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Billy L.

Billy L.

Joined on 06/10/06

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Most Favorable Review

Blistering fast

Western Digital Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: This drive has beaten my old WD47GB Raptor by far on speed and performance. Programs start up insanely fast, hardly any recognizable lag time. 5 year warranty through WD is also a very very good plus considering an HDD's life expectancy is weak. Somehow I get the feeling this HDD will outlast 5 years with ease. I am currently running Windows 7 Pro 64bit on this drive as well as all of my applications and don't ever have to worry about space due to it being around 591 gigs after Windows install.

Cons: The only con I have with this drive is that it is rather noisy and vibrates like its on crack. I'm going to have to invest in a silencer enclosure like the Nexus Drive-A-Way because of all the vibrations. I literally have a wood clamp on it now inside of my case to keep it from vibrating as much as it does - That is the only reason I gave it a 4 out of 5 eggs

Overall Review: Absolutely amazing performance and speeeeeeeeeed but I wish they could have made it "go through rehab" on the vibration :/ The case I have is the CoolerMaster HAF932 fyi and am using the standard drive mounts that it came with.

Most Critical Review

a lil upsetting

Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1
Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1

Pros: Amazing drive, blazingly fast but see Other Thoughts

Cons: see Other Thoughts

Overall Review: Not sure who to contact about this one but, I had gotten an email from newegg about the promotion on this SSD being $55 off, they sold out on the first day because it was an amazing deal and didn't get a chance to buy it. Here's the upsetting part, I was watching this product like a hawk to see if it would be in stock during the promotion, so they stock them the day AFTER the sale and the promo expired. I contacted newegg and told them my story and they wouldn't honor it :( Personally I don't think thats right.....I wouldn't complain if it was something like $15 off but when its $55 then yeah thats not fair at all....I still bought the SSD and it is very fast and I have zero complaints about it.

Awesome Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card 04G-P4-2766-KR
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card 04G-P4-2766-KR

Pros: Absolutely crushes my old MSI GTX 550 OC Heaven Benchmark Results: 10:39:37 Benchmark results: 10:39:37 Time: 260.567 10:39:37 Frames: 12903 10:39:37 FPS: 49.519 10:39:37 Min FPS: 19.6058 10:39:37 Max FPS: 119.082 10:39:37 Score: 1247.38 I really want another card now!

Cons: 4 eggs because its a new card and have not owned it for more than 2 days.

Overall Review: Newegg's new shipping system is amazing, I received my product in less than 24 hours!

wow

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Quad-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 105W None Integrated Graphics Processor - BX80562Q6600
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Quad-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 105W None Integrated Graphics Processor - BX80562Q6600

Pros: I went from a single core socket 939 to this, and im speechless on how much faster everything loads, installs, turn on etc. (i mean it is 4 cores) probably the cheapest quad core processor out there for its speed and OC abilities.

Cons: The stock cooler that it comes with is xtremely hard to install, even though its the push pin design, sometimes the push pins dont really Push into the motherboard and stay there, I thought i finally got it installed, and transported back to my pc room. set it down. and the cooler popped out >< - its frustrating but thats why im getting a better cooler :)

Overall Review: haven't OC'd it just yet because of the stock cooler, but heard rumors that you can take this to 3.4 with a decent cooler with zero problems, im not that brave to OC it that high, but still, that OC ability is freakin amazing.

Don't Let Apperance Fool You

EVGA GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 512-P2-N773-AR
EVGA GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 512-P2-N773-AR

Pros: Don't take this card lightly by any means, it may look like a wimpy card, but Hooo boy it packs a punch, Crysis stays at around 32-34 FPS on high settings with 1080x1680, only takes up 1 slot instead of 2, leaving room for other PCI items. I run vista ultimate 32bit with it for about a year, and everything's runnin just fine.

Cons: what cons?

Overall Review: Kinda weird that it has a molex connector instead of a 6 pin, but Ive heard people say that that has changed, im not sure, i bought this card at least a year ago so I cant verify the rumors. - and I <3 EVGA!

Powerful Speakers!

Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Digital Speaker System
Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Digital Speaker System

Pros: I personally do not own a pair, but my friends recording studio was donated a pair brand new in box, so I couldn't wait to set these bad boys up, because of all the hype I heard about how awesome they were, well its true! These speakers are probably the best surround sound speakers out there. The clarity and sound from each of the satellite speakers is that like none other, and when you watch a movie, its just like being at the theaters especially with THX certified products.

Cons: The bass can... probably....cause an earthquake to happen because its so powerful. (and weighs practically 30 pounds so its not travel friendly) Especially when you are trying to record bass sounds in Garage band or any other recording program. But thats where the handy remote comes in and you can just turn it down. :D

Overall Review: I had these setup through Creative's Sound Blaster X-Fi Music edition sound card, It's a bit tricky when you don't have a surround sound sound card because all that it comes with is just a surround sound component wire, you have to get Logitech's splitter adapter and hook it up through something that has a headphone jack.