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Daniel T.

Daniel T.

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Install a nightmare, but it works.

GELID Solutions GC-VGA02-01 1 Ball, 1 Sleeve VGA Cooler
GELID Solutions GC-VGA02-01 1 Ball, 1 Sleeve VGA Cooler

Pros: Once I got it installed, it worked very well. roughly 40 F cooler under peak load (folding@home).

Cons: The instructions are terrible, and vague. It didn't come with thermal pads. It came with some 3M double sided adhesive that slid right off the memory chips they were supposed to adhere to. The double sided adhesive backers were paper, and I can't imagine safely using them on anything that gets over 120 under load. Fire hazard and all that. Luckily the EVGA 560 Ti I installed it onto had high quality thermal pads already; I reused them to stick the individual VRM heatsinks down.

Overall Review: No one bothers to mention that it's nigh impossible to simply remove the stock heatsink, especially if it's a giant copper block that covers the entire card. Unless you twist it from side to side to break the adhesion between the heatsink and the thermal pads and the thermal grease on the GPU die itself.

10/29/2011

Four Years of Solid Performance

Rosewill RX850-S-B - Xtreme Series 850-Watt Active PFC Power Supply - Continuous @ 104 Deg. F (40C), 80 PLUS Bronze, ATX 12V v2.2 & EPS 12V v2.91, SLI & CrossFire-Ready, Compatible with Core i7, i5
Rosewill RX850-S-B - Xtreme Series 850-Watt Active PFC Power Supply - Continuous @ 104 Deg. F (40C), 80 PLUS Bronze, ATX 12V v2.2 & EPS 12V v2.91, SLI & CrossFire-Ready, Compatible with Core i7, i5

Pros: I purchased this PSU in December of '09, and it failed me today, May 31 2014. It was a rock solid power supply, delivering stable power through some pretty adverse conditions. I left my PC on for weeks, sometimes months at a time. It kept going through some pretty severe temperature gradients (ranged between slightly below freezing to at least 40 C). It went months without proper cleaning at times, and came with more then enough cables to power my setup at the time of build. It lasted 4.5 years, powered two different hot and power-hungry GPUs (GTX9800 and GTX 590).

Cons: It finally gave out on me. My SATA rails went first, corrupting two 2TB data drives and eating my linux install SSD. Then the fan gave out, and no amount of cleaning would get it to spin again. After that it was inevitable that it would shut down from overheating.

Overall Review: I would definitely buy another, if it was modular. I loved the blue lighting (though not the obnoxious flickering as it breathed it last gasps these past few weeks), as it worked great with the rest of the blue lighting that came with the case. As it stands, I'm going for an EVGA 750 watt PSU that's modular. The only other thing that made me hesitate to buy another is that I couldn't tell if the current listing was the exact same PSU I bought in 2009, or if the unit was refreshed but kept the same model number. If it was the original unit, I definitely would not have bought it, because I wanted a PSU that supported more modern sleep/hibernate states that newer Intel processors enable. If it was the newer unit, the only thing holding it back was the lack of modular cabling, a must have in my opinion.

USB soundcard is junk

SteelSeries 61001SS 3.5mm/ USB Connector Circumaural 5H v2 Professional Gaming Headset
SteelSeries 61001SS 3.5mm/ USB Connector Circumaural 5H v2 Professional Gaming Headset

Pros: Overall it's very comfortable. It fits my head like a glove. Not so tight that it feels like a vice grip, but not so loose that it moves around. It's also light. I don't foresee much in the way of headphone fatigue. Braided cord is a plus, it feels very sturdy.

Cons: The USB sound card that came with it is absolute garbage. I tried as many adjustments and settings that were possible, and music was very distorted. I couldn't hear vocals at all, and there was this very odd oscillation where the sound would switch channels and go up or down in volume randomly. After I plugged the headset directly into my onboard soundcard it worked fine. Sounds great. There is also no option for noise suppression on the USB soundcard settings, so there was this really awful background hiss at all times. That also went away when i plugged it directly into my onboard card.

Overall Review: Save yourself some cash and buy the one without the USB soundcard. It's marginal at best. Not sure how I feel about the mic boom yet. I like the concept, but it is hard to slide out, and once it's extended it doesn't really like to stay where I positioned it. Time will tell, I guess.

12/15/2011
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Scam Drop Shipper

This company is a drop shipper. They take your money and order your product via "that other website we're not allowed to mention" and ship it to you via "other website P R I M E" delivery with a fake name. Just order directly from Newegg and don't give this company your money.

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