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James H.

James H.

Joined on 12/10/03

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Most Favorable Review

I like this heatsink a lot one a lot

Intel Thermal Solution BXTS15A Heatsink CPU Air Cooling Fan LGA1151 LGA1151 LGA1156
Intel Thermal Solution BXTS15A Heatsink CPU Air Cooling Fan LGA1151 LGA1151 LGA1156

Pros: Easy to install Very good cooling Quiet

Cons: non

Overall Review: I'm writing this after my most recent of 6 installs with this fan/heatsink. If you find installing 3rd party coolers your least favorite of all facets of DIY PC building, then you will like this product. It uses the push pin method, exactly the same as stock, but it is even easier because they snap right in on first push, which is not always the case with stock. Of course that wouldn't mean anything if it didn't keep your cpu cool but this gives me 5c cooler right after install and it does good job of keeping temp down after that. Disclaimer: I don't overclock and am not a hard core gamer. That said, I played Fallout 4 for 2 hours yesterday on system with i5-6500 and R7 370 video card and cpu never broke 50c Also, this was first experience with PC Rush and so far, so good. I almost never order from any other seller except NewEgg, but PC Rush had what I wanted so I took a chance. Good job,

Most Critical Review

more gouging from Mr. Softy

Microsoft Office Home & Business 2013 - Download - 1 PC
Microsoft Office Home & Business 2013 - Download - 1 PC

Pros: It contains Excel, my favorite program of all time by far

Cons: The price and limit to a single PC is totally unreasonable. The end of the Home and Student version that allows installation on 3 PC's at a reasonable price spells the end of my purchasing MS Office. They will give these products to corporations for a few dollars per copy and gouge the **** out of they every day home user.

Overall Review: I have stuck with Microsoft since the first version of Windows but their efforts to completely alienate their customers is finally wearing me down. Don't even get me started on Windows 8!

Too good to be true

ASRock AB350M Pro4 AM4 AMD Promontory B350 USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock AB350M Pro4 AM4 AMD Promontory B350 USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Great Value - Has everything I need for too good to be try price Made my first Ryzen build as easy I could hope for - not a single hitch All the key features I was looking for, including 4 ram slots, 2 PCIe, 2 x m.2, etc Small enough to easily fit into my smaller than average micro ATX case

Cons: None

Overall Review: -recommend -would buy again, and most likely will Case - Fractal Design Focus G Mini-Black CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Mobo - ASRock AMB350 Pro4 AMR Mem - 16GB Team Dark DDR4 2400 (was at 2133 after setup - took 2 sec to change to profile 1 for 2400 MHz HD1- 240GB MyDigital NVME m.2 MLC SSD HD2 - 2TB Seagate Baracuda 7200-64 PS - 650W Thermaltake 80 Plus Bronze Modular Still looking for good deal on video card; have an old cheapie in there now just to get a picure.

Amazing Bargain

AMD FX-8300 - FX-8000 Series Vishera 8-Core 3.3 GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor - FD8300WMHKBOX
AMD FX-8300 - FX-8000 Series Vishera 8-Core 3.3 GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor - FD8300WMHKBOX

Pros: 95W vs 125 for the 8320 and 8350 8 Cores with 8M cache, unlocked Meets CPU system requirement for all but a small handful of most CPU-intensive games. See 'Other' below.

Cons: None

Overall Review: No doubt that Ryzen has elevated AMD to a new level, but what a great bargain this CPU is for someone wanting to build a mid-range gaming machine or content creation system without breaking the bank. Paired with a sub-$100 RX 460 card it can play Doom4, Mass Effect, Watchdogs 2, Witcher 3, and many other CPU intensive games, at high or med-high settings. This for less the price and of lowest i3, and less than half the price of most i5’s.

One of all-time favorites

ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB 950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB 950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: Rock solid Has all the features I need for an FX build--4 ram slots, front USB 3.0 header, 3 fan headers, etc. , 2 x PCEi, etc It doesn't take a lot of skill to build a PC with this board. Everything works like it should and it keeps on truckin' Cheap for what you are getting

Cons: none

Overall Review: This will be 6th build I've had with this board, with the first being 7 years ago. I just sold a system that I'd had for 3 years that was still in beautiful condition, and another I had for only a few days. Processors have been Phenom II X4-955, FX-8320, FX-6350, FX-6300, FX-8300, and this one will be using the 6300 again. With the Ryzens out now you can build a nice budget gaming rig on the cheap, using this board and an FX Eight Core that can still fulfill the CPU requirement for the great majority of modern games. I go that 8300 for $81a few weeks ago. They probably won't be around by this time next year.

Excellent value

MyDigitalSSD 240GB (256GB) BPX 80mm (2280) M.2 PCI Express 3.0 x4 (PCIe Gen3 x4) NVMe MLC SSD
MyDigitalSSD 240GB (256GB) BPX 80mm (2280) M.2 PCI Express 3.0 x4 (PCIe Gen3 x4) NVMe MLC SSD

Pros: Blazing fast file transfers. I've had one other NVMe drive, a Samsung 950, and this one beats it on real-world tests that I run using identical 16GB folders. It's close though. Great price for NVMe MLC

Cons: Very low write scores on AS SSD benchmark test. However, I suspect the AS SSD program is not at all accurate for this drive. The real world tests that I run are very thorough. I copy 2 separate 16GB file folders with different types of files from external to HDD; HDD back to SSD; then SSD to HDD. It is the fastest drive I've ever owned in all phases of this test, and I've owned a bunch of them, running this test well over 100 times. Slowish boot times for SSD. I have SATA 3 drives that are faster in this respect (28 sec reboot and 16 sec cold boot). I don't place too much stock in this, however, since I have experienced several occasions when the cheapest TLC drives boot faster than most top-tier drives that have considerably better all around performance. There are many factors that can influence boot times.

Overall Review: I'm using a PCI adapter for this drive rather than a native m.2 slot. Maybe that or the fact that it is a new model affects the AS SSD scores. Overall I'm happy with this drive and would buy it again in heartbeat at the $120 price I paid for it.

seller reviews
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some third party sellers...

Of the many items I buy on the Newegg site very few are from a 3rd party seller--I don't think more than a handful out of hundreds of purchases. While this experience was ok, although slightly overpriced, I find some of the ads from these sellers to be outrageous to the point that they reflect badly on NewEgg. On many occasions I've seen items priced 5 times or more than their normal price. The next time I see one I will pass it along to Newegg. Please get rid of these crooks. They are a disgrace to Newegg, the best online retailer there is.

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