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Grant P.

Grant P.

Joined on 11/15/10

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Most Favorable Review

Behemoth Case

Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior

Pros: -Large. This case is GIGANTIC but that's to be expected from a full tower. Specifically it is large enough to fit my Noctua NH-D14 heat-sink, but even then its less than an inch of clearance from the side of the case -Fans, this case has three, count it THREE! Large 230mm fans on it with the option of fitting four 120mm on the side and three more on the top if your looking at using a water cooling solution. -Nice hot swap bays for HDD's with small rubber fittings.

Cons: None really, though the fittings that snap in the graphics card didn't work as well as I would hope.

Overall Review: This case has everything I could hope for and more! This will be my case for many years to come.

Full power to the engines!

Rosewill BRONZE Series, RBR1000-MS, 1000W Semi-Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS BRONZE, Blue LED Dual-Ball-Bearing Fan, ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V, SLI & CrossFire Ready, Black
Rosewill BRONZE Series, RBR1000-MS, 1000W Semi-Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS BRONZE, Blue LED Dual-Ball-Bearing Fan, ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V, SLI & CrossFire Ready, Black

Pros: Decent price and Fairly cool. Great company with wonderful customer support!

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I lost a power cord and when I upgraded to an EVGA 1080 FTW it required an extra 8 pin power cable. Only cables from Rosewill will work with it so I contacted them. Unfortunately they weren't in stock but a week or so later a replacement came in the mail from them, free of charge. Can't express how happy I am with the company!

Great Keyboard!

CORN Eagle Aluminum Mechanical Gaming Keyboard RGB Backlit LED with Detachable Wrist Rest, Blue Switch
CORN Eagle Aluminum Mechanical Gaming Keyboard RGB Backlit LED with Detachable Wrist Rest, Blue Switch

Pros: This keyboard is amazing! First off is the quality of the build. This is the most sturdy feeling keyboard I have ever held in my hands. I feel as if I could hit it in a fit of game rage (which I will not) and it will still function. Now for the mechanical keys. While these are not the Cherry MX blues that are advertised with it they feel very nice with a good uniformity across all the keys with them feeling almost identical to the real deal. RBG is nice and vibrant showing all the colors I want and doing a good job of impressing all my friends.

Cons: Only con I can think of is the fairly limited amount of lighting options for this keyboard. But without a custom driver I knew I wasn't going to get a ton of customization with the lights and fewer options. There was one other problem with this keyboard but I will talk about it more below as the issue was easily resolved after finding a solution.

Overall Review: VERY IMPORTANT: This is sort of a con but since it can be fixed very easy I will put it under here. When I got this keyboard it would light up but the keys would not register when I actuated them. Nothing I typed got through. I thought it was DOA so I sent in a refund and Corn Electronics contacted me telling me that there is a problem that is particular to this keyboard being connected to a windows 8.1 and 10 PC. Apparently these versions of windows mess with some driver settings. Just go to Device Manager>USB controllers> Find the correct device> Then update it. This fixed my keyboard and made it a great buy!

Great Buy

MSI X99S SLI Plus LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI X99S SLI Plus LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: What can I say? This is an overall good motherboard but what really makes it stand out is the M.2 slot. I installed an M.2 SSD in it and the speeds it reaches should be criminal for going over some sort of speed limit.

Cons: I wish it had some connectors for fan's though this isn't much of an issue since I only had to connect one of my fans directly to the power supply.

Overall Review: What sold me on this was the M.2 SSD and DDR4 capabilities. Both of those make this board an easy sell in my book.

Beast Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 06G-P4-4995-KR 6GB SC+ GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 06G-P4-4995-KR 6GB SC+ GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card

Pros: Pro's? Whats not to like about this card! I would highly suggest doing a custom fan curve setup for this though. In my initial tests it was getting to 82C but after tweaking it I have an idle of 32C and a max of 65-67C even while running games at 1440p ultra settings.

Cons: Price? But if you want the best then price is no object.

Overall Review: In conclusion this card is a monster. It will take any game you throw at it and tear it limb from limb, graphically speaking. This is the perfect card to get if your looking to get into the new VR headsets that will be coming out later this year and next or if your looking to upgrade to 2k or even 4k res.

Great Heatsink

Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 140mm and 120mm SSO CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 140mm and 120mm SSO CPU Cooler

Pros: Cool, this thing runs my i7-5820K super cool with an idle of 35c. Even when I stress tested the CPU it stayed chill, great card to get if you want to get water cooling temps without the hassle and potential dangers of doing a water solution.

Cons: This thing is HUGE! Its so large I was afraid that it would have its own gravitational pull! Also have to take it off to work on the ram. But I knew all this before buying it.

Overall Review: I just built my new PC and out of all the packaging the Noctua's was the best. It literally was a box within a box within a box all encased in foam. You could probably drop it off a two story building and have no damage done to it.