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Thaaron S.

Thaaron S.

Joined on 01/13/04

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Most Favorable Review

An amazing value

Sony PlayStation Plus Membership - 1 Year
Sony PlayStation Plus Membership - 1 Year

Pros: Tons of games for free from all sorts of genres. We aren't talking about really old or cheap games either. Solid, modern triple A games like X-Com Enemy Unknown and Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen come down the pike regularly. The subscription cover the PS3, PS4 and the Vita. I don't yet have a PS4 but I've greatly enjoyed the huge number of free Vita games such as Soul Sacrifice.

Cons: If you let your subscription lapse you lose access to your library of free games, but you get them all back as soon as you renew your subscription. You don't automatically unlock all the games. You have to go into the store (either on the console or at the PSN website) and "buy" the game to add it to your library. This means if you don't check on the store for a month you may miss a free game you wanted.

Overall Review: PS Plus is also required for PS4 multiplayer so if that's of interest to you then this purchase is a no brainer.

11/29/2013
Most Critical Review

Grey and washed out

Dell 24" (Actual size 23.8") 60 Hz IPS LCD Monitor IPS 6ms (GTG) D-Sub, HDMI S2415H
Dell 24" (Actual size 23.8") 60 Hz IPS LCD Monitor IPS 6ms (GTG) D-Sub, HDMI S2415H

Pros: Good for the price Bright Clear

Cons: No black at all, only dark grey. Unless you crank up the brightness to blinding level the colors look grey and washed out.

Overall Review: I have this monitor next to my almost 10 year old TN display (Dell 2208wfp). I expected to be blown away by the IPS panel but instead I was extremely disappointed to find this new monitor just isn't as good. I spent well over an hour adjusting settings and calibrating and still wasn't able to get it to look at good as my old screen. If you are using this in a brightly lit office and can have the brightness cranked up to 100% then you should be happy with this product. If you are using this on a home computer and don't want to have this monitor so bright you can work on your tan then prepared for a very grey experience.

12/16/2015

Amazing monitor

ASUS 27" 1440P Gaming Monitor (MG279Q) - QHD (2560 x 1440), 178° Viewing, FreeSync
ASUS 27" 1440P Gaming Monitor (MG279Q) - QHD (2560 x 1440), 178° Viewing, FreeSync

Pros: Gorgeous display, so sharp and clear my old monitor looks awful next to it. The adjustable stand is great, it has all the inputs you could hope for on the on screen display works well.

Cons: Like all modern monitors it's *really* bright. In a brightly lit office or home it's perfect. In a dark room it can be a little overwhelming, even turning the brightness down.

Overall Review: This monitor really has it all. 27" is the perfect size for the 2560x1440 resolution. 144hz refresh rate as well as the IPS display and freesync round out the whole thing nicely. The only conceivable thing it's missing is GSync but unless you a hardcore CSGO gamer and use only nVidia video cards it's really not that big a deal.

Died after 1 month

Zotac ZT-60207-20L GeForce GT 640 Graphic Card - 900 MHz Core - 2 GB GDDR3 SDRAM - PCI Express 3.0 x16
Zotac ZT-60207-20L GeForce GT 640 Graphic Card - 900 MHz Core - 2 GB GDDR3 SDRAM - PCI Express 3.0 x16

Pros: Silent, worked well for a while

Cons: First off, the heat sink is HUGE and goes down to the MB so even a MB/Case that can fit a huge 10 inch long card might not fit this card. I had to bend up the fins because they were hitting my the RAM slots on my MB. This card worked for a month, then as I was using it (doing nothing intensive at all) my screens just went dark. I rebooted and nothing would come up. Pulled out the video card (was not even slightly warm) and used onboard video and everything worked great.

Overall Review: Couldn't return it since I had to bend the fins to fit my MB