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William C.

William C.

Joined on 03/09/07

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Most Favorable Review

Exceptional product

Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Limited Edition AM-932-RWN1-GP Red Steel / Plastic / Mesh bezel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Limited Edition AM-932-RWN1-GP Red Steel / Plastic / Mesh bezel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: - Excellent airflow and enough space for air to move. - Plenty of room for expansion. - MOSTLY tooless, unless you're like me and like to do a full breakdown for a thorough cleaning.

Cons: -The rail mounts for the hard drives are rather flimsy. After a short while, one of them broke, which limited the amount of hard drives I could utilize. - Front badge limited to the Phenom.

Overall Review: Coolermaster did an awesome job with this beauty. I've had it for over 10 years (Feb 2015), and still use it to this day for my main gaming computer. I've kept the lights limited to red to match. I do wish i can get a Ryzen badge to replace the Phenom one though.

Most Critical Review

Only received 2 of the 3

AMD Gift - Radeon Raise the Game Bundle [Online Game Code]
AMD Gift - Radeon Raise the Game Bundle [Online Game Code]

Pros: Free games

Cons: Unable to claim Sniper Elite 5

Overall Review: The claim proces was rather easy. Unfortunately, only recieved Saints Row and Forspoken.

Bought 10/08/2016 - starting to die

G.SKILL RIPJAWS KM780 MX Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Red with Gaming Keycaps
G.SKILL RIPJAWS KM780 MX Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Red with Gaming Keycaps

Pros: Enjoyed the life of it. Felt good and was responsive

Cons: 0 on the num pad stopped working and one of the lights no longer work. Lasted just a little over 5 years.

Overall Review: Good quality for the most part. I decided to go from membrane to mechanical. I'll be going back to my still functional G510 that's over 10 years old.

Incredible

RAIDMAX Tornado ATX-238WRP Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Raidmax RX-450K 450W Power Supply
RAIDMAX Tornado ATX-238WRP Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Raidmax RX-450K 450W Power Supply

Pros: Excellent air flow and enough space for air to move through without getting stuck in pockets. Plenty of room for expansion. Mostly tooless, unless you're like me and do routine through cleaning. I'm still using it for my main for almost 10 years!!

Cons: One of the hard drive rail enclosures broke slightly after which lead me to be a bit limited with hard drives.

Overall Review: Coolermaster did an awesome job with this beauty. I've kept my lights limited to only red to match. I do wish that the big phenom badge could be updated to my Ryzen for the upgrades I've done.

Should've gone with Seagate

WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD4005FZBX
WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD4005FZBX

Pros: It was recognized by my system.

Cons: -Consistent buzzing/ grinding. Hard drive death rattle. -It's not a barracuda.

Overall Review: Didn't think it was a bad deal initially when making the purchase. I decided to go from the norm and give WD a shot. Unfortunately, it was a bad choice apparently. I've owned WD drives in the past, after having nothing but problems and several die, I swore off them and went elsewhere. I attempted the noise test WD has on their site and according to their guidelines, it's a bad drive. I'll just send this back and stick with Seagate/Maxtor. I just wish I can give this less than 1 egg.

Wait for Polaris

Sapphire Radeon R9 FURY X 4GB HBM PCI-E HDMI / TRIPLE DP, 100380SR
Sapphire Radeon R9 FURY X 4GB HBM PCI-E HDMI / TRIPLE DP, 100380SR

Pros: It allowed me to use my 29" UW monitor and utilize ultra settings

Cons: Freezing, graphics glitches,

Overall Review: As much as I don't want to say it, I'm really not sure if I would recommend. I love AMD and I support Sapphire. However, I was very disappointed. After a short while, I started running into issues with PC lockups and graphics glitches, and this is not while I was gaming, just browsing. After researching, it apparently is an issue with the GPU running at low clock speeds. I suppose it's meant to run full throttle all the time and can't handle running slow? This made me decide to not deal with the hassle of having the vicious RMA cycle of running into the same issue over .. and over again. Now, I have a 29" monitor, that I dropped a nice bit of change for, with Freesync that is just sitting and collecting dust until Polaris drops or I decide to get something else AMD. I'll perhaps just pay more attention and research more thoroughly in the future.