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Robert K.

Robert K.

Joined on 09/14/09

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Most Favorable Review

No problems.

ASUS M5A88-V EVO AM3+ AMD 880G USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M5A88-V EVO AM3+ AMD 880G USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: This motherboard was easy to install, the book was very helpful especially with this being my first build. No problems out of the box using the AMD FX 8150 with 8 gigs of RAM.

Cons: No front USB 3.0 ports and the USB ports on the front are upside down...

Overall Review: Overall great motherboard for price.

11/20/2012
Most Critical Review

Not doing this again.

SPEC Research KA14-998B Black&Silver USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard w/ Mouse
SPEC Research KA14-998B Black&Silver USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard w/ Mouse

Pros: Wireless.

Cons: Ate up batteries, keyboard didn't register keys even when right next to the power supply.

Overall Review: I got angry and broke the keyboard in half...

Makes Cable Management Easy

Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011030-WW) Black Steel High Airflow ATX Cube Case Support ATX Power Supply
Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011030-WW) Black Steel High Airflow ATX Cube Case Support ATX Power Supply

Pros: Very spacious both in front and back Hard drive bays have connectors which connect in the back Most things PSU included mounts behind the motherboard Stock fans are very good and very quiet Great air flow

Cons: Made of plastic so a few things feel flimsy Could use more 3.5" slots.

Overall Review: The cube design is a little weird at first but it grows on you. I also kind of wish they made it a little wider to make external 5.25" bays horizontal so they could add more slots but that's just my personal preference.

Works Well

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Very sleek looking Ports feel firm Built-in BlueTooth Side facing SATA cables makes for great cable management Error code reader is a life saver

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: I would like to note that I think the LED on the chipset heat sink is worthless, although it is kind of cool the GPU covers it and anyone buying this will have a GPU or two.

It Does It's Job

Xbox One Wireless Adapter for Windows
Xbox One Wireless Adapter for Windows

Pros: It works most of the time?

Cons: It's rather large, doesn't fit well on the back of my case due to its width and it sticks out too much up front which makes it a bumb hazard. Feels flimsy when plugged in. Sometimes loses connection, thought it was just this one or maybe my ports but everyone else who owns one tells me they have similar issues.

Overall Review: I don't know why Microsoft felt they needed to make this so big, everyone elses dongles are super small.

Great product but kind of misleading.

Corsair HD Series, HD120 RGB LED, 120mm High Performance Individually Addressable RGB LED PWM Case Fan (CO-9050067-WW) 3-pack
Corsair HD Series, HD120 RGB LED, 120mm High Performance Individually Addressable RGB LED PWM Case Fan (CO-9050067-WW) 3-pack

Pros: I love these fans, the different colors and some of the animations are really cool. These are also very quiet and very powerful.

Cons: Even though I knew of this before I purchased it due to researching it, the reason I deducted an egg is basically because of this line "Each of the 12 RGB LEDs, built directly into the fan frame, are fully customizable, unlocking nearly endless customization and lighting effects." because it's untrue at this point in time. Corsair does not provide any sort of software or means to connect their controller to something else other than the little cable for case buttons. This sets you with a few possible animations (only 5 I can think of off the top of my head) and various colors. You may think that you could just plug the RGB connectors into another type of controller but according to the Corsair website these connectors are proprietary and it doesn't seem to be anything that matches what it requires. If it didn't say "fully customizable" and "nearly endless customization and lighting effects" I wouldn't have deducted an egg if it had just said "customizable" and something like "many customization options and various lighting effects" because I feel the addition of "fully" and "nearly endless" is what makes it misleading.

Overall Review: Corsairs choice of wording was a little erroneous but otherwise these fans are great. I didn't feel like this should be considered a con because there's not really much other choice but the fan controller is a bit of a pain unless you have I guess you could call it a "loose case" to fit the wire through cracks but if you don't it has to be mounted on the inside which has physical button controls requiring you to take the case apart in order to change the animations, colors, and speed of animations.