Joined on 07/02/07
Great Case
Pros: Quiet, Simple, Complete. Includes all screws needed, VERY functional, Perfect fan placement, great cable management
Cons: Getting front intake fans in is a little tight. ThermalTake Frio does NOT fit, but if you actually did your homework(unlike myself) you would know that.
Overall Review: This is a case that can range from an everyday user to a high end user. I have used this as a workstation case and a regular end user case as well. If you are looking for one of those high end $150-$300 cases with all the fancy bells and whistles, do not look any further. It might look to small and simple but that is the beauty of this case, simple and highly functional and at a price of $40 dollars you can't beat it. I run an i7-980 with 24GB of RAM an MSI 480 twin frozor. 2 60gb SSDs in suicide and a 3TB storage, 1 BR Drive and 1 DVD Drive. Needless to say I had to add fans but overall very happy with this purchase.
Don't expect it to last long
Pros: Worked!.. for a while...
Cons: Died within 3 months
Overall Review: Do not expect this thing to last long. We used it for 3 months no problem then we started hearing this intermittent noise, eventually after a month it was full on annoying. My wife is very patient so she didn't mind the noise so didn't tell me until after 6 months of owning this. As soon as I found out I bought a new one from Monster Cable and it has worked great for a month.
Great Case
Pros: Great space management with very good functionality for the price!
Cons: Low PSU wattage.
Overall Review: I use this for 2 workstations at my church because of the sizing. I use the External 3.5" for an additional drive slot. You can screw it in without removing the cover. These things stay super quiet. There isn't a lot of room for cable management but with the size it isn't a bad buy. I am knocking an egg off because of the low PSU wattage. Most dedicated Graphics card requrie 350+ PSU nowadays, even the basic cards. I am not trying to render movies with the video card just doing some basic A/v processing but it would of been nice to not of purchased a larger PSU. Or maybe sell this case without a PSU for cheaper?
Perfect Price, Perfect Performance
Pros: The card is a great medium from the hardcore gamer to the casual I just play a few times a month but still enjoy good graphics. Price point couldn't be more perfect for the performance.
Cons: None
Overall Review: I build this machine for my Brother-in-law so he could play SWTOR without getting killed with lag in the main cities. It was a budget Intel build for a casual gamer who would like to enjoy good graphics when he does play. The performance is amazing and the price is just right for what you want. Max settings on SWTOR with 0 Lag.
Kingston is just TOO good.
Pros: Runs full speed, no timing issues, XMP is great.
Cons: None.
Overall Review: Seriously? SERIOUSLY!?!?! There is no other brand of memory out there where I have plugged it in and it just work, and I mean work FOREVER. I have a Socket 478 motherboard from 2004 that has DDR2 Kingston that runs like a champ still. I originally purchased Mushkin memory for this machine in 2010 and it died in 2 years. I purchased G.Skill memory for a friend(it was on the compatibility list for the MB) and I was on the phone with both the motherboard company and G. Skill figuring out why the XMP wouldn't work. I popped a stick of this Kingston Memory in there, ran the XMP no problem and I was able to get an RMA from G. Skill. It is DEFIANTLY worth the extra $5-$15 more than the other brands. No hassle, no problem.
Great!
Pros: Music with no noise
Cons: None so far
Overall Review: I bought this for the wife because she drives an older car without a modern radio with an AUX 3.5mm connection. We have tried at least 3-5 different brands and models of these things that all die within 3-6 months of use. By die I mean either the cable becomes flaky and does not maintain a solid signal without moving it a certain way or it starts making an outrageous amount of background noise. It gets 5/5 now even though its been a month but I will try and update this in 6 months and see how well it does.