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Mark R.

Mark R.

Joined on 04/22/04

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Most Favorable Review

Happy Camper

Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 High-power 2.1 PC Speaker System
Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 High-power 2.1 PC Speaker System

Pros: They not so loud that they'll make your ears bleed but I found that when cranked, they shake stuff. The set will send you to your EQ's in your sound driver and FooBar not to correct distortions, but to squeeze more joy from your tunes. After which, the Corsairs will crank all the way to the top without piercing eardrums (damm!) or distorting (hurray!). I have them plugged into a 6-yr old Soundblaster Fatal1ty card. The speaker cords were long enough for me, and I have a full 3ft deep office desk with a back that stops 6" short of the floor that the wires had to go around to get to the sub i have parked under there. The mini to dual RCA signal cable was more of a concern as my comp is on desk but it made it to the sub ok. The display is readable at obligue angles, it's just no IPS. My Sennheiser HD595 headphones sound just as good hooked up to the remote as they do to my soundcard. Hiss was found to be be bleedover from the mic on sound card & SVM. When disabled, hiss was minute

Cons: Having to tape down stuff that these speakers shake.

Overall Review: Even though they have a recognized name, I've never gotten around to buying a Corsair product until now. It's good to know that there are companies left that still pride themselves on selling good product, and not just their good name.

Most Critical Review

One bad stick

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL

Pros: 3 out of 4 isn't bad? Aside from the bad stick, there have been no problems with the memory. G.Skill was pretty easy with the RMA procedure.

Cons: Not much besides the one bad stick.

Works!

SAMSUNG S27A350H ToC Rose Black 27" Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DCR 1,000,000:1 (1,000:1)
SAMSUNG S27A350H ToC Rose Black 27" Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DCR 1,000,000:1 (1,000:1)

Pros: No real issues - good color - worthy of the good Samsung name.

Cons: no DVI connector

11/17/2014

No Problems

GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: The Setup is easy to navigate and while I haven't tried to push the board much, I've visited many of the settings as well as the included software and have had no averse experiences with any of it. So far, a very clean product.

Cons: none

Satisfied

Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1
Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1

Pros: Easy installation. I can say now that life is too short not to have your bootable volume on a SSD. Some of my friends speak of getting a couple of these things on a RAID array for extra performance, but this thing kicks my last rig out of the water and it had two WD Raptors in RAID 0, so for the vast majority I'd think RAIDing these wouldn't be necessary.

Cons: I'd thought that 64GB would be enough for Windows and my program files (with my media on a larger mechanical drive). Win7 Ultimate took a bit over 25GB. If you intend to load up alot of programs, get a larger SSD. I ended up just adding another 128GB drive for Programs and such but I might have been ok with just a 128GB SSD & a large mechanical drive.