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Daniel A.

Daniel A.

Joined on 06/23/12

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent

EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD 2560MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD 2560MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: -Reasonably quiet -Runs everything i need, bf3 at 60fps+ without O/C -Fits easily in mid-tower -2.5 GB memory -O/C's well -sexy

Cons: -can get close to 90 degrees at times

Overall Review: Why would this get discontinued? I got my first one and decided to wait awhile to SLI but apparently i waited too long. This was a very good card with excellent reviews, makes me sad to see it discontinued.

Most Critical Review

Worked for about 4.5 years

Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 240GB SATA III 7mm Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR240GB-7
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 240GB SATA III 7mm Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR240GB-7

Pros: -was price efficient at the time -good speed

Cons: -not as reliable as had hoped

Overall Review: Drive worked good for while but suddenly died (bios cant even see it) with absolutely no warning after 4 years of being nothing but an os slave in front of multiple HDD's. I always expected the drive to give out but normally there are signs beforehand.

Great case

Thermaltake Versa H21 Mid Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior(CA-1B2-00M1NN-00)
Thermaltake Versa H21 Mid Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior(CA-1B2-00M1NN-00)

Pros: -Front filter is easy to access -Foam on front bezel acts as a secondary filter -psu filter -bottom mount psu -black cables -effective HDD and Disc drive mounts

Cons: -no top fan mount

Overall Review: Bought this case for a client using it in a barn, which has very dusty conditions. I used the exhuast fan that it came with and a cougar fan for the front intakes. No exhaust. PSU filter and front filters are cleaned monthly, they are very dusty by this time. Its been over 18 months since it was commissioned and its amazingly clean inside the stock Intel CPU cooler has no dust build up to speak of. The open back and top are open and allow lots of airflow through the case even with no forced exhaust, 2 120mm intakes make enough airflow the dust doesn't settle on the top vents.

Very Solid

Transcend TS0GSJ25S3 2.5" Silver SATA III 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Gen 1 (backward compatible with USB 2.0) External Enclosure
Transcend TS0GSJ25S3 2.5" Silver SATA III 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Gen 1 (backward compatible with USB 2.0) External Enclosure

Pros: -Lightweight -Sturdy -Attractive styling

Cons: -Very, very poor paperwork/instructions -Should include a 'Y' cable, as another reviewer stated

Overall Review: Its simple enough to figure out how to hook your HDD up, but there should be at least some piece of instructions included. I'm have no problem with my WD Blue 5400rpm drive from my old laptop in this enclosure. I immediately transferred some movies onto it and was getting around 95 MB/s, so I'm happy with it.

11/10/2015

Amazing for HTPC, with a catch

Cooler Master GeminII M4 - CPU Cooler with 4 Direct Contact Heatpipes
Cooler Master GeminII M4 - CPU Cooler with 4 Direct Contact Heatpipes

Pros: -Compact -Great heat dissipation -Fan pushes lots of air -Cools RAM and Mobo on my Mini- ITX board -Great looking installed, looks are everything right?

Cons: -Need to be extra careful as to whether its going to work on your setup, quarters are small on a Mini-ITX -Sits perfectly square on CPU, no offset -Doesnt fit my ASUS P8H61-I R2.0, covers PCI-E slot

Overall Review: If you are worried about whether it will fit next to the PCI-E slot, go with the GeminII S524 instead. I had to make some surely warranty voiding modifications to make it work (dies now i guess that's my problem), turned out fine and is holding my i3-2100 at 21 Celsius, 35-40 while gaming. I made to fan offset so it is blowing directly on the heat sink on the CPU and its performing great. Very happy!

The price reflects the quality

Coboc 25 ft. 3.5mm Stereo Male to Male Cable (Black)
Coboc 25 ft. 3.5mm Stereo Male to Male Cable (Black)

Pros: -Long -Cheap -Carries sound from A to B

Cons: -Horrible static interference -Cheap wire, very low quality

Overall Review: I ordered 2 of these for my htpc setup, with nothing plugged into the other the other end as soon as you plug it into the speakers it makes a constant static noise. Starts rising to very loud and also gains a beating noise when volume is increased, both cables do this. At around 25% volume it becomes unbearable. Plug in my high quality cable into my system and even at max volume there is no interference, even a few poor cables i own do not cause nearly this much interference. Would not buy again and makes my wary to try another Coboc product. Waste of $4 and not worth an RMA, leave this junk alone. Spend the extra for some quality i guess