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Logan G.

Logan G.

Joined on 12/01/06

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Most Favorable Review

Hot graphics cool card

ZALMAN VF700-CU 2 Ball VGA Cooler
ZALMAN VF700-CU 2 Ball VGA Cooler

Pros: This is first fan I've ever installed and it was incredibly easy. The idle temperature for my geforce 7600 gs dropped by 20 degrees F' while idle, and has dropped 60-80' F while gaming. Good looks, made of 100% copper (2nd best thermal conductivity of all elements), and amazing results.

Cons: Very large, it almost doesn't let me have a card in my 2nd PCIE slot.

Overall Review: Takes some time to get a consistent temperature reading from it. Some assembly required.

Most Critical Review

Nice Mouse, for a bit.

Logitech G300 Black/Grey 9 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Gaming Mouse
Logitech G300 Black/Grey 9 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Gaming Mouse

Pros: Nice mouse, has a good feel, changes pretty colors, cord so you're not dealing with battery nonsense issues and the like. Use it for a lot of shooters.

Cons: Main problem - Mouse was great when I got it and served me faithfully for about 15 months. Unfortunately at 15 months the right mouse button is starting to lose its usefulness, and unless there is a toggle aim option in a game becomes totally useless for FPS's. For a $37 mouse (when I bought it), or $30 (when I posted this) or a mouse that calls itself a gaming mouse I would expect a better lifetime, but I'm also a bit of a stingy old man, so take that into consideration.

Overall Review: Noteworthy but problably not as useful to most of you - personally my hands have seen some abuse over the years, too much boxing and not enough heat in my house makes me a bit arthritic. Due to the narrow shape of the mouse this can be somewhat painful as I bend my hand around to cradle it between thumb and pinky. Didn't factor this into the score since I doubt anyone will care about this.

11/24/2013

No software support for Windows 10

Logitech G633 Artemis Spectrum 3.5mm/ USB Connector Circumaural RGB 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset
Logitech G633 Artemis Spectrum 3.5mm/ USB Connector Circumaural RGB 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset

Pros: - Works great with windows 8 - Fold up mic, relatively comfortable

Cons: - Mic is broken with windows 10 - I bought these 3 months prior to windows 10 update, now I cannot return them. - Sound is not worth $150. - Software routinely fails to update.

Fan Blows (not)

EVGA GeForce 7600GS 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 256-P2-N541-T2
EVGA GeForce 7600GS 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 256-P2-N541-T2

Pros: The card itself has worked fine for the entire time I've had it. It has been able to play Crysis on low detail with getting glitchy on me.

Cons: Fan slowly died over three months. I tried using an air compressor to blow it out and that didn't help, I bought an additional piece of hardware to blow fresh air in from the slot below and that didn't help, after it took on the sound of a dentists drill I eventually shelled out 40$ for a zalman fan to put on it. (I know it wasn't worth that much, I can now put the zalman fan on my next card too so calm down). Since then it's been fine

Overall Review: Be prepared to buy another fan.

11/26/2007

Good.. ish

ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A (V5.1) LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A (V5.1) LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: It was easy to install, all fans have worked to expectations and everything has been quite hunky dory. I had some issues getting the sound working but after some futzing it was better than my sound card I had put in.

Cons: recently we had a thunderstorm where all the computers in the house with their LAN cards had their cards fried.. I was plugged directly into the motherboard's LAN and now I don't have a computer to brag about.

Overall Review: Get a LAN card to plug in.. and maybe a battery backup unit that you can use for both your computer and your internet.