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Jeremi W.

Jeremi W.

Joined on 12/06/01

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Most Favorable Review

Almost perfect

Corsair Carbide Series 400R Graphite Grey and Black ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case
Corsair Carbide Series 400R Graphite Grey and Black ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case

Pros: Great quality and finish. No sharp edges. Good cable management options - which you will need.

Cons: Larger than what I expected. Cable management for hard drives was a bit daunting.

Overall Review: The SSD/HDD trays are a bid counter-intuitive and you will end up running the SATA power and data cables in ways that you would not have imagined. Whoever designed the SATA power connectors should be lynched (separate issue I know). Unfortunately, Corsair leaves you to your puzzle solution skills in order to figure out how to mount SSD drives (yes, it CAN be done without adapters...) and how you should/could run the SATA cables and power. Luckily, the case has bulged sides which work to your advantage. Tall case. My PSU's ATX power cable is rather short but it could make it to the top of the motherboard. Not 'tight' but just barely. Plenty of room to fit the Asus GTX 980Ti STRIX video card...or two or three...or whatever your build might need. I give this case 4 eggs because of the funkiness. Its a good case overall.

Most Critical Review

Failed miserably...

BUFFALO DriveStation JustStore 2TB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive HD-CL2.0TU2N Black
BUFFALO DriveStation JustStore 2TB USB 2.0 3.5" External Hard Drive HD-CL2.0TU2N Black

Pros: Packaging? Enclosure...

Cons: I set this up on my home PC and everything appeared to be OK with the unit. Then I took it on a trip with me and when I connected it to a family member's PC in order to share photos and other media...I heard a clicking sound and that was that. The PC would not recognize it. Tried power cycling it....same noise. Bad drive? But I just bought it! Anyways...I will be extremely reluctant to ever consider a BUFFALO product ever again.

Overall Review: Just hard to fathom that a drive would bite the dust so quickly. Others had warned of this, but I thought 'won't happen to me...'. Sigh...

Awesome GTX 980Ti card

ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card STRIX-GTX980TI-DC3-6GD5-GAMING
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card STRIX-GTX980TI-DC3-6GD5-GAMING

Pros: Excellent build quality. Nice attention to detail. Blazing FAST.

Cons: HUGE- better have the case to accommodate its size. Expensive...but we know that, right?

Overall Review: Came from an MSI GTX 760Ti video card - yeah, I know. Anyways, the Asus is a fantastic video card. Great build quality. SILENT and super-FAST. I had been running everything maxed out with the 760Ti @ 1920x1080 BUT the GPU was maxed out at 100% in just about everything. Running it with an i5-2500K CPU, I noticed that I was definitely GPU-limited. Time to upgrade. Now....the GTX 980Ti barely breaks out at 55-60% usage (same CPU an resolution). Room to spare. As many sites have stated, the i5-2500K is a SOLID CPU and has plenty of life left in it and will NOT limit your GPU. Anyways, this card has an easy 2-3 YEAR life in my rig. It will eventually be sitting alongside a Skylake CPU but right now its rocking.

Great IPCam for the money

SHIELDeye RSCM-13701 - 720P Day & Night Wireless IP Camera with 2-Way Audio, Pan & Tilt, and Easy Installation
SHIELDeye RSCM-13701 - 720P Day & Night Wireless IP Camera with 2-Way Audio, Pan & Tilt, and Easy Installation

Pros: Solid and sturdy design. Relatively easy setup. Two-way voice comms works as advertised. 720p video is quite good overall. Image and video capture works well. I have tried piping it out to a local FTP server as well as writing to the microSD card. Tech support does exist although they took a week to get back to me. They DID answer my question and solved the issue I was experiencing.

Cons: Manual really needs to be more user friendly. There are some items that are not covered and you have to figure it out on your own. Getting the camera to work with browsers was a bit trial and error. I managed to get it running on the latest version of Chrome and Firefox but for whatever reason it doesn't work under IE.

Overall Review: To the user that reported issues with the browsers...yes, it doesn't work off the bat. You have to enable plug-ins (make an exception under Chrome, for example) for the IPCam's secific IP address. The camera's motor is a little bit noisy but nothing major. Its not weather-proof so if you would like to place this outside make sure that its protected from rain/snow. I don't know whether very low temperatures will affect its performance. For the price...its a solid performer and delivers as advertised. Just be aware that you have to put in a little bit of gray matter to get it working to your liking.

Cranking it up to the next level

MSI Gaming N760 TF 4GD5/OC G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card
MSI Gaming N760 TF 4GD5/OC G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Silent. Perfect fit for case. Solid build. FAST

Cons: Didn't install itself...?

Overall Review: Upgraded from a long in the tooth GTX 560Ti. I am now playing Battlefield 4 (when it doesn't crash to desktop) at ULTRA settings. Simply amazing! Very quiet design too. This card is able to run Nvidia's "Shadowplay" recording with zero hiccups and its an awesome plus for FPS games. Being able to later review what you did well...and what you did in a noobish way...way cool! Very pleased with the card. Not bleeding edge but its what the budget permitted. Thanks NewEgg!

11/26/2013

Need an LPT port? Get it

SYBA PCI-Express 1-Port Parallel/Printer Card with Low Profile Bracket - RoHS Model SD-PEX10005
SYBA PCI-Express 1-Port Parallel/Printer Card with Low Profile Bracket - RoHS Model SD-PEX10005

Pros: Simple and effective. Easy install. Works with Windos 7 64-bit. Everything you need in the box.

Cons: Doesn't install itself...?

Overall Review: What can be said? It does what its designed to do. Yeah, I know its the 21st century and a parallel port should have gone the way of the do-do bird...but one simply does not get rid of an HP 720C ink jet printer that works and works WELL. Got a new box for the Mrs and the onboard motherboard had no parallel port. Not an option... So, looked at sub-to-parallel port cables but some peeps said that wasn't a good choice. Add-in card it is then. This card fits the bill. Can' go wrong.

12/29/2012