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John T.

John T.

Joined on 08/02/09

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Most Favorable Review

Beautiful case, great features

Phanteks Eclipse P500A High Airflow Full-metal Mesh Design, ATX Mid-tower, Digital-RGB Lighting, 140mm D-RGB Case Fans, Tempered Glass, Dual System Capable, Black
Phanteks Eclipse P500A High Airflow Full-metal Mesh Design, ATX Mid-tower, Digital-RGB Lighting, 140mm D-RGB Case Fans, Tempered Glass, Dual System Capable, Black

Pros: Mesh screen catching most dust Open front for mounting radiators Great airflow with included dRGB 140mm fans Great wire management

Cons: While it does support 420mm radiator up front, its with a bit of a caveat. I have the Arctic Freezer II 420mm and you cant mount it all the way to the front. It has to be against fans (plus about a half inch of stand-off at the top) to avoid the front USB header. And to do this, mind you, I had to go to the hardware store and buy 1-1/2 and 1-1/4 machine screws to run through the front of the case, through the fan, and into the rad. I was kind of bummed about this but not a huge deal UNTIL I saw sapphire Rx 6900 xt toxic going for $1399. The 360mm radiator for that will not fit up top with the 420mm up front with fans between radiator and case. And like I said the 420 wont fit against the case. Im not the only one with the front 420 mm rad mounting problem, you see posts about it everywhere.

Overall Review: Looks great, has awesome features and plenty of room except that pesky USB header.

Most Critical Review

Works

DINO DCA108-DH DisplayPort Male to HDMI Female Adapter
DINO DCA108-DH DisplayPort Male to HDMI Female Adapter

Pros: Outputs Video

Cons: 60 hz max.. not worth a much in 2022

Overall Review: It came with a GPU I bought.. but is pretty much useless

Great so far

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G
MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G

Pros: -Very fast -Quiet, even under full load -Boosts to 2500 easily -$50 rebate for this month (March 2022), can apply online

Cons: -Heats the room even with temps only at 65C, especially compared to my 1080 (3 vs 1 8 pin connector) -Hot spot delta hit 24 on Furmark, while gaming I only See 10-15C, if that -HUGE, almost 13 long, almost triple slot. But Ill take that over it being loud -1080p on CSGO didnt stress it enough to hold boost clocks? Turned up the minimum for that game in Adrenalin, works fine now.

Overall Review: Happy with it.

Very fast

G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) Desktop Memory Model F5-6400J3239G16GX2-TZ5RK
G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) Desktop Memory Model F5-6400J3239G16GX2-TZ5RK

Pros: High speed

Cons: High latency (60 ns) Very expensive for RAM.

Overall Review: Before you buy this RAM ask yourself, do I own a gigabyte z690? If the answer is yes, this will be a headache as will most other high speed G.Skill kits. I have an Asus z690-E with a 12700k and XMP 1 works flawlessly. Voltages are high. Im working on tuning it down for the 6400 frequency. But out of the box XMP 1 works well/stable for me and my setup. Wish the latency wasnt so high its coming in above a lot of ddr4 kits. I would like to try to OC this to 6600+ but I havent been able to yet.

Works great with slight BCLK tweak

G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3400 (PC4 27200) Desktop Memory Model F4-3400C16D-16GTZ
G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3400 (PC4 27200) Desktop Memory Model F4-3400C16D-16GTZ

Pros: Runs smoothly at all speeds up to 3400. Got a great price when paired with 6700k and Z170 Gaming mobo (591 w/ tax)

Cons: Requires BCLK to be turned up to 102 to reach full 3400 speed. Took me a while to figure this out considering I was lead to believe the only thing I'd have to do was enable XMP. SO, to get the 3400 I had to enable XMP and THEN turn up BCLK to 102. Not a big deal but I wish that was automatic.

Overall Review: WAY more expensive now!!

Cheap..

MASSCOOL FDV12025L1L34 Case Fan
MASSCOOL FDV12025L1L34 Case Fan

Pros: Back before the bearings went, they blew a decent amount of air with little sound. Inexpensive, or should I just say cheap.

Cons: The bearings went on the two that I bought after about a year. Made a horrible grinding noise when spinning and I had to throw them away.