Joined on 08/02/09
Beautiful case, great features
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.
Works
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
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
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
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..
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.