Joined on 03/20/13
Best bang for buck
Pros: Have purchased 15+ of these CPU's for use in midrange servers. At stock speeds they run fairly cool with included fan. Awesome for multi-threaded apps.
Cons: If you're going to do any overclocking at all, buy a better cooler. The stock one is fine for factory speeds but not much more. And even with that being said they source the factory units from several vendors, I've received units made by foxconn, AVC, and Cooler Master. The Cooler Master units are the best as far as factory goes, but there's no way to know which one you'll get.
Overall Review: The last one I got didn't come in a nifty metal tin like all the rest but a plain cardboard box :(
Awful case
Pros: It says Antec on the front. Comes with a fan.
Cons: I ordered two of these and both were identical in their problems. This case is just awful. Incredibly flimsy steel. Screws that hold on the side panels came pre stripped. Those were fun to remove. SSD mount is bent. Power button is flimsy and looks to be partially broken already. Poor hardware assortment.
Overall Review: For the money, go with the Rosewill mini tower case. It pains me to say that, but it's the truth.(In this case higher quality, better hardware, 2 fans) Sorry Antec but you've got one heck of a dud with this one. You should be ashamed to put your name on it. I feel especially sorry for anyone who ordered it at regular price.
Like new
Pros: Works and looks like new. Included correct I/O shield, manual, and driver disc. Included 2 sata-iii cables.
Cons: No issues to speak of.
Overall Review: Would buy again, wish they had more.
Good chip
Pros: Have purchased several of these for use in midrange servers. They run very cool with the included fan. Are very power efficient. And far faster than the Sandy Bridge unit they replaced.
Cons: Could be cheaper, especially with the V3 out now.
Overall Review: This chip does Not have integrated graphics. If you need that go with the 1275. (Models ending in 0 have no graphics, models ending in 5 do) I only point this out because while some server boards do have a dedicated graphics chip built in, a lot are using the cpu graphics now.
Seen better
Pros: Bought this as a basic card for a system that didn't need anything special. Does work.
Cons: Slow even for a 210 chip. Is picky about what motherboards it wants to work in. No included VGA to DVI adapter. And most importantly, the noisiest fan I've ever heard on a video card. And it's not rpm controllable so it's that noisy all the time. It's louder than the fan on my XFX HD6850 at full speed.
Overall Review: For the same amount of money there are better cards out there.
No issues
Pros: Have used this memory in 970 and 990FX based AMD systems. Correctly detected and runs at full speed with no issues.
Cons: None.