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Wendell M.

Wendell M.

Joined on 07/09/13

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Most Favorable Review

MSI N760 HAWK

MSI N760 HAWK G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
MSI N760 HAWK G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: This card is an absolute beast! It shreds through everything that I have thrown at it. Although I have not been able to test it at 1080p, I know it will not be a problem for this card because I have played Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag with everything on max settings, 1280 x 1024 pixels, and PhysX turned on and the game STILL runs silky smooth at around 38 fps! Also, this card works great with Autodesk Inventor if you're looking for something to enable graphical enhancements in the program while keeping a really good frame rate. HD video runs flawlessly as well. Great card! Thanks Newegg!

Cons: None at all!

Overall Review: System specs: Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K @ 3.40GHz Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 801MHz Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO Graphics: MSI N760 HAWK 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 Storage: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120G and 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black Optical Drive: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS

Most Critical Review

Does not work even after RMA

Corsair Certified CWCH100 Hydro Series H100 CWCH100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Corsair Certified CWCH100 Hydro Series H100 CWCH100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Pros: Did look nice and didn't damage my hardware.

Cons: The first cooler I received did not work and seemed to have issues with the pump. My motherboard, an ASUS Z87 Pro, was unable to communicate with the cooler causing my cpu to run hot. I sent this in RMA to Corsair and they sent me another one of these in remanufactured condition. Unfotunately, this time the cooler was leaking coolant. I don't know if I should do another RMA.

Great Drive!

ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS

Pros: This drive works great at reading and writing CD/DVDs! Writes and reads fast and its all in one,giving me the room for mounting other drives on my case. The drive installation was no problem as well. Quality at a great price! Thanks newegg and ASUS!

Cons: None at all.

Good case for price

Thermaltake V3 Black Edition VL80001W2Z Black SECC / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Thermaltake V3 Black Edition VL80001W2Z Black SECC / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: This case looks really good for its price and has features such as six fan mounts, a really nice blue lit LED fan,and simple mounting accessories for mounting HDD and disk drives. I believe this would be a great case if planning on building a budget pc that doesn't total into the thousand dollar range.

Cons: As some had stated on their reviews, this case has what seems to be very limited space for the placement of coolers and fans. If purchasing this case, be sure to look at the placement of wire connectors on the motherboard as that may interfere with fan and cooler placement as well. The motherboard I went with was an ASUS Z87-PRO and the board fit but with little room left over. This led to blocking the two top fan locations. Also, mounting my SSD was not possible with this case because the power cable was not designed to install into the SSD in this orientation and would need to be flipped upside down (but is not possible).