Joined on 07/12/03
5070 TI OC nice card and saved money
Pros: Save $$$ 4080 performance with more modern tech. VR works great.
Cons: Expensive, way over MSRP.
Overall Review: If you either cannot or will not spend more, but want to get as close as you can to the 5080, or the same performance as a 4080, but with more modern tech, and get the best deal you can, look at this. I fly VR and combat flight sims, and also games, sims, like Stalker series. I wanted an ASUS video card to go with my Asus Motherboard. So far, al is good. I really wanted a 5080, planned the build 2 years out, and got high end motherboard, etc, etc, and have expensive flight gear. But, Nvidia made it impossible to get a 5080, at least not paying $500 over MSRP, so the 5070 TI OC is doing the job. I am pushing 70 years old, so this will most likely be my last video card, unless i win the lotto and put this in my wife's computer !!
CM Case is Inexpensive model, good for typical home use
Pros: Inexpensive, solid, smaller, takes less room then larger tower, plenty of room inside for general computer builds and use.
Cons: Not near as good as next model up. No slide out trays, except for putting rails on hard drives. Alignment with motherboard bad, which causes video card misalignment.
Overall Review: Motherboard does not fit properly, a bit off so that very hard to get motherboard screws in, and causes Video card to mis-align, not seating properly. My CM HAF 932 PC Case (I think that is my personal PC Case model) is wonderful. I use that for gaming and my personal use. I bought this new case to upgrade the family/wife's computer. While it is good quality, the alignment is bad with the motherboard screws almost being forced into the standoffs to hold it down. I will try working on it some more. Disappointed in the alignment problems. I have been working with computers since I got a degree in electronics in 1980. My wife wanted a white case too but found that everyone wanted much more money if it wasn't black paint. The other white cases that were less expensive were lesser quality. I can paint it too. But the case alignment is really troublesome! Huge hassle to send back and forth so I will try to make it align properly.
ordered CM cpu cooler, and shipment goes strange route, but received all secured.
Pros: Fast shipping. Decent cooling for faster cpu. works great.
Cons: weird shipping route, for nice cpu cooler
Overall Review: Ground Shipping, NewEgg in So. California, to Oregon. (destination central Oregon) but shipping route ended up from So. Cal, goes all the way to Seattle Washington, now back to Central Oregon. Ground Shipping. That is like 1000 miles for no reason, out of the way. Crazy route! Waste of time and money. Again decent cpu cooler.
good to have another cable, and pretty long too
Pros: long cable, snug fit
Cons: Not inexpensive
Overall Review: Have not used it outside more than once at this time, for recharging outside. Or inside.
best HOTAS joystick I have owned
Pros: Good build, strong.... looks good, precision
Cons: Spring is way too strong. should come with extra strength springs for the money it costs!
Overall Review: Best for the price, stores and manufacture good communication.
Finally got here, so far, this Seagate Backup HD 4TB is as good as I expected !
Pros: nice package, fast enough for me, easy to setup and use. Lots of room with 4TB.
Cons: Not sure yet, have not had it long enough, but for my first few hours, no problems. I did buy a 10 foot cable for a few dollars to use instead of the short cable it came with.
Overall Review: So far, for $100 you can't go wrong, everyone needs to back up something. Fedex took it all over the USA before it finally got here. Not sure if they lost it and found it, or their computers are crazy in the delivery department for routing. But, I got it. 4-8 (not free shipping) days, took 2 weeks. I think it visited 30 states from North to South, and East to West, and back again. Time will tell on how long it lasts. I expect to only use it for backups, of documents, photos, videos, etc.