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Russell M.

Russell M.

Joined on 01/12/13

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Most Favorable Review

Pretty darn good

Resident Evil Village for PC [Steam Online Game Code]
Resident Evil Village for PC [Steam Online Game Code]

Pros: - Great story - Awesome gameplay - All the collectibles you could want from a RE game.

Cons: - Had a few glitches upon release. Most noticeable is random drop in overall performance that would affect framerate and would cause the cutscene audio to de-sync. Would have to quit to menu and reload a save to fix it. Hopefully it's fixed but it was still happening as of May 22

Overall Review: - Super fun overall.

Most Critical Review

Student in Networking Administration

Creative Labs GH0100 Sound Blaster World of Warcraft Wireless Headset
Creative Labs GH0100 Sound Blaster World of Warcraft Wireless Headset

Pros: Beautiful headset in how it looks, how it sounds and how it performs. This being my first real gaming headset with an audio enhancement blew my mind with the difference in sound quality. The THX software you can download for the headset from the creative site was easy to use and even came with an audio test video from The Lich King expansion from WoW which performed a perfect test subject.

Cons: Like most USB wireless headsets, the UBS stick for the headset is somewhat long. Running on a desktop is no problem, but running on a laptop for travel puts the device at a severe risk of total failure since you can't just use a 3.5 connection as a backup. That is what happened to me, at least. I tried to contact the help desk to just receive another USB piece but I just got an email about a month later telling me that they got my request and then another month later saying that the only way to get another is if I mail a check in of about 40 dollars (with tax) and waited for them to mail me the piece. I haven't dealt with a lot of help desk purchases, but never have I received instruction that said I could only purchase with a check. Needless to say I didn't do it anyways because I only payed about $80 for the headset on sale. Another point is that the battery seemed somewhat buggy. It would either not hold a charge despite being plugged in all night, or seem to register it was plugged in. This happened at around three to four months after owning the device. Other than that, no complaints.

Overall Review: Over all, if you are looking for a decently priced headset that performs great for a desktop computer, go with this headset. If you are looking for something durable that you can travel with, I wouldn't trust it since one gentle, accidental uppercut from the guy on the plane beside me shattered the plastic and even cracked the circuit board. Also know that battery bugs are highly possible. Some may see it harsh that I rate 3/5, but durability should be something in mind for all products. The design of laptops are partially to blame along with other factors, but I have UBS flash drives that are half the size of this and made of metal that were less then $40.

Pretty good combo

NVIDIA Gift - Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Control
NVIDIA Gift - Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Control

Pros: Both games really show off the things the 2080 Super can do. Two games instead of just one. Both were fun titles. No technical issues redeeming them.

Cons: Wolfenstein was a little short. Neither of them let you choose what platform to redeem it on. Wolfenstein was a Bathesda game launcher code (which I didn't even know they had a game launcher) and Control is an epic store exclusive (which we all know how we feel about that).

Overall Review: It's a good deal overall. My only main complaint was I couldn't just throw them into my steam library and now have to keep up with two more game launchers and accounts to play these one and only games. Oh well.

Solid Case, SATA bus is Poor.

Thermaltake Level 10 GT (VN10001W2N) Black SECC / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case with Four Fans - 1 x 200mm Colorshift side fan, 1 x 200mm top fan, 1 x 200mm front fan and 1 x 140mm rear fan
Thermaltake Level 10 GT (VN10001W2N) Black SECC / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case with Four Fans - 1 x 200mm Colorshift side fan, 1 x 200mm top fan, 1 x 200mm front fan and 1 x 140mm rear fan

Pros: Plenty of room, quiet stock fans, easy to remove bay slots, good room in the back for cable management. Was able to fit a 270mm XSPC Reservoir, pump, 420mm radiator and cpu/gpu blocks with room to spair.

Cons: The biggest: The SATA bus. More in Other Thoughts. Others: wish the rest of the front pannel USB were all 3.0, no auto adjustable program into the stock fan controller, locking key can be kind of weird sometimes.

Overall Review: If you read any of the other reviews, it is apparent that the SATA bus has a high chance of going bad. Mine was DOA. Now, normally I don't condone poor rating based off a DOA, but this volume of people is kind of ridiculous. Not to mention that I over-looked that it only does SATA 2 which bottlenecks my SSD. I imagine RMA-ing this single piece is not possible and to have to send an entire case back that has been liquid cooled now just for the SATA bus is dumb. So, you can just unscrew the 6 screws on the back of the adapter that holds the SATA bus and just directly hard-wire it. For most this isn't a big deal but it was one of the key features about this case that made me choose it over other candidates. For a case this expensive, even on sale, I would hold it to a certain standard that the price point hopes to deliver.

Performs Like A Champ

ASUS RT-N65U Dual-Band Wireless-N750 Gigabit Router IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, 2 USB 3.0 SharePort
ASUS RT-N65U Dual-Band Wireless-N750 Gigabit Router IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, 2 USB 3.0 SharePort

Pros: *Rocks at high bandwidth capabilities. *Has connected up to 25 devices at one time for me without a serious performance hit. *Has capabilities for multiple wireless networks with their own SSIDs with the option of keeping the networks separate or able to connect devices between them. (Basic industry level BSS/ESS/SSID Technology). *Good size. *Sleek and pretty design makes it nice to display. I have owned this router for nearly two years and have not experienced a single issue. I even installed the wrong firmware update and broke it myself only to find out that the recovery instructions were easy to follow and made it a simple fix. ASUS really did it this time. I never knew they made home routers, and now I know they do it well. I've always trusted ASUS since I started in the tech industry and they have yet to let me down.

Cons: *QoS doesn't really work on low bandwidth networks. I would not recommend using it unless you have at least a 5mbsp connection but that isn't really ASUS's fault, it is the ISP's. The router is really meant to be in a small business with high bandwidth anyways.

12/27/2014

Awesome Card

EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card
EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card

Pros: Quiet when Idle, runs most games alone like Metro Last Light and Skyrim on max settings with no hiccups, came with EVGA stickers and seal to make your case look official. The card performs well and the benchmark software that came with the card put it at about 30-40 FPS, which isn't bad. Might get a matching one to SLI them together. Came with free games durring the nVidia Holiday Promo which is always a plus. Comes with overclocking software if your into using it, I just use the basic settings.

Cons: The only cons that I can think of is something that doesn't really bother me as much but may bother others is that the fans dynamically change speed and when it is really working it can sometimes sound pretty loud but not unbearable. It isn't like it is really avoidable, though. If you want good quality, it's going to need good cooling. Another con I've found is more of nVidia's fault. As of this comment I wouldn't say all the kinks are worked out in the drivers. I've had it crash a few times and a couple times it even asked me to lower my OS graphical settings to increase performance. A simple reinstall fixed it which some of the software that comes with the card makes that an easy click or two. Other then that, no cons yet.

Overall Review: For the price, it's not a bad card at all. It's comparable to the cards that are in the PS4 and Xbox One. It was definitely a good choice in upgrading and it was a good price to boot.

12/27/2013