.0 cable is not separated into 2 different cables, its all in 1 header. I am not sure how one would connect that as i don't own a 990FX chipset motherboard with USB 3.0 headers on the motherboard yet. So that is a bummer, I am stuck with a case with front USB ports which I can't use. Sadly that is sort of an oversight which I wasn't fully aware of.

Overall Review: It's lighter than my old trusty case that I had to give to my friend. (The things we do for friends ey?) but when all is said and done I like that it's spacious, lighter and looks nicer than my older case. The only thing I don't like is that it has more plastic on it, because plastic tends to break eventually, don't matter how careful you are, when you least expect it, what can go wrong will go wrong. Oh and I forgot to mention The power button is conveniently on top of the case, which is good for people like me who have the tower on the floor next to them. It has a switch that lets you turn on or off the front fan's LED which is awesome, and lastly, finally a RED LED fan! I am sick and tired of all the blue motherboards, and blue LED's on every single power indicate LED on nearly every device known to man! C'mon industry! A little variety please! I could write more about this case but, there is plenty of other reviews that cover whatever I didn't so keep on reading some more if you need convincing.

Finally one for myself!

WD Black 1TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD1003FZEX
WD Black 1TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD1003FZEX

Pros: I got it @ -18 dollars off on top of the current discount @ a whopping 7.xx bucks with shipping and tax! Could I be any merrier? Probably! I don't know who keep saying it's loud because to me, the only thing louder than any mechanical hard drive on my PC are the many high performance fans that I have to crank up as I live on the desert and don't have the luxury of cranking up the AC all the time. This thing flies, I mean I thought my old generation Black Edition SATA II 3Gbps drive was fast, well this thing smokes it, and then some.

Cons: The only cons I got are that there was for the first time ever an issue with shipping, related to OnTrack. I never mind going the NewEgg Express Saver way, because I always gotta save up for what I wanna buy. I don't really know what really did happen, but point is, After opening a case with both Newegg and OnTrac, which according to OnTrac, the package was delivered on Monday @ 5:15pm, was a crock. My whole family was there all day long! Non of us saw a single delivery take place. I always notice the usual nice OnTrac lady honk and come on in letting me know my package is here. Any who, come Tuesday, around the after noon doing my business, all of a sudden I get that lurking feeling I turn around and sure enough it's OnTrac, the nice lady mind you. She didn't seem very jolly as usual, hope they didn't scold her. I got my package safe and sound, called off the missing package report from Newegg, and tested the drive. All is good. Got a call the next day from OnTrac saying they were gonna send the poor delivery driver to retrace their steps. I told em no need, they had delivered the package the day before. TLDR: OnTrac has never caused me issues, but I understand there is problems sometimes. Just the other day Fedex delivered me some lady's shipment on what I could only guess were lingerie by the weight and feel of the box! Called em, sent it back, and they gave me my actual package finally. Mistakes happen people.

Overall Review: So after buying one of these for a client, I finally got one for myself. I triple tested it with multiple drive diagnostic suites, including western digital diagnostics. 3 hours of patience there lol and there were absolutely no errors or problems. Passed with flying colors. I am absolutely blown away at the performance increases they have manged to improve upon the previous generation of Black Edition drives. I still own a WD Black 640 GB Sata II 3 Gbps drive and that thing only read up to around 100+ and wrote to also around 100+ But this new one, seems to go well above the 400+ mark in reading of small file sizes and about 150-200+ in writing of small file sizes. This is of course in Megabytes per second. I was just so stunned. I knew I was being bottle-necked at the hard drive level, but I didn't realize it was by that much. Now pretty much installing and loading programs / games have improved significantly. WD has done a darn fine job in optimizing these drives. I would have gone for a VelociRaptor but for the price range, just stick to these, and save your money until the SSD prices tame down a little more. I demoted my old WD 640 GB BLK Ed HDD to my now back up secondary storage drive. Funny thing is I still got around 1.5 - 2 years warranty left on it. and I don't see any signs of it giving out any time soon. On a final note: If you're serious about what you do when it comes to computers, specially data, ALWAYS have backups. Be it flash drives, externals, or optical media. If it is that important, trust me it's well worth the investment. Oh and there's always the "cloud" online storage. Lastly if you go the route of multiple storage drives. Always run thorough diagnostics on them at least once a month, while doing quick diagnostic options more infrequently to make sure nothings amiss. I speak from past experience from my younger days once upon a time... Just my two cents.

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Great Jacket.

The Navy Bomber Jacket I purchased from L.L. was great the only problem I had with it was minor and I fixed it myself was that the buttons where not really durably knit on and as a result became loose after only several uses. Again this problem is fixed by re-doing the knitting on each individual button to ensure it is reinforced and last. Besides that I've used the jacket extensively and still holding out fantastic, and keeps you nice and warm in the cold, but will over heat you obviously in warmer weather. Overall I am satisfied for getting it at such a great price when I did.

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