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JOSEPH C.

JOSEPH C.

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Most Favorable Review

Totally surprised by this case

NZXT Source 210 S210-001 Black “Aluminum Brush / Plastic” ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
NZXT Source 210 S210-001 Black “Aluminum Brush / Plastic” ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Plenty of room, surprisingly well constructed, very sleek looking amazing price for a surprisingly well done case

Cons: It isn't tool-less but I really didn't care much about that.

Overall Review: Seriously is the best case for the money. It has such a sleek look to it where it manages to look aggressive and not ridiculously flashy like other cases. If you want a solid case that doesn't look like it was designed by a 13 year old this one comes highly recommended

11/29/2011
Most Critical Review

Worst WD Drive I've Owned

WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EZEX
WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EZEX

Pros: It has a 64MB Cache

Cons: Died after three weeks of usage

Overall Review: Honestly! I ghosted an image of my old 750GB drive onto this and noticed after about a week that the thing was constantly paging for what appeared to be no good reason. I saw my performance go out the window as well as things like loading into a DayZ server would take a good solid two minutes of solid-light hard drive activity. I expect more from WD, this thing is just absolute rubbish. This evening I went to fire up the ol' gaming PC when I got an inaccessible boot device error that chkdsk or what have you would not fix. Absolutely dreadful. And the mfg date of the drive? January of 2014. Absolute rubbish.

It's memory! Yay!

HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX
HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX

Pros: It's memory! It's DDR3! It's Hyper-X!

Cons: Nothing as far as I can tell.

Overall Review: I now have 16GB of memory. Glad Newegg had the exact model I used initially in this build late last year.

11/13/2012

Bought three

Rosewill Computer Case Fan, 120mm, LP4 Adapter, 3 /4 Pin Connector, Red Frame, 4 Red LED Lights, Sleeve Bearing, Silent - RFA-120-RL
Rosewill Computer Case Fan, 120mm, LP4 Adapter, 3 /4 Pin Connector, Red Frame, 4 Red LED Lights, Sleeve Bearing, Silent - RFA-120-RL

Pros: Looks awesome in my NZXT Source case, almost looks like hell is peaking up from underneath my desk (in a good way). Move a decent amount of air. Easy install

Cons: None really

Overall Review: Overall shocked at how quiet they are and they manage to keep everything at great temps while looking excellent in the process.

11/29/2011

Solid PSU

CORSAIR CX Series CX600 600W 80 PLUS BRONZE Active PFC ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply
CORSAIR CX Series CX600 600W 80 PLUS BRONZE Active PFC ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply

Pros: Pretty quiet. Output is fantastic. Lots of plugs for SATA, PCI-E, etc. Looks nifty

Cons: It isn't modular but didn't really care for how much I paid for it

Overall Review: I've always been weary of PSUs since I had a couple burn out on my when I was younger, one frying a motherboard so I've always bought good ones since that mishap. This one runs solid powers my Radeon 6950 through the mountains of Skyrim and more. Definitely surprised at how well this performs.

11/29/2011

Good for the price

Rosewill RNX-N300X IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 (PCI Interface) Wireless Adapter (2T3R) Up to 300Mbps Wireless Download Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK (TKIP and AES)
Rosewill RNX-N300X IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 (PCI Interface) Wireless Adapter (2T3R) Up to 300Mbps Wireless Download Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK (TKIP and AES)

Pros: Gets a consistently good signal from my router a few rooms away where my old laptop didn't. Antennas appear to be good. Somehow managed to sneak this into a PCI slot under a Radeon 6950

Cons: None. In fact, I'm glad there was no Rosewill flavor of WiFi utility included and it just lets Windows do the work, cannot stand 3rd party utilities with this stuff.

Overall Review: Can't really go wrong with this thing.

11/29/2011